{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Coulwood STEM Academy","outOfStateSupporters":34.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9710236,"letterContent":"My students are great scholars but bring terrible snacks! Your sponsorship has really enlightened them to select better snacks! Thank you so much for the healthier snacks, that not only provided rewards but also knowledge about selecting better snacks.\r\n We read the ingredients, did research on the ingredients and discussed the benefits of trying to select better snacks with better ingredients. Even though they were hesitant, they fell in love with the snacks. We learned that healthy is not always nasty and healthy food can be delicious.\r\n The snacks were used not only as a lesson in reading but also as rewards for completing assignments, earning high scores and behaving properly. These snacks were perfect for class review competitions as we closed out the lesson and did review games. Winners were rewarded snacks for friendly competition as well as earing the most points for correct answers.","fullyFundedDate":1758220897212,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-snacks-healthy-minds/9710236/","projectTitle":"Healthy Snacks = Healthy Minds","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9351209,"letterContent":"What a blessing you all have been to my students, my class and our progress as we use technology daily. The chargers may seem like nothing to you all, but over the months of using the chargers, they have become damaged. I am in awe of how your sponsorship has saved us with new chargers. \r\n I have been able to set up a charging station, and students now know that their chrome books will be charged each day. There are no more excuses because they can come right into class and begin their assignments. There is no more having to wait on a charger that another student is using, everyone has their own charger!\r\n Most of all, during the day if a student's chrome book begins to get low on a charge, they know to just plug their chrome book into our charging station. This has cut down on distractions, excuses and most of all loss of time in completing assignments. The atmosphere is more positive because no one can have an excuse on why they are not completing assignments that require a chrome book! THANK you, thank you and thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1758202920543,"projectUrl":"project/chromebook-chargers/9351209/","projectTitle":"Chromebook Chargers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":6931654,"projectId":9140903,"letterContent":"The donation of a class set of \"Sanctuary\" set my students up to have in-depth, culturally relevant conversations. As a Literacy teacher, I do not have a prescribed curriculum, which gives me the freedom to read about topics my students are genuinely interested in. It is an amazing thing to see students engrossed in a novel! \r\n\r\n\"Sanctuary\" was used in my after school club, Girls' Group. In this group, we talked about issues that women face across the world. One of the issues we talked about in-depth was immigration - an issue that hit hard for many of the club members, as either them or their parents are immigrants. We would read one chapter of the book as a whole group and then break off into smaller groups for discussion. The students who identified with the main character's struggle as the child of immigrants would often lead the conversations, explaining their families' experience to the other students. For \"homework,\" the students were tasked with reading current event articles to further understand how the novel connected to people's lived experiences. \r\n\r\nNot only were students able to connect \"Sanctuary\" to real world events, students were also able to explore the elements of a dystopian novel. While learning these elements, students were particularly interested in the loss of individuality and the idea of a perfect society that most dystopian novels have. Students created presentations to show what a society without individualism would look like, answering questions like \"What elements of my life would change if my right to make decisions for myself were taken?\" and \"How important is individuality in American society?\" \r\n\r\nGirls' Group students will be able to use these novels every year, which is a beautiful gift!","fullyFundedDate":1744290664017,"projectUrl":"project/womens-history-month-how-we-move-forwa/9140903/","projectTitle":"Women’s History Month: How We Move Forward Amidst Division","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sidney McCurry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6931654"},{"teacherId":6931654,"projectId":9368802,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to my classroom! During the spring of last year, one of the members of our after school club, Girls' Group, lost her battle with cancer. She was a valued member of our school community and it was a devastating loss for the students that spent time with her after school. Following her passing, the students in Girls' Group wanted to do something positive with their grief and decided to make garden boxes to honor their friend.\r\n\r\nI no longer teach the girls that were in Girls' Group, as they moved onto 7th grade, but we gathered after school one day to build the garden boxes. The girls were absolutely thrilled to learn how to use a drill! They patiently took turns and helped one another figure out the instructions. After they put the garden boxes together, they painted rocks to decorate the outdoor space where the garden boxes will be placed. The students are excited to learn about gardening in North Carolina once Girls' Group starts up again next month.","fullyFundedDate":1748911648338,"projectUrl":"project/planting-for-a-purpose-a-student-led-me/9368802/","projectTitle":"Planting for a Purpose: A Student-Led Memorial Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sidney McCurry","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6931654"},{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9285861,"letterContent":"What a blast, the candy, pencils, board cleaners, laminator and the games! We ended the year just exploding with competitions, rewards, projects and we owe you a BIG thank you! The games were used at the end of class after our EOG review to wind down and just have fun, competitive but positive fun. The games began when everyone had their review items completed and turned in for a grade.\r\n We ALL jumped for joy seeing all of these items that you sent us. We celebrated with oooooo's and ahhhhhhh's and yesssss! We came up with a game plan on how to utilize the snacks, games and pencils. After much deliberation we had a final class plan and it worked wonderfully. \r\n First everyone that had perfect attendance for review got mechanical pencils. The teams that answered all of the review questions on paper got the candy bags and students that were the top DOG in class got the bags also. By the end of EOG review using the games to add bonus points to the daily scores was awesome. The mechanical pencils were a big hit, no more sharpening pencils during review, just smooth writing! The students will continue to work together and know that friendly competition is the best competition!","fullyFundedDate":1746787092722,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-the-year-celebrations/9285861/","projectTitle":"END of the YEAR CELEBRATIONS","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9234916,"letterContent":"This computer was used by my students to complete their end of the year projects. Some needed access to certain apps and the computer you funded helped out a lot. The students also had to complete their end of the fictional books. The books were designed by the students and was a rough draft to a book they would love to publish one day. \r\n The students were so excited that they were able to have access to apps and especially being able to print items in color! \r\n ALL of my students did not want to use their computer; they wanted to use the NEW class computer! We started a sign-up sheet to everyone would have a day and specific time to use the computer.","fullyFundedDate":1746786904203,"projectUrl":"project/time-to-celebrate/9234916/","projectTitle":"Time to Celebrate","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9092359,"letterContent":"We really thank you for amping up our rewards before the End of Grades testing. The snacks were used to promote teamwork, participation and positive sportsmanship. Every day was filled with specific review questions that students had to answer, and they were rewarded points for the best answer! \r\n When I showed them one of their favorite snacks the veggie straws, they roared with \"The competition is on now\"! This got them all pumped up to be positive, to participate and to cheer everyone on as they answered questions. \r\n Students will use this time and project to continue to be positive and to always be a good sport! As this year comes to a close the snacks will also be used as a reward to the students who showed growth on their End of Grade test. As this year continues, we will share moments and positive points as we continue to earn snack rewards!","fullyFundedDate":1746698812638,"projectUrl":"project/time-for-my-students-to-get-their-prize/9092359/","projectTitle":"Time for My Students to Get Their Prize!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":833329,"projectId":8627982,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these amazing books to our classroom!!! Because of your generosity: \r\n\r\nDozens of kids were able to continue the Percy Jackson series or read the graphic novel after they completed the first novel in Language Arts class\r\n\r\nKids fell in love with new characters like Amari, Nic Stone, Amulet, and Lara Jean \r\n\r\nEveryone became obsessed with The Babysitters Club!\r\n\r\nKids who were placed in in-school suspension had access to books to help them reset and get back on track\r\n\r\nWe had fantastic nonfiction books to learn from during our units on ancient Egypt, Ghana, Rome, China, South America, and more\r\n\r\nKids grew their vocabulary, practiced their fluency, and expanded their knowledge about history, the world, and themselves\r\n\r\nA girl I will call \"T\" was able to check out and read 26 books this year -- and counting!\r\n\r\nHaving new, interesting, high-quality books in my classroom truly made an impact on kids' learning and lives this year. Thank you so much. We love you and we appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1727978727882,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-is-freedom-books-make-it-poss/8627982/","projectTitle":"Literacy is Freedom. Books Make it Possible!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Price","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp833329_orig.jpg?crop=712,712,x1451,y1169&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700449302097","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kelliott"},{"teacherId":310551,"projectId":9092363,"letterContent":"My students designed review games using vocabulary terms. Students were awarded a point for each correct answer; these points were used to shoot bonus shots outside with our donated basketballs. The last round of our review was throwing the frisbees to a group member and if someone yelled out a vocabulary term with a correct synonym, bonus points were awarded to the group.\r\n So much excitement was shown when our new sports equipment arrived! Imaginations started creating ways to use the donated items in our trivial facts on Black athletes during our unit on Black History month. The toss across game became the new way to motivate students to learn about our past athletes so their team could aim for three in a row to win. \r\n We are now working on a reward celebration that includes students who have shown outstanding growth academically and students with excellent behavior. Our goal is to have a toss across tournament, 3 on 3 basketball games and frisbee throwing contest.","fullyFundedDate":1739569994750,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-black-history-month/9092363/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Black History Month","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp310551_orig.jpg?crop=1497,1497,x0,y608&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714771664417","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/310551"},{"teacherId":8157886,"projectId":9054421,"letterContent":"Thank you for this amazing computer! It has been a great addition to the classroom as it adds a more interactive approach to learning! This computer serves as another vehicle of learning as students can use it for digital manipulatives with its touch screen. The computer has also been great for me as the screen is big enough to have multiple tabs open at once, helping with tracking grades and monitoring student work. Thanks again for your generosity and making this possible for a Title 1 school in need!","fullyFundedDate":1737127296060,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-touchscreen-computer/9054421/","projectTitle":"Classroom Touchscreen Computer","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Elgin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elgin"},{"teacherId":8157886,"projectId":9058651,"letterContent":"My students, team of teachers, and I appreciate your donation greatly. Because of your donation, I can provide each classroom on my team of 5 teachers with 4 extra chargers, allowing every student access to a functioning computer. This alleviates any additional work for teachers such as doling out personal computers or printing out hard copies of the assignment when the work is typically online. It is inevitable that students will have a laptop that is not charged, whether by choice or circumstance, so having a classroom set of chargers will make everyone's lives easier. \r\nThanks again for your generosity!","fullyFundedDate":1737040160756,"projectUrl":"project/chromebook-chargers/9058651/","projectTitle":"Chromebook Chargers","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Elgin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elgin"},{"teacherId":8157886,"projectId":8858625,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation! The Chromebook are going to be a great addition to the classroom -- it will allow access the lessons and assignments to every student as students who do not have their own Chromebook will be allowed to have one in class. I am still waiting for it to be cleared in my district so we have not been able to use them quite yet, but definitely looking forward to that day! Also, unfortunately, the desktop that was donated was not a touchscreen like the description had said so I am currently working on a replacement there. Otherwise, thank you very much for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1728251107597,"projectUrl":"project/technology-drive/8858625/","projectTitle":"Technology Drive!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Elgin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/elgin"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_1584","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":629,"numTeachers":50,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":64,"percentWhite":3,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":24,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":65.6,"schoolId":1584,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Coulwood STEM Academy on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Coulwood STEM Academy","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/north-carolina/charlotte-mecklenburg-school-district/coulwood-middle-school/1584"}