{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Ebenezer Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":58.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9526460,"letterContent":"It's been about a week or so since we received our soprano and alto recorders. My larger general music class has been assigned an instrument, and we are learning about hand placement and proper tone production. We are easing into making sounds with songs like \"Hot Cross Buns\" and \"Mary Had a Little Lamb\". They are slowly getting adjusted to this new way of learning music and they are loving it! \r\n\r\nMy smaller general music class is a little more advanced, and with that knowledge comes the responsibility of teaching students how to play \"Way Back Then\", a song from the show Squid Game. They are having so much fun learning this song! I predict they will be able to play all of it by the end of next week. I am hopeful that both groups will be a part of our winter concert repertoire and for our multi cultural events in December. Thank you for all of your help to bring the power of music to my classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1758829957302,"projectUrl":"project/recording-lifelong-memories/9526460/","projectTitle":"Recording Lifelong Memories","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"},{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9479028,"letterContent":"Exactly 3 school years ago, I was told I needed to launch a general music program 3 days before the start of school. That first year was a learning curve to say the least. However, through intense research, support and networking, I found myself launching a successful world drumming program. \r\n\r\nNow my general music classes have become so popular among students that they express to me how they wanted to have my class when they don't see it on their schedule. So I find myself having to request more tubanos to accommodate my class sizes due to its popularity. By the way, each and every student participates joyfully and willingly in my class. Something that can be rare nowadays! \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me acquire more tubanos for the students. It really matters.","fullyFundedDate":1754023939230,"projectUrl":"project/tubano-progress-20/9479028/","projectTitle":"Tubano Progress 2.0","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"},{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9204639,"letterContent":"Exactly 3 school years ago, I was told I needed to launch a general music program 3 days before the start of school. That first year was a learning curve to say the least. However, through intense research, support and networking, I found myself launching a successful world drumming program. \r\n\r\nNow my general music classes have become so popular among students that they express to me how they wanted to have my class when they don't see it on their schedule. So I find myself having to request more tubanos to accommodate my class sizes due to its popularity. By the way, each and every student participates joyfully and willingly in my class. Something that can be rare nowadays! \r\n\r\nThank you for helping me acquire more tubanos for the students. It really matters.","fullyFundedDate":1752586469680,"projectUrl":"project/progress-one-tubano-at-a-time/9204639/","projectTitle":"Progress One Tubano at a Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"},{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9224581,"letterContent":"Happy new school year to all. We are in our second full week of school, and I am so excited. The students were so happy to see new equipment waiting for them. My 5th hour class decided they would be the ones to open the boxes and see what was inside of them. One student in particular told me they were happy because it felt like christmas with family as they were unboxing things. 5th hour also was particularly joyful to crush the boxes for the custodian to take away. It made for a good photo opportunity as seen below. \r\n\r\nWhen 1st and 4th hour music classes saw the new equipment laying neatly on the podium, they became curious as to what kinds of instruments they were and why they were there. After explaining what a fabulous community we have at this website, I began showing students what each item was. Before I knew it, a wonderful young man told me that he has never used or played on any of these items and told me how excited he was to learn how to use them. \r\n\r\n\r\nWe are all so grateful that the majority of our taller boys can enjoy the power of music a little more comfortably. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us learn the most about music.","fullyFundedDate":1752586439903,"projectUrl":"project/hands-of-all-sizes-wanted/9224581/","projectTitle":"Hands of All Sizes Wanted","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"},{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9188227,"letterContent":"We are in our third week of school. Routines and structures are slowly turning into good habits. Basic content reviews and skills have been introduced and re-introduced. We are well prepared and positioned for a successful school year. \r\n\r\nYour assistance in helping us be ready with new supplies has contributed significantly to our start of the year. For one, we can now hear the difference between high sound, low sound and muted sound closer to our ears with the new frame drums. Second, those students that have already seen soprano recorders in elementary school can deepen and extend their knowledge with learning how to use tenor recorders. Lastly, none of my students have ever seen or used talking drums before, and they are looking forward to using them in our highlife music unit. \r\n\r\nThank you for all of your generosity towards my students. You have made an incredible impact on all our lives with the power of music.","fullyFundedDate":1752586455945,"projectUrl":"project/world-drumming-with-style/9188227/","projectTitle":"World Drumming With Style","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"},{"teacherId":1632365,"projectId":9188178,"letterContent":"I thought it would be nice to take pictures of us unboxing our new tubano. My general music class has a level of excitement of 10+ on a scale of 0-10 for playing tubanos. It's so great to see them so happy with each daily dose of music. My chorus and band students also love the world drumming curriculum. They still mainly sing and play instruments, but every now and then when time allows the students request that I give them the condensed general music lesson that week. It has boosted their basic music reading levels exponentially! So I hope you can see that by funding this extra tubano, you have helped me continue to create a positive music community. It fills my heart to see every child involved in some way shape or form. Thank you for all the support that you have given me to make my school that much more special.","fullyFundedDate":1742917770265,"projectUrl":"project/less-wait-more-activity/9188178/","projectTitle":"Less Wait, More Activity","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Torres","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1632365_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450393886469","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-torresband"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_6863","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":352,"numTeachers":21,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":79,"percentWhite":13,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":4,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"16.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":41.5,"schoolId":6863,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Ebenezer Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Ebenezer Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/south-carolina/sumter-school-district/ebenezer-middle-school/6863"}