{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Golden Gate Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":44.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8782843,"projectId":10489270,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your incredible generosity in funding our classroom project! The arrival of the 2-subject notebooks, pencils, and folders has given my students the exact tools they need to stay organized and focused on their academic goals. \r\n Additionally, the snacks you provided have been an absolute lifesaver, ensuring that no student is trying to learn on an empty stomach. Having these essential supplies readily available in our classroom takes a massive burden off our families and creates an environment where every child feels prepared and valued.\r\n Beyond the learning materials, your investment in our classroom wellness has made a profound difference. With flu and cold seasons always around the corner, having a steady supply of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, and Lysol wipes keeps our learning space clean, healthy, and safe. \r\n My students and I are deeply grateful for your kindness, which protects our instructional time and shows my class that a community of supporters truly cares about their success.","fullyFundedDate":1787345183535,"projectUrl":"project/keeping-students-prepared-and-healthy/10489270/","projectTitle":"Keeping Students Prepared and Healthy","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Koster","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8782843"},{"teacherId":9831136,"projectId":10565977,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity in funding our \"Single Reeds for a Whole Band Sound\" project! With your contribution, we are able to give each of our clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, and bass clarinet students a high quality reed to perform with. The warm rich sound produced with these quality reeds will be enjoyed at our Winter Concert in December!\r\n\r\nMany of our families struggle to fund their child's music education, and these students will use a reed well beyond its functional life. The frustration of producing squeaks, airy sounds, or no sound at all can many times be traced back to a broken or overused reed. \r\n\r\nThank you for breathing life into our woodwinds!","fullyFundedDate":1788382135160,"projectUrl":"project/single-reeds-for-a-whole-band-sound/10565977/","projectTitle":"Single Reeds for a Whole Band Sound!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kocses","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9831136_orig.png?crop=395,395,x37,y86&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1757093831541","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9831136"},{"teacherId":4095540,"projectId":10457654,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for purchasing our new citrus juicers for the Hospitality & Tourism classroom. Your generosity directly supports hands‑on learning and helps our students experience one of Florida's most iconic traditions — fresh, vibrant Florida citrus punch made right here in class.\r\nYour contribution makes our lessons more engaging, more authentic, and more fun. Our students are excited, empowered, and already squeezing every drop of learning from this new equipment.Thank you for helping us create meaningful, memorable experiences in Hospitality & Tourism. We appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1786306004585,"projectUrl":"project/citrus-juicers/10457654/","projectTitle":"Citrus Juicers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prevost","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4095540_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1479909335965","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4095540"},{"teacherId":4095540,"projectId":9548147,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous gift toward sewing machines for our middle school classroom! Because of your support, students are learning far more than how to thread a needle and stitch a seam — they're building patience, problem-solving skills, and the confidence that comes from creating something with their own two hands. Watching a room full of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders light up over a finished pillow they designed and sewed themselves is a joy every teacher hopes for, and it's a moment your donation made possible.\r\n\r\nThese sewing machines will be used again and again, year after year, giving hundreds of students the chance to explore textiles, practice fine motor skills, and discover a hands-on hobby they might carry with them for life. For some, this project will be their very first time using a sewing machine — and thanks to you, they'll get to take home a finished pillow they made themselves, a tangible reminder of what they accomplished.\r\n\r\nGifts like yours make real, lasting differences in our classroom, and we simply couldn't do this work without a community that believes in hands-on, practical learning. On behalf of our students and our entire Family and Consumer Sciences program, thank you for investing in the next generation of makers, problem-solvers, and creators.","fullyFundedDate":1754760902006,"projectUrl":"project/sewing-machines/9548147/","projectTitle":"Sewing Machines","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Prevost","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4095540_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1479909335965","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4095540"},{"teacherId":1627681,"projectId":9837862,"letterContent":"THANK YOU for your TPT materials for the student's Interactive notebooks. I am so grateful; but more importantly, my mathematicians are really making gains using these resources that I was able to obtain because of you. Your generosity, support, and investment in my classroom is so appreciated and I feel is making a difference in their academic learning already. It has been an essential tool to prepare for state testing and certain stem activities that will happen later in May. My students at GGM will be able to use their notebooks for future grade levels of Math which in this subject area is vital because it is a subject that is ever spiraling on previous knowledge of concepts taught prior years to learning new ones. When completing assignments on a school mandated program on their lab tops, this resource has helped them immensely with support thus easing anxiety when tackling a tough problem on the computer.\r\n- I really appreciate your generosity and caring for these middle school students.","fullyFundedDate":1760827849076,"projectUrl":"project/interactive-notebooks-make-the-differenc/9837862/","projectTitle":"Interactive Notebooks Make the Difference!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Crouse","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1627681_orig.jpg?crop=389,389,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760631692626","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1627681"},{"teacherId":9711215,"projectId":9632437,"letterContent":"The materials you provided are already helping to create a calm, welcoming space where students can feel safe, supported, and ready to work through their emotions. These tools are being used to teach coping strategies, promote emotional regulation, and encourage positive communication — skills that are essential for both personal growth and academic success.\r\n\r\nAs a licensed clinical social worker, I see firsthand the impact that kindness and compassion can have on young people. Your generosity reminds our students that there are caring individuals in the world who believe in their potential and well-being.\r\n\r\nThank you again for investing in our students' emotional health and helping make our school a more supportive and nurturing environment. Your contribution truly makes a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1755986337091,"projectUrl":"project/lets-pause-and-process/9632437/","projectTitle":"Let's Pause and Process","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birdsall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9711215_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1787245488176","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9711215"},{"teacherId":3083620,"projectId":9560174,"letterContent":"I cannot thank you enough for your generosity! Having a color printer in my room has made printing resources for my students so much more impactful and engaging. Here are some examples of how this has greatly helped with our new curriculum...\r\n\r\nOur new curriculum has many awesome resources, including some that are to be printed and used by students. The first set of photos shows students who are using color printed cards to identify the ways cells are similar and different. When I printed these in black and white it just didn't give the level of detail that students really needed to think deeply about this topic.\r\n\r\nIn the next picture you can see how I printed the Spanish version of the student workbook. At a teacher in a high English Language Learner environment, it matters that our ELL students have resources that are the same high quality that we offer in English. Being able to print in color and in Spanish helps my students to make the connections they need in Science.","fullyFundedDate":1754844137959,"projectUrl":"project/in-living-color/9560174/","projectTitle":"In Living Color","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pollard Moran","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3083620_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1464788148200","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-pollardmoran"},{"teacherId":9832661,"projectId":8935407,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you, thank you- we simply cannot thank you enough! One of our goals in the Golden Gate Middle School Media Center is to hook our young student readers with the joy of literature and reading. Having the ability to expand our collection ensured that more students have experienced this joy! \r\nThanks to your donations, our students not only have more books to choose from, but they also have an assortment of books that offer stories of diversity. Children need to read stories that make them feel seen and heard- it reinforces that someone does see them, they are heard, and they do indeed matter in the world they live in. Because of you, these children know they matter.\r\nYour generous contributions to our school library have helped us to achieve success in reaching our student population. Statistical, last year (2024- 2025) our school library checked out 10,947 books- this was nearly double the prior school year's checkout rate! \r\nAgain, thank you for all that you have done for our community here at Golden Gate Middle School.","fullyFundedDate":1731897034281,"projectUrl":"project/books-are-like-mirrors-diversity-and-cu/8935407/","projectTitle":"Books are Like Mirrors- Diversity and Cultural Inclusion Matter","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Steele","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9832661"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_49573","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":957,"numTeachers":70,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":16,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":77,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":0,"gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"13.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":55.9,"schoolId":49573,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Golden Gate Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Golden Gate Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/collier-county-public-schools/golden-gate-middle-school/49573"}