Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation

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It's been an amazing year in my classroom and I am grateful for your help in making this possible. My students have worked hard and have become proficient "junior" scientists.

My classroom became very popular during the mushroom growing "season". Students loved to spritz them!

I was very pleased with the ecology wildlife materials. As we studied ecological succession, it was helpful to have hands on materials to work with. I know that enhanced their understanding of the subject material.

Thank you for your support of my students. You definitely made a difference.

Have a wonderful weekend.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Furcinito

Your partnership in this project has begun the realization of our dream of building an outdoor learning space for our scholars. Due to your contributions our scholars have a growing network of committed community members driven to advance their lives through quality educational experiences.

While we have not been able to fully complete our project our scholars are ecstatic about the prospect of completing our outdoor learning space. We have used our gloves to help us plant flora in our new pollinator garden. Our pollinator garden came to fruition due a partnership we have fostered with a local non-profit committed to planting native plants and trees in their quest to restore the urban forest.

Your commitment to our scholars proves that anything is possible for our children when they have the support of caring community members. Your contribution has offered our scholars with the opportunity to engage with content outside of the classroom. We hope that you will continue to partner with us in the future to provide our scholars with learning experiences that would be impossible otherwise. We truly appreciate you.”

With gratitude,

Mr. Miller

Art 1 students at Woodrow Wilson High School used the supplies to create a "deconstructed book." These works of art are both expressive, show individual style and are fun to create.

My students were very appreciative of the supplies and the opportunity to do a 3-D project in Art 1. Often students are a little shy about trying new things, but I did not find this to be the case with this project. They jumped right in and were determined to experiment and create something they had never tried before. They were also excited about the opportunity to do a project that was recycling books from our own school library. Many of the deconstructed books have been on display for months in the library and will be displayed again during our schools upcoming 85th anniversary celebration.

Your generosity has allowed me to be able to teach "outside the box" and offer my students an opportunity to do something that links their work to our school library. Many of the books we used have been in the school library since the 1930's and now serve as works of Art.

Again thank you for allowing my students to be part of this amazing creative process.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Wright

We are busy using the resources you have connected us with to learn more about the recycling process. We are well on our way to finishing an upcycle project at the moment. For several weeks, our class collected and sorted recyclable materials with our new recycling bins. We then decided on using bottle caps to create an art project. The photos you see posted on our project page are of some of our students using the requested materials to create a bottle cap art project. The image we have created from our bottle caps is of the recycling symbol with the words "reuse" below it. Our class has collectively put together this project, which we hope to hang in the main office to remind the entire school to recycle, reuse, and reduce. We are having an incredible time repurposing the materials we are collecting. Because of your help, students are able to think creatively and critically about their role in the recycling process. We thank you for helping us make this possible.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Salinas Garcia

I would like to extend my most sincere appreciation to all the generous individuals and organizations who funded this project so quickly and willingly, I applaud your philanthropy. Your incredible sponsorship makes a huge difference in the lives and educational experience of my students.

My students were so excited to receive these markers and pencils to use for writing practice and artwork. This great variety of colors and sizes give them so many more choices than just our jumbo crayons provided by the school. The quality and detail of the students work has improved with the availability of these better quality tools!

Thank you so much for your help!”

With gratitude,

Mr. Zingg

Thank you so much for your generous contribution. My children have certainly enjoyed the Kindle Fire. As a first grade teacher, I use the balanced literacy model. When I am reading with a guided reading group, I have the remainder of the children split up into literacy stations. One of the stations they have an opportunity to go to is the tablet station. They all want to go to this station!

In this station, they get to use the Kindle Fire you donated to our classroom. They read and re-read their favorite books and play educational games on it. Often times, I will glance up during my reading group to see some of the other children from other stations drift towards the Kindle Fire station. They absolutely love it!

Once again, thank you so much for contributing to a rich learning environment in the my classroom. You have certainly enriched my children's lives!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Kopecky

We are so grateful to have received materials for our school garden. We are eagerly awaiting the end of the "polar vortex", so we can plant our crops!

The students and teachers and are excited about all the possibilities the garden holds. We look forward to our students learning about healthy food options and how to grow their own food. We believe many of our students do not understand where their food comes from and many are not fortunate enough to taste a wide variety of vegetables. The garden will, we believe, encourage our students to eat a more varied and healthy diet. Our teachers are also excited to use the garden to teach hands-on, experiential lessons in science and math.

On behalf of teachers and students here, I want to express our gratitude for the gardening supplies and materials.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Hillis

Thank you so much for your generous donations! We used the paper shredder and blender to turn our paper scraps and old newspaper into seed balls to give as gifts to our parents. We have been learning about trees and natural resource conservation. Instead of throwing our old paper away, we turned it into balls filled with California poppy seeds that can be planted!

A parent came in and helped with the project. Students enjoyed the tactile experience of touching and molding the paper pulp as well as the satisfaction of making a gift that is both fun and helpful to the earth.

We will continue to use these supplies to make paper and other projects for years to come!

Thank you again!”

With gratitude,

Ms. Roberts

Thank you so very much for these classroom supplies! When the worms arrived there was a flurry of activity. The students had so many questions! There were so many questions, that I couldn't answer them all. This is a situation that every teacher loves - having students interested and engaged in the classroom.

This project was half of a full project. We have a worm-away composting box that we started first (previously funded project). Then, the see through compost container and worm-vue items have made it possible for the students to watch what is actually happening in the big container that is hard to observe (but very functional).

These items have been able to raise the awareness of the importance of recycling and what happens to our trash in the landfills.

While we haven't used the experimental kits yet, they students are looking forward to learning about how water is filtered and treated and if landfills really work.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Gilliam