{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Peet Junior High School","outOfStateSupporters":18.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10514722,"projectId":10296622,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom with microphone headphones! Headphones with microphones are expensive, but in today's technology-rich classroom, they have become an important learning tool rather than a luxury.\r\n\r\nThese headphones have opened up a whole new way for my students to participate in science. Instead of every response having to be written, students can now explain their thinking, share evidence, defend an answer, and talk through their scientific process. The microphones allow students to record verbal responses that they can hear and play back. This gives them the opportunity to listen to themselves, make corrections, and improve their responses. It also allows me, as their teacher, to listen to and assess their thinking later instead of trying to catch every response in real time.\r\n\r\nThe impact has been especially meaningful in my Newcomer class, where students are learning English while simultaneously learning science. This year, I have students from Vietnam, China, Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras. For these students, hearing themselves speak English is an important part of learning. When they are practicing science vocabulary and basic English phrases, being able to record themselves, listen back, and try again gives them a safe way to practice without the pressure of having to speak perfectly in front of the entire class. Hearing their own voices helps them recognize pronunciation and phrasing that they might not notice otherwise.\r\n\r\nMy Honors students have benefited in a completely different way. They are now using the microphones to explain their scientific thinking, debate ideas, and support their answers with evidence. I have seen a much higher level of interest in sharing opinions and defending ideas verbally because students no longer feel that every science response has to become a written paragraph. The microphones have made scientific discussion more accessible, interactive, and engaging.\r\n\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students this opportunity. Your generosity has provided much more than a set of headphones. You have given my students a way to be heard, a way to practice, and another way to show what they know.","fullyFundedDate":1780597342906,"projectUrl":"project/micd-up-for-mastery-help-all-students/10296622/","projectTitle":"Mic’d Up for Mastery: Help All Students Confidently Speak Science","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rohner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10514722"},{"teacherId":115936,"projectId":9267000,"letterContent":"I cannot begin to express how your generous donation has helped my 7th grade students. Every single day we read. We read together. By providing these books, you have given us the materials we need to be able to read all year long. \r\n\r\nWe just started reading Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman. The students are beyond excited. Furthermore, we have already shown them and prepared them for reading the other two novels. They are eagerly anticipating being able to tell others how we completed 4 novels together this year. You helped us do this. Thank you.","fullyFundedDate":1746455480731,"projectUrl":"project/books-to-read-together/9267000/","projectTitle":"Books to Read Together","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pritchett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp115936_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1526327918651","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/spritchett"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_10967","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1380,"numTeachers":93,"percentFrplEligible":57,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":13,"percentWhite":36,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":42,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"7 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"14.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":81.1,"schoolId":10967,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Peet Junior High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Peet Junior High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/texas/conroe-independent-school-district/peet-junior-high-school/10967"}