{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Hamilton County Math & Science Academy","outOfStateSupporters":21.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9435665,"projectId":9132724,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the microscopes!\r\n\r\nThe students absolutely love them, and so do I! They were very easy to use, and the students picked up how to focus and store their images very quickly. The devices themselves appear to be well made and good for the purpose. The lenses are deeply set and well protected from abrasion or impact. \r\n\r\nThe pictures (on the way!) were shown as an art show during our open house and were very well received. The kids are so proud of them, and I love how proud they are while describing how they captured a certain image, and, of course, signing their artwork.\r\n\r\nMy favorite ripple-effect right now is the things they bring in to investigate. The reigning favorite is a tooth that fell out naturally at home, and the student chose to bring it to class for the scopes rather than give it to the toothfairy. She even got her brother's baby tooth that was pulled. Everyone was amazed by the structures, vasculature, the crisp line marking the edge of the silver crown and the differences in the cavity versus the healthy enamel. \r\n\r\nThe unforeseen avenues for their creativity are utterly overwhelming. Activities like making their own matching game where one showed a pattern or material and another student would find the same type of weave, or material (or hair!) are terrific. The ongoing curiosity is fantastic and grass-root, student-grown authentic. They are getting education and experiences that they can truly own as unique, something they can share at the dinner table and be proud of their conversation. \r\n\r\nThey would have exactly none of that without you. \r\n\r\n\r\nThank you.\r\n\r\nTruly, Thank you,","fullyFundedDate":1741185364180,"projectUrl":"project/digital-microscopes/9132724/","projectTitle":"Digital Microscopes","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stanfield","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9435665"},{"teacherId":7565220,"projectId":9101925,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generous support, our school has added a fun and meaningful tradition that celebrates student achievement in writing! With the arrival of our new button maker, we added button making as a prize to our monthly writing contest. Student winners design and create their very own \"Winning Writer\" button. The excitement around writing has truly taken off— we will be continuing this tradition into additional school years.\r\n\r\nThe first time students saw the button maker in action, there were looks of confusion because they had not ever seen this machine before! One student exclaimed, \"Wait—we get to make the buttons ourselves? But how?\" Our students were surprised at the process of this simple machine press everything into place. It was more than just a prize—it was a tangible celebration of their hard work and creativity.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping us create a school culture that values writing, creativity, and student voice. Your support made this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1740081415454,"projectUrl":"project/see-my-button-i-made-it-myself/9101925/","projectTitle":"See My Button? I Made It Myself!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Allen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7565220_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600735861120","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7565220"},{"teacherId":7565220,"projectId":9124991,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution that made it possible for our school to receive a new laptop cart for teacher use during professional development. This resource has already elevated our staff training by allowing us to lead more interactive, technology-supported sessions. With consistent access to reliable devices, we're now able to model best practices, collaborate in real time, and explore digital tools that can be directly applied in our classrooms. It's not just a cart of laptops—it's a launchpad for better teaching.\r\n\r\nOne highlight so far has been using the cart during a recent training on data-driven instruction. Teachers were able to analyze student performance data more efficiently, share insights with colleagues, and make immediate instructional plans based on what they learned. This kind of hands-on, collaborative learning strengthens our entire faculty and, by extension, improves the experiences of every student we teach. I'm especially excited to use this technology in future sessions on the Science of Reading and digital literacy strategies. Thank you for investing in our professional growth—you're helping us become better educators every day.","fullyFundedDate":1740750191373,"projectUrl":"project/help-provide-effective-pd-presentations/9124991/","projectTitle":"Help Provide Effective PD Presentations for this Instructional Coach: Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Allen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7565220_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1600735861120","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7565220"},{"teacherId":9435665,"projectId":9024240,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the epoxy and supplies!\r\n\r\nThe students (and I) had a blast using it! \r\n\r\nIt was very intimidating. I really wished that I could have asked you questions since we were pretty clueless. It ended up making the projects much more informative though, since the students had to look up how to do everything and what we needed for safety, etc. They learned a LOT about chemistry, safety and planning.\r\n\r\nWe all agreed that the way to remove all bubbles was probably a heat gun. We tried to use a tablet/magnetic mixer (didn't work.) We tried to heat it in a water bath (It kinda worked, but made it hard to avoid contamination.) We tried spraying the top with alcohol (Nope.) But the heat gun was deemed to be outside of our learning and safety curve, so the bubbles stayed. \r\n\r\nThe pictures cannot show their excitement, and I was limited to 10. I bet I took 100. I bet I will take 1,000. They LOVED getting to choose everything and I have great pics of them opening the boxes. It was the first time they have ever seen dried or pressed flowers or metal foil. You would think they were made by sorcery. As they made their projects, every little detail was scrutinized. Most made the decision to paint their baby dinosaur before inserting it into the egg, rather than trying to darken the baby enough to be opaque. \r\n\r\nThe infinity mirrors are magical! They just look like a simple mirror until the upper glass is placed and then *POOF* ... infinity! They took them apart and put them back together over and over. I am trying to send one to you. You will notice that it has 2 light harnesses. An intrinsically placed wire LED and a USB harness made for this purpose. The USB looks best and gives the best effect. But the wire one can be placed anywhere and has a little box in the back that will let you replace the batteries. The kids designed the box placement for you. \r\n\r\nI'm sorry for the delay with this note, but trying to define the reach of this project is difficult. I believe you could not have had a bigger impact with any investment. It's not just a novelty, or a lesson. It's an overreaching realization that it can be imagined and CREATED. They have brought in dirt, sand, egg shells, cicada shells, pebbles, minerals, fossils (.....) to insert. They ask long reaching, multi-step \"what if...\" questions. They ask about structural limitations, flammability and flexibility, and apply it to every topic. They consider what could be changed to change the properties, or the moldability and this gets strengthened with every inconsistent, novel outcome. They aren't failures, they are opportunities, they are to be studied now. They will be passed and discussed VOLUNTARILY, en masse. They learn so much more from the imperfect attempts. \r\n\r\nThey would have exactly none of that without you. \r\n\r\nIt is so difficult to level the playing field for students from \"disadvantaged\" backgrounds, and almost all of mine qualify for this distinction.\r\n\r\nIt's so easy to think that they are simply missing money. It may start there, but it certainly doesn't end there. \r\n\r\nThey are missing parents, that should have taken them to places, that should have shown them experiences, that should have led to an understanding of the world. But they were missing.\r\n\r\nThey are getting experiences like losing those parents, by death, incarceration or simply apathy. They learn to deal with desperation, be political, fight for necessities both emotional and material, to survive.\r\n\r\nWe cannot fix it all with epoxy, but it fills a little gap in a very big wall.\r\n\r\nThank you.\r\n\r\nTruly, Thank you,\r\nSally Stanfield","fullyFundedDate":1739389243966,"projectUrl":"project/stem-science-epoxy-art-design-calcula/9024240/","projectTitle":"STEM Science Epoxy Art, Design, Calculation and Chemistry Experience","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stanfield","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9435665"},{"teacherId":8513598,"projectId":8995133,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for investing in the reading success of my students. When the students saw the books they jumped with joy and anticipation to read. They were so thankful when I told them they were classroom gifts from patrons on Donors Choose. \r\n\r\nWe have had so much fun learning and and exploring various topics in reading. A few of the books students enjoyed so much they read them more than once. One student in particular stated, \" someone must really want us to read to give us all these books.\" \r\n\r\nAgain, thanks for making a lifelong investment in my students future success and love for reading.","fullyFundedDate":1734099387329,"projectUrl":"project/lets-read/8995133/","projectTitle":"Let's Read","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Watson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8513598_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673306855859","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8513598"},{"teacherId":9435665,"projectId":8645108,"letterContent":"Thank you again for helping my class. The beading/tatting has been a slam dunk with the kids, and it's drifted in ways I didn't anticipate.\r\n\r\nThe children I had in class last year asked me to do the bead activity with them and they promised to return to help the other kids learn and they did. They did a great job! I should have foreseen that the logic would go pretty quickly to friendship bracelets. They had a great time and dutifully included the wire-working that I requested. \r\n\r\nThe bead rings came out great. I had a book of patterns already and the students modified the patterns to match the beads on hand. The result was a cute glass ring that had larger, free spinning beads they could quietly 'fidget' with, an instant success and could be cranked out in about half an hour. \r\n\r\nThey also learned to repair bracelets and that has been so endearing. They LOVE being able to say \"that's alright, get the pieces and give it here. I'll fix it for you.\" I have a picture of a boy repairing a broken birthday gift bracelet.\r\n\r\nIt DID take a turn for the unexpected. Some beads were not available from the original order and I had to choose other items. The bead kits and embroidery floss were repeats, so I chose embroidery hoops. Kids were fascinated with those hoops so of course, I said they could give it a try. \r\n\r\nThere is a picture of a smiling girl holding a tiny white embroidered pillow (Does she look like that cat that ate the canary?). To get that design, she pulled up a picture on her computer, took a screenshot, resized it and laid fabric over the screen. She then gently traced the design onto the fabric and spent most of the day practicing a simple satin stitch. A little sewing and some fluff and the pillow was done. I snapped that pic and she asked if she could give the pillow to my boss. About 15 minutes later, she came bouncing back in the classroom buzzing that \"SHE SAID YES!\" Which made me very curious about that letter. It turns out that it read something like this...\r\n\r\n\"Hello, please accept this as a free sample of the sewing club I would like to have. Can I have my club?\"\r\n\r\nWell... now what?\r\n\r\nI told her that she got herself into it, so she's in charge. Minutes later every hoop had a child designing and embroidering. There's a picture of a club members finished avocado pillow and another of a gift pillow to one of their mothers.\r\n\r\nSince we did all this, I've noticed a few other changes. Word has gotten out and people now bring torn items or hats with missing pom poms into my room for repair. Backpacks with holes and broken straps, unraveled sweaters; etc., this includes teachers items. There's a picture of a boy and girl repairing a sweater that lost its snowball fluffs. \r\n\r\nThe students have also branched out quickly into other forms of creativity. Please see the pictures of tissue flowers, paper-pillow \"squishies\", modified paper quilled pictures and an amazing box of handmade ribbon-roses. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your generosity,\r\nI would have never guessed it would go so far.","fullyFundedDate":1731536829072,"projectUrl":"project/urban-cincinnati-lace-tatting-and-beadin/8645108/","projectTitle":"Urban Cincinnati Lace Tatting and Beading","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stanfield","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9435665"},{"teacherId":9435665,"projectId":8644972,"letterContent":"Thank you again for helping my class. It has been a roller coaster. \r\n\r\nBEFORE I asked for anything, I surveyed the adults around my students and myself and determined that quite a few said \"I love to crochet!\" or \"I will come show you!\" or \"Just let me know when...\" To be fair, I'm not the best event coordinator, and nobody showed up.\r\n\r\nIt got very ironic very quickly because I had to remember that I'm one of the kids that were never taught this stuff. So I asked the kids for help.\r\n\r\nSeveral children could crochet a chain, but the cute stuffed animal projects needed a special stitch called a \"magic ring\" that nobody knew how to make. We also didn't know what it looked like when it was correct. \r\n\r\nThe students were undeterred.\r\n\r\nThey used their after-school time to research and practice over and over. They got really creative with the chain stitch making bracelets, necklaces, a jump rope and fingerless gloves. They love it. \r\n\r\nJust last week, an eighth grader stopped by for something else and taught us all how to make the \"magic ring.\" She taught herself during covid off of the internet. I wish I had a little longer to give you this letter because I think they are going to pick up dramatically. They are pretty good at doing and teaching the chain stitches to each other, so I think it will bloom.\r\n\r\nI'm thrilled with the positivity this activity has created. Students from other grades line up to attend and the endurance has been amazing. Of all the things from both classes, the endurance is a huge improvement, and grit like that cannot really be taught. Maybe because they know others can do it, they have been failing to make that picture perfect product for months and still can't wait to diligently try. There is no fear of failure at all. They work collaboratively, determine efficacy and use real problem solving. Such as, a slower video wasn't available, so they slowed it down. Well, now you couldn't hear the pattern. So they played it, recorded the pattern then slowed it down again. \r\n\r\nThank you again for our supplies! The students have been so careful with the hooks, etc, we will be able to continue this activity ongoing.","fullyFundedDate":1731551124057,"projectUrl":"project/urban-cincinnati-crochet-class/8644972/","projectTitle":"Urban Cincinnati Crochet Class","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stanfield","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9435665"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_70821","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":622,"numTeachers":28,"percentFrplEligible":84,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":88,"percentWhite":1,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"22.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":78.8,"schoolId":70821,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Hamilton County Math & Science Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Hamilton County Math & Science Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/ohio/-county-run-/hamilton-co-math-science-academy/70821"}