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{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"James E Potter Junior High School","outOfStateSupporters":33.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9281919,"projectId":9461942,"letterContent":"We are incredibly grateful for the recent donations to our math classroom! Your generosity has made a tangible and positive difference in the daily learning experience of our students.\r\n\r\nHere is a breakdown of the impact these essential items have had:\r\n\r\n-Whiteboards & Whiteboard Markers: This combination has revolutionized our approach to practice and formative assessment. Instead of working problems on scratch paper, students now use individual whiteboards and dry-erase markers for quick, low-stakes problem-solving. This allows me to immediately see their work, provide instant feedback, and correct misconceptions on the spot. The high-quality markers mean less time spent struggling with fading ink and more time focused on math.\r\n\r\n-Quadratic Whiteboards: These specialized boards are a game-changer for our algebra units. With a pre-printed coordinate grid, they have made graphing linear, exponential, and especially quadratic functions much faster and more accurate. Students can easily visualize the vertex, axis of symmetry, and intercepts, greatly improving their understanding of function transformations.\r\n\r\n-Cardstock Paper: We've been able to create durable, reusable, and manipulative materials that are vital for abstract concepts. This paper is used for printing math tools like unit circles, geometry templates, and task cards, making them robust enough to be used by multiple classes year after year.\r\n\r\n-Tape: A simple but crucial tool! The tape is used daily for hanging anchor charts, displaying student-made graphs, and quickly securing manipulatives for group work. It helps us keep the classroom environment organized and visually supportive of the current math topics.\r\n\r\n-Lysol Wipes: Keeping our shared learning tools clean is vital. The Lysol wipes ensure that our whiteboards and desks are hygienic for every class period. This is especially important for the individual whiteboards, which are handled by many students throughout the day, helping to maintain a healthy learning environment.\r\n\r\nYour support directly translates into a more interactive, clean, and resource-rich environment where students feel comfortable taking risks and engaging actively with mathematical concepts. Thank you for investing in our students' education!","fullyFundedDate":1757576755645,"projectUrl":"project/from-struggles-to-solutions-math-made-p/9461942/","projectTitle":"From Struggles to Solutions: Math Made Possible","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ayala","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9281919_orig.jpg?crop=621,621,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694971573564","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrayalasclass"},{"teacherId":9281919,"projectId":9236720,"letterContent":"The recent donation of mangas has had a profound impact on my students, especially those who come to my classroom during lunch or before school. Many of these students are searching for a place where they feel accepted and understood, and the manga collection has become a catalyst for building that sense of belonging. What started as quiet reading has grown into a small community, where students share favorite series, recommend stories to one another, and engage in conversations that deepen their connections. For some, it's the highlight of their day—a safe, welcoming space where they can be themselves, explore stories they love, and know they are part of something special. We are deeply grateful to the generous donors whose support has not only filled our shelves with books, but has also filled our students' days with joy, connection, and a true sense of home.","fullyFundedDate":1746841438274,"projectUrl":"project/manga-universe-a-world-beyond-pages/9236720/","projectTitle":"Manga Universe: A World Beyond Pages","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ayala","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9281919_orig.jpg?crop=621,621,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694971573564","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrayalasclass"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":9191054,"letterContent":"Donorschoose suggests that I share what kind of \"book person\" I am. I am the read, reread and highlight, then add comments in the margins \"book person.\" I specifically select classes that I think will offer me new strategies, concepts, or review of material that will hopefully lead to more insightful/meaningful teaching. \r\n\r\nI choose independent book study classes on topics that I feel are current and relevant to teaching and my classroom. Classes through College Credit Connection are particularly important to me because after I read the selected course material and write a summary of each chapter, I have the opportunity to choose 40 hours of additional work related to the topic. The broadness of this coursework can include attending conferences, collaborating with colleagues (or even students and families for that matter), reading additional material if I feel it's needed, or to apply the material immediately into my classroom. The flexibility of these hours gives me the chance to manage my times effectively and to complete large tasks with fidelity. I appreciate being able to take these courses.","fullyFundedDate":1744200481812,"projectUrl":"project/still-teaching-still-learning/9191054/","projectTitle":"Still Teaching; Still Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Logan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3590248_orig.jpg?crop=887,887,x116,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640749352349","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/toni-logan"},{"teacherId":9281919,"projectId":9002020,"letterContent":"Dear Ms. Keira Laxmi Patel, \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous donation to our LEGO Robotics project! Your support has made a meaningful difference in my classroom and has opened up new, exciting ways for students to engage with math.\r\n\r\nThrough building and programming LEGO robots, my students have been able to apply mathematical concepts like ratios, measurement, angles, and problem-solving in real-world scenarios. This hands-on learning has not only increased their confidence but also sparked curiosity and collaboration in ways that traditional lessons sometimes can't. Many students who once hesitated to participate in math are now stepping up as leaders in our robotics challenges.\r\n\r\nYour donation has truly transformed our learning environment—thank you for being part of that change.","fullyFundedDate":1740851392571,"projectUrl":"project/inspiring-math-students-through-lego-rob/9002020/","projectTitle":"Inspiring Math Students Through LEGO Robotics","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ayala","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9281919_orig.jpg?crop=621,621,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1694971573564","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrayalasclass"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":9297619,"letterContent":"When the new mallets, sticks, and percussion items arrived the percussionists were very excited. \"Oh look, these match,\" \"OOOO, these are the CORRECT mallets to use,\" and comments like that were shared jokingly with me. The items even arrived in time for the spring concert, so the students were able to use them in the spring performance. At the end of the school year, the percussionists made sure everything was placed in it's proper place, together we organized the percussion cabinet, reviewed how to care for the items, and how to store them. \r\n\r\nNow that we are getting ready to start a new year, the returning percussionists will review again with me which mallets are for which percussion instrument, they will be setting up the tom toms (a new instrument for us) and be in charge of daily care for the items. Because these particular students did not have these items until recently, I know they will be diligent about not breaking or losing them.","fullyFundedDate":1746479486082,"projectUrl":"project/strike-smash-bang/9297619/","projectTitle":"Strike! Smash! Bang!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Logan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3590248_orig.jpg?crop=887,887,x116,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640749352349","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/toni-logan"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":9027645,"letterContent":"Thank you for our new resources! The students and I appreciate the value of a new textbook; no more ripped pages, no more written in pen - wrong answers on the page, and no more \"the book was like this when I got it.\" When the students saw the new text books arrive they were very eager to ask \"can I go to the librarian and switch mine out.\" While we had enough books to run the class, some were barely holding on by a page before falling apart. Our librarian here at Potter has also bar coded and scanned all of these new text books in the school system. Now when students sign out books they have to show a school issues ID and will be responsible to replaced damaged books. This will lengthen the lifespan of each book, which also means no more wasted funds replacing the same items from year to year. \r\n\r\nThe next steps including confirming with the counselors how many students are enrolled in my classes, confirm with the librarian the updated count on text books, and cross check this with the inventory of instruments. For example, we have 21 trombone instruments; do we have 21 trombone books that are all the same method book? The process will be to do this with each book/instrument. I recently received my enrollment numbers for the 2025-2026 intermediate band class list (the second year band students that are returning - by choice). There are 41 students on that class list; 8 flutes, 2 oboes, 8 clarinets, 4 trumpets, 5 alto saxophones, 1 tenor saxophone, 1 french horn, 3 trombones, 2 baritone horns, 3 tubas, 4 percussionists. This is an overall well-rounded ensemble that I know will sound amazing next year. I look forward to rehearsing with them combined all into one new class.","fullyFundedDate":1738535220432,"projectUrl":"project/everyone-loves-a-new-book/9027645/","projectTitle":"Everyone Loves a New Book","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Logan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3590248_orig.jpg?crop=887,887,x116,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640749352349","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/toni-logan"},{"teacherId":9424362,"projectId":8703878,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my project. This year I was tasked with creating an all-new STEAM elective curriculum for my junior high students, which was quite a challenge given the diversity of academic and social-emotional needs in my classes. Since the curriculum is meant to be built around hands-on labs and engineering challenges, buying all of the reusable and consumable supplies for this activities was a challenge as well. Donors like you who provided materials I can use over and over again were a huge blessing to me as I put together a semester my students would both love (it is their elective class, but many didn't really choose it) and learn from (administrators still wanted it to be academic). \r\n\r\nMany of my activities are done in lab groups or engineering teams, but for many of my students working in groups is difficult, so I try to work in \"breaks\" from the team work where they can choose to work quietly on their own if they prefer. I designed a unit on the nervous system that provided some of those individual tasks. Since this was also going to be done in the busy holiday season, which is emotionally triggering for some of my students, I wanted to provide a sensory, calming activity that still tied into the lessons. The optical illusion rubbing plates were perfect for that and my students absolutely loved using them! Thanks to your generosity I was able to have enough for them to not be waiting in line for a turn or fighting over who got to use which plate first! It was a calming fun time. Some students worked happily alone on their creations and others sat in groups and chatted while they worked, further building community in my class. An administrator walked in that day (two days before Christmas break) and was thrilled with what was going on at a time when most classes were watching movies or just having \"free time\".","fullyFundedDate":1726752841152,"projectUrl":"project/optical-illusions-is-it-your-eyes-or-y/8703878/","projectTitle":"Optical Illusions - Is It Your Eyes or Your Brain?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. White","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9424362_orig.jpg?crop=1038,1038,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1715294302777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9424362"},{"teacherId":9424362,"projectId":8624013,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my project. This project included materials for several activities and all were a huge hit with my junior high students. I was tasked this year with writing a completely new STEAM elective curriculum based on the 8th grade NGSS science standards. Although I have been a secondary science teacher for many years, teaching an elective class is a completely different animal and I found the process to be incredibly time-consuming and challenging. It was also expensive! I spent a lot of my own money on Teachers Pay Teachers buying activity ideas, most of which I needed to spend time modifying to ensure success with my students. Sourcing and ordering supplies for the school to reimburse me for was and additional burden and my budget was not going to cover everything I wanted to make the class successful and fun for my students. \r\n\r\nReceiving this box of activities was such a blessing to me. I was able to pull out the materials and hit the ground running doing an egg-drop challenge that turned out great! My students were fully engaged and on task for a full week, which is a huge accomplishment with this particular group! They also loved the catapult challenge and did even better with it than I expected. I used the thermometers for an activity I actually had done in the past at another school but didn't have the digital temperature probes available at this school. Inspired by the engineering challenges in the movie Apollo 13, my students had to use a collection of \"junk items\" to build a device to insulate part of a space craft in a power loss. They enjoyed the simulation, came up with great designs, and because the data was their own they were even excited about graphing and analysis, which is a rare thing. Usually kids are happy to do the lab but not so much the follow-up work.","fullyFundedDate":1727536817743,"projectUrl":"project/stem-challenges-how-far-and-how-high-ca/8624013/","projectTitle":"STEM Challenges! How Far and How High Can You Go?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. White","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9424362_orig.jpg?crop=1038,1038,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1715294302777","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9424362"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":8538059,"letterContent":"Potter music students are ready to play for Fallbrook public events thanks to you! This year when we are asked to play at the Fallbrook Vintage Car Club Car Show we can do so with greater ease than last year. No more borrowing a truck, loading it up with the large clunky on stage chairs and stands, carrying them through the crowd, setting up, going back for an instrument, and wasting 30 minutes setting up before performance time. Instead, each student will be assigned and arrive with their own travel stand, set it up, put their new band binder with plastic sheets on the stand (no more blowing away in the wind!) and be able to spend the rest of the time warming up. When some of the high school students came to after school practice and asked \"What are those over there?\" I answered them and they commented \"That would have made last year so much easier!\" and \"LUCKY!\" These are the ways I can tell my students are grateful for everything they have been donated. \r\n\r\nEvery year donors like you make my classroom a little bit brighter.","fullyFundedDate":1723668253984,"projectUrl":"project/2024-2025-potter-band-plays-for-fallbroo/8538059/","projectTitle":"2024-2025 Potter Band Plays for Fallbrook","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Logan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3590248_orig.jpg?crop=887,887,x116,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640749352349","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/toni-logan"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":8837733,"letterContent":"My students and I are very grateful for your donation. I was relieved when all of my students were finally able to sign out their own method book for practicing and learning. It is difficult at times to get middle school students to simply practice; adding the challenges of having to structure which student is going to borrow the shared book on which day, which students should share because some students are not organized enough to remember to bring the book back to class, and explain to parents how their child needs to practice and also share a book so they can only practice on certain days and also explain why I cannot legally \"just make copies\" is less than fun. \r\n\r\nThis year kicked off with more students per class for all teachers and with an additional band class in place of choir. When the school ordered new instruments with additional funding through COVID, I accounted for this possibility. I intentionally planned for this exact event. And while I technically have enough band method books, that does not mean I had enough of the right method book for the instruments selected by the students. I was pleasantly surprised when nearly every single trombone was being used by the 2 month of school. When I asked the students \"I'm curious why so many of you chose trombone as your first choice, especially because the euphonium is actually fully sounding.\" Their response was a typical 7th grade boy response \"Because the slide is fun.\"\r\n\r\nSome students are a little envious of the students with brand new books, and some classes are using a different type of band method book (Accent on Achievement, or Essential Elements) but those are more manageable issues. I also collaborated with the school principal and librarian regarding the condition of books when returned. Effective Oct. 2024, the band method books are now treated as every other text book in the school. They are bar coded, stored in the library, signed out with the computerized cataloging system and if books are not returned in good condition or are lost, they are fined in the same manner as the rest of the school. We have already had two books lost and replaced properly this year. \r\n\r\nEvery student in the music department has their own method book because of you.","fullyFundedDate":1727959107241,"projectUrl":"project/more-students-more-books/8837733/","projectTitle":"More Students, More Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Logan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3590248_orig.jpg?crop=887,887,x116,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1640749352349","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/toni-logan"},{"teacherId":3590248,"projectId":8784893,"letterContent":"Thank your for donating to our classroom. Materials from this project allowed music department to accomplish a few different tasks. \r\n\r\nWith the flute plugs, we had enough (and even have extra now) flute plugs for every flute we own. This means that every flute had the option to plug in every fingering hole and all the flute players were able to create sound, even if their technique is not yet perfect. Beginning flute players were able to gain a little more confidence, rather than feeling defeated, I wasn't spending class time deciding which flute player had to switch which plug to what hole to make the majority of notes sound properly. Intermediate flute players felt more at ease regarding this too, considering that \"intermediate\" at our school really means \"second year playing an instrument.\" We also have more flute players this year than I have ever had while teaching at Potter Junior High, so building their confidence is crucial in fostering retention. Flute playing can be challenging when first starting; There is no need to make it harder by requiring perfect technique. \r\n\r\nMaterials from this project arrived during my intermediate band class. The saxophones finally felt including in being able to properly swab the inside of their instruments like the rest of the woodwinds. I felt less grossed out that they haven't cleaned the inside of their instrument in a year. As soon as I pulled the metallic royal blue pom poms out of the box students were asking \"what are those for?\" and of course \"can we keep them?\" This worked to my benefit, because I have oboe and bassoon players that we don't march with in the Christmas parade. This isn't because I wouldn't march them; its because if the temperature drops below 60 degrees, their very delicate and rather pricey instruments would crack beyond repair. The decision to not march those woodwinds is out of protection of the equipment. I suggested the students march percussion, and my bassoon player agreed to cover the sleigh bell parts. My oboe players were not satisfied with this option. Instead, they started a little pom pom cheer line and marched with the rest of the band. They additionally recruited 2 other beginning band members to join them. This is more significant that it sounds; nearly the entire town attends the Fallbrook Christmas parade. Other beginning band students and families alike witnessed the band in the parade and many asked \"why did (beginning band student) get to march with pom poms?\" Such questions opened the door for more discussion and hopefully recruitment for next year.\r\n\r\nThese materials may seem simple, but they are incredibly impactful when teaching middle school students especially. 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