{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Clear Lake High School","outOfStateSupporters":77.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9655287,"projectId":9519253,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our project, Students Monitoring Our Community's Environment with PocketLab Sensors. Your generosity is providing our students with the opportunity to become environmental scientists, engineers, and community leaders.\r\n\r\nWith these PocketLab sensors, students will collect and analyze real-world environmental data from our school and surrounding community. They will use what they learn to educate others about environmental stewardship, sustainability, and ways to protect the spaces we all share.\r\n\r\nBecause of your support, our students will not only learn valuable STEM skills but also engage in meaningful service by sharing their findings with families, school stakeholders, and community members. They will experience firsthand how science and engineering can be used to solve problems and improve communities.\r\n\r\nYour donation sends a powerful message that students can make a difference. Thank you for investing in our learners and empowering them to become future innovators, environmental advocates, and responsible citizens.","fullyFundedDate":1763494582367,"projectUrl":"project/falcons-fueling-engineering-through-lite/9519253/","projectTitle":"Falcons Fueling Engineering through Literacy!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Smith","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9655287_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1725409543061","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9655287"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10431230,"letterContent":"To Jenn, PCW, and The Clear Lake High School Community Fund:\r\nWell, our library was looking a little more colorful today, and it was all because of YOU! Our FLEX students built their own kaleidoscopes, and the finished creations were SO much fun. There is just something irresistible about looking through a kaleidoscope, giving it one tiny turn, and discovering an entirely new pattern. There were plenty of \"Whoa!\" \"Look at mine!\" and \"You have to see this!\" moments, which are some of my favorite sounds to hear in the library.\r\n\r\nWhat I loved most about this activity was how effortlessly it mixed learning with fun. Students weren't sitting at desks reading about reflection, symmetry, light, or patterns. They were actually holding those concepts in their hands, experimenting with them, and seeing what happened when they made a change. Every twist became a tiny new discovery.\r\n\r\nAnd honestly, high school students still need opportunities to experience a little wonder! They spend so much of their day focused on grades, tests, assignments, and what comes next. FLEX gives us a chance to do something different. Building these kaleidoscopes gave students permission to be curious, creative, and playful, while sneaking in some pretty cool science along the way. That is my favorite kind of learning!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for putting these kits into my students' hands and making today's experience possible. The kaleidoscopes went home with their creators, but the fun, discoveries, and memories made while building them will stick around our library much longer. You helped us turn an ordinary FLEX period into something extraordinary, and I can't thank you enough!\r\n\r\nI also want to give a HUGE shout-out to the DonorsChoose community for doubling donations to this project! Your generosity helped turn an idea I was excited about into an actual experience my students could hold in their hands, build themselves, and take home to enjoy. There is something extra special about knowing that your support helped give high school students a chance to pause their busy day, try something completely different, and experience that wonderful \"Wow, this is so cool!\" kind of learning. Thank you for making every donation go twice as far and for helping bring a little more wonder into our library!\r\n\r\nWith a very grateful heart ...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife","fullyFundedDate":1787333436172,"projectUrl":"project/one-twist-endless-possibilities/10431230/","projectTitle":"One Twist, Endless Possibilities","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10421002,"letterContent":"To PCW, Cathie, and Jenn:\r\nThe paint markers have officially made their FLEX debut, and they were a HUGE hit! Today we pulled them out for the first time to decorate kaleidoscopes, and oh my goodness, we had SO MUCH FUN! Bright colors, creative designs, busy hands, and a whole lot of happy creating filled the library.\r\n\r\nAnd this is exactly what I had hoped for when I created this project! I wanted to have supplies on hand that would let me say \"YES, we can make that!\" when I find a great new enrichment activity for my students. These markers give us so many possibilities. We can use them on paper, wood, rocks, canvas, glass, and all kinds of other materials, which means they can be part of everything from STEAM challenges and Makerspace activities to just-for-fun creative projects. I have a feeling these markers are going to become FLEX favorites very quickly!\r\n\r\nAnd a HUGE shout-out to the DonorsChoose community for doubling donations to this project! That extra support helped make this project possible, and I am incredibly grateful. There is something pretty wonderful about knowing that so many people believe in giving students opportunities to be creative, curious, and hands-on with their learning. You helped put wonderful new tools directly into my students' hands, and today we got to see that generosity in action!\r\n\r\nI am absolutely thrilled to have them for our FLEX enrichment activities. We are always dreaming up new things to make, build, decorate, and explore, and these markers open up SO many possibilities. They are going to be used again and again throughout the year. Thank you for putting such a fun and versatile creative tool into my students' hands. We LOVE them!\r\n\r\nThank you, thank you, THANK YOU! ...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife","fullyFundedDate":1787195335149,"projectUrl":"project/powered-by-creativity-driven-by-stem/10421002/","projectTitle":"Powered by Creativity, Driven by STEM","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10420806,"letterContent":"To PCW, Ellie, and the Anonymous Donor from Texas:\r\nThe snacks are here! The snacks are here! \r\nYou may have donated snacks, but what you really supplied was a whole lot of kindness.\r\n\r\nThanks to your generosity, our Library Snack Closet is ready to welcome students who need a little boost during the day. Whether it's a granola bar before a test, crackers during a long afternoon, or simply knowing there's always a place they can stop by, your support makes a difference every single day.\r\n\r\nMy Library Club students are especially excited to keep this project going. They love helping stock shelves, spread the word, and make sure their fellow students feel welcome. In the process, they're learning that some of the biggest acts of kindness are often the simplest.\r\n\r\nOur library has become a place for books, learning, friendship...and snacks! That's a combination our students fully support.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping to fill our shelves and our school with a little extra care. I appreciate you more than you know, and I could not do this without your generous support!!...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife","fullyFundedDate":1789592409864,"projectUrl":"project/showing-compassion-for-food-insecure-stu/10420806/","projectTitle":"Showing Compassion for Food Insecure Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10500449,"letterContent":"To Cathie, Jenn, The Clear Lake High School Community Fund, and The Donors Choose Community:\r\n\r\nI have a confession: one of my favorite things in the world is hearing a student walk into the library and ask, \"Do you have the new one yet?\"\r\n\r\nThanks to you, more often than not, I get to say, \"Actually... yes!\"\r\n\r\nYour generosity helped bring brand-new books into the hands of my students, and that is such a gift. There is something special about new releases. Students hear about them on social media, from friends, or from other readers, and suddenly they are excited about a book before it even hits our shelves. When those books finally arrive, it's a little bit like a concert ticket, a movie premiere, and a treasure hunt all rolled into one.\r\n\r\nThe funny thing is that I spend a lot of time convincing teenagers to return books, but thanks to you, I also get to spend a lot of time watching them race through the library doors to check out the newest titles before someone else grabs them first. Those are wonderful problems for a librarian to have.\r\n\r\nWhat means even more to me is that your gift goes far beyond books. You're helping create moments of connection. You're helping a student find a character who feels familiar, a story that offers comfort during a difficult time, or a plot twist that keeps them awake way past their bedtime. You're helping build readers, and readers carry those experiences with them long after the last page is turned.\r\n\r\nI wish you could see the excitement that arrives in a box of new books. To most people, it's cardboard and packing paper. To my students, it's possibility.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in these young people and for helping me keep our library shelves fresh, relevant, and full of stories worth discovering. Your kindness has a ripple effect that reaches far beyond the library walls, and I am so grateful to be able to share that impact with my students.\r\n\r\nWith heartfelt thanks...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife","fullyFundedDate":1787333163324,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-pages-for-fresh-starts-new-releas/10500449/","projectTitle":"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for HS Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10479564,"letterContent":"To Marshall R. and Cathie,\r\nI honestly don't know how to thank you enough for all the ways you've supported my students over the years. Every time I see your name on a project, my heart is full. It means so much to know that someone cares so deeply about the students I serve.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, my library will be able to add these exciting new releases to our shelves, and I already know the difference they're going to make. There is something magical about putting a brand-new book into a teenager's hands and hearing them say, \"I wanted to read this!\" Those moments create readers, and readers become learners, thinkers, and dreamers.\r\n\r\nWhat I wish you could see is the look on a student's face when they find a book that feels like it was written just for them. Some of these students don't own books at home. Some have never thought of themselves as readers. Others are searching for characters and stories that help them feel understood. Because of your kindness, they'll have those opportunities.\r\n\r\nMore than the books themselves, your continued support sends a message to my students that complete strangers believe in them and value their growth. That is a powerful gift. You are helping me create a library where every student feels welcome, represented, and excited to read.\r\n\r\nThank you for being such a faithful supporter of my students and my library. Your generosity never goes unnoticed, and neither does your kindness. I am deeply grateful for you, and so are the hundreds of students whose lives you continue to touch through your gifts.\r\n\r\nWith love and gratitude...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife","fullyFundedDate":1786915066943,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-pages-for-fresh-starts-new-releas/10479564/","projectTitle":"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for HS Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10112680,"letterContent":"To Mr. Rosenow, Orange Chair, Constance, and Cathie,\r\nHello my amazing friends! Thank you, once again, for helping to fund my Hatch-Topia chicks grant last May. I delayed delivery until just this week so that the feed you are providing will be fresh and ready for our future chicks. \r\nThere really are not enough words to express how very much this project means to me. If you could have seen my high school students last spring when we incubated, hatched and grew our first batch of chicks! They were SO ENGAGED every step of the way, and there are few things I have done as a librarian that were as effective as that project. As soon as we sent the baby chicks off to the farm, the students were asking when we would do it again. Now, because of you,I get to tell them that the chicks are on the way! \r\nThank you for helping me to do this special project with my students. It is a stark reminder for me that high school students are just little kids in big bodies, and I am thrilled that I get to see their pure joy once again. In a few minutes, I will send some photos. These photos are from last spring since school just started and we haven't had a chance to raise the new chicks yet--- but I wanted you to see the magic. THANK YOU. I could not do things like this without your kindness, generosity, and support. Please know that you are making a difference in my students' lives...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLive","fullyFundedDate":1776272232977,"projectUrl":"project/hatch-topia-feeding-our-future-flock/10112680/","projectTitle":"Hatch-Topia: Feeding Our Future Flock!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10471944,"letterContent":"To Cathie, the Village Foundation, and the Chesmar Foundation:\r\n\r\nFresh Pages, Fresh Excitement!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping me fully fund my \"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts\" project! I am already excited about sharing them with my students and watching them discover what is waiting inside those fresh pages. There is something especially exciting about putting a brand-new release into a teenager's hands and being able to say, \"You might be one of the first people at our school to read this!\"\r\n\r\nI love giving my students the opportunity to choose what they read, and new books can create an entirely different kind of excitement. These are stories that are current, relevant, and written for the world my students are living in right now. I am hoping that these books will catch the attention of students who are already enthusiastic readers, while also tempting some of my more reluctant readers to pick up a book simply because the cover, story, or characters look irresistible. Sometimes the hardest part is getting a student to open the first page—and the right book can make that happen.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping me keep my library collection fresh, current, and inviting. Your generosity is giving my students more than 20 new books. You are giving them choices, new perspectives, opportunities to see themselves in stories, and chances to step into experiences different from their own. I cannot wait for these books to arrive, get them onto my shelves, and start putting them into the hands of my students. I have a feeling they are not going to stay on those shelves for very long!","fullyFundedDate":1786567709975,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-pages-for-fresh-starts-new-releas/10471944/","projectTitle":"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for HS Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10469452,"letterContent":"Fresh Pages, Fresh Excitement!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for helping me fully fund my \"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts\" project! I am absolutely thrilled to know that 11 brand-new young adult books will soon be making their way into my library. The books have not arrived quite yet, but I am already excited about sharing them with my students and watching them discover what is waiting inside those fresh pages. There is something especially exciting about putting a brand-new release into a teenager's hands and being able to say, \"You might be one of the first people at our school to read this!\"\r\n\r\nI love giving my students the opportunity to choose what they read, and new books can create an entirely different kind of excitement. These are stories that are current, relevant, and written for the world my students are living in right now. I am hoping that these books will catch the attention of students who are already enthusiastic readers, while also tempting some of my more reluctant readers to pick up a book simply because the cover, story, or characters look irresistible. Sometimes the hardest part is getting a student to open the first page—and the right book can make that happen.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping me keep my library collection fresh, current, and inviting. Your generosity is giving my students more than 20 new books. You are giving them choices, new perspectives, opportunities to see themselves in stories, and chances to step into experiences different from their own. I cannot wait for these books to arrive, get them onto my shelves, and start putting them into the hands of my students. I have a feeling they are not going to stay on those shelves for very long!","fullyFundedDate":1786544031144,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-pages-for-fresh-starts-new-releas/10469452/","projectTitle":"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for HS Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10449709,"letterContent":"Dear Cathie,\r\nThank you hardly seems like a big enough phrase for someone who has done so much, for so long, for so many.\r\n\r\nWhen I received the news that you had fully funded my DonorsChoose project, Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for High School Readers, my heart overflowed with gratitude. Because of your generosity, 20 incredible, award-nominated books will soon be in the hands of students who need them most. You have given them so much more than books. You have given them opportunities to discover themselves, see new perspectives, build confidence, develop empathy, and perhaps even fall in love with reading for the first time.\r\n\r\nFor seven years, you have been a constant champion of my students and our school. Again and again, you have stepped forward with kindness, believing in our children and investing in their futures. Your faithful support has touched hundreds of young lives in ways that may never be fully measured. Every book opened, every new idea explored, every student who finds a story that speaks directly to them carries a piece of your generosity with them.\r\n\r\nThis particular project means so much because these books reflect the lives, struggles, dreams, and experiences of today's teens. They are the kinds of books that transform reluctant readers into eager readers and help students realize that reading is not just an assignment but a doorway to understanding themselves and the world around them. Because of you, these doors will open for countless students.\r\n\r\nAs a librarian, I have the privilege of watching those moments happen. I see the student who says, \"I don't like reading\" suddenly become absorbed in a book they can't put down. I see students sharing recommendations with friends and discovering connections between literature and their own lives. The joy and growth that will come from this collection will be your gift to them.\r\n\r\nCathie, your generosity is priceless, but it is your unwavering commitment, year after year, that truly amazes me. You have never stopped believing that our students are worth investing in. You have never stopped showing up for them. That kind of dedication is rare, and it has made a lasting difference in our school community.\r\n\r\nFrom the bottom of my heart, thank you for your kindness, your friendship, your encouragement, and your incredible generosity. Please know that the impact of your gifts extends far beyond the books themselves. You are helping to create readers, thinkers, dreamers, and lifelong learners.\r\n\r\nI am deeply grateful for you and the countless ways you have blessed my students for the past seven years.\r\n\r\nWith love, admiration, and heartfelt thanks...Shirley #LoveMyLibraryLife\"","fullyFundedDate":1786457608580,"projectUrl":"project/fresh-pages-for-fresh-starts-new-releas/10449709/","projectTitle":"Fresh Pages for Fresh Starts: New Releases for HS Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10461619,"letterContent":"To the donor from Texas:\r\nThe books are HERE, and I could not be more excited! There is something especially wonderful about opening a box of brand-new books and imagining all the students who are going to pick them up, flip through the pages, and discover a story they cannot put down. I am already picturing students recommending books to one another, debating which character is their favorite, and saying, \"You HAVE to read this one!\" That is exactly the kind of excitement about reading I want to create in my classroom. These 27 graphic novels are going to give my students new opportunities to read for pleasure while also helping them build the confidence and skills they need to become stronger readers.\r\n\r\nOne of the things I love most about graphic novels is the way they invite students into reading. For students who sometimes feel overwhelmed by a traditional novel or a page filled with dense text, the combination of illustrations, dialogue, narration, and visual clues can make reading feel much more approachable. But approachable does not mean easy! Students still have to make inferences, understand vocabulary, follow a plot, analyze characters, interpret dialogue, recognize tone, and connect information from both words and images. They are doing serious reading work—they are just having a lot more fun while they do it.\r\n\r\nI am especially excited about the variety in this collection. With fiction, nonfiction, different genres, different perspectives, and a wide range of characters and experiences, there will be something for everyone. My hope is that a student who has always said, \"I don't like reading\" will eventually find a book that makes them change their mind. Maybe one student will discover a love of mystery. Another might become fascinated by history or science. Someone else might find a character who feels surprisingly familiar. And hopefully, more than a few students will discover that reading can be something they choose to do because they genuinely WANT to—not simply because it was assigned.\r\n\r\nI also want to give a huge and heartfelt thank you to The Chesmire Foundation for tripling donations to this project. Your generosity has had an incredible impact! By multiplying the support for this grant, you helped make it possible to bring this entire collection into my classroom. That kind of generosity does more than fill a bookshelf. It puts new stories, new ideas, new perspectives, and new opportunities directly into the hands of students. What an amazing gift!\r\n\r\nTo every donor who supported this project, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have helped me create a classroom where students can find books that meet them where they are and encourage them to keep going. You are helping students build reading confidence one page, one panel, one chapter, and one story at a time. I cannot wait to watch these books leave the shelves, travel into backpacks, get passed from student to student, and eventually become wonderfully worn from being read and reread. Thank you for believing in my students and for helping me make reading more inviting, exciting, and accessible for them. I am so grateful—and my students are going to be thrilled!","fullyFundedDate":1786314237231,"projectUrl":"project/from-panels-to-pages-building-more-conf/10461619/","projectTitle":"From Panels to Pages: Building More Confident Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Dickey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp110342_orig.png?crop=403,403,x0,y8&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1633792101805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sdickey"},{"teacherId":110342,"projectId":10426394,"letterContent":"To Cathie & the Anonymous Donor from Minnesota:\r\nThe books are HERE, and I could not be more excited! 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About this school
Clear Lake High School is
an urban public school
in Houston, Texas that is part of Clear Creek Independent School District.
It serves 2,463 students
in grades 9 - 12 with a student/teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Its teachers have had 248 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
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Grades 9 - 12
2,463 Students
137 Teachers
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54%
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Clear Lake High School
$94,483
raised using DonorsChoose
248
projects
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17
teachers
funded
532
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81
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art supplies
Clear Lake High School has received support from
121 individuals from Texas and
411 individuals out-of-state.