{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Melba Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":16.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1786163,"projectId":10253273,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of mallets to the music department. The students are now able to use the mallets to play their instruments! The donation of the mallets ensures that every student can play a percussion instrument. Each day in band, the students get the opportunity to use the mallets to play through the day's music. Ensuring that each student has their mallets allows students be able to play without having to share with other students, making their access to their instrument easier. \r\n\r\nThe students were pleased to have enough mallets for them all to use! We now also have enough that if a student were to break a mallet, plenty of replacements. Last year, we didn't have enough and lots of kids had share or just used one mallet. Now they all their own mallets. It wouldn't be possible without generous donations! \r\n\r\nOur next step for the band and donated items is to put on a Christmas concert. The students have been working hard on their music and are now ready to put on a Christmas Concert and give back to the community. It's also a great chance to thank our donors for all their support! \r\n\r\nWithout your support, the donations and all the success would not have been possible. Our students are very happy with the mallets they received.","fullyFundedDate":1787320548445,"projectUrl":"project/mallets-in-motion-upgrading-school-mall/10253273/","projectTitle":"Mallets in Motion: Upgrading School Mallet Percussion!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Middelhoven","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1786163_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1577397745317","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-middelhoven"},{"teacherId":1786163,"projectId":10253238,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of reeds and music books to the music department. The students are now able to use the reeds to make their woodwind instruments sound! The donation of the books ensures that every student can access their music. Each day in band, the students use the donated reeds and books to play and read through the day's music. This is extremely important, especially at the beginning band level. Ensuring that each student has their own book to be able to read greatly helps with music fluency and being able to perform. \r\n\r\nThe students were pleased to be able to have enough reeds for them all to play! We now also have enough that if a student were to break a reed, we now have plenty of replacements. The students are also pleased to have mostly their own book to use. Last year, we didn't have enough and lots of kids had to be three or four to a book. Now we've narrowed it down to two so that they can share with their stand partner. It wouldn't be possible without generous donations! \r\n\r\nOur next step for the band and donated items is to put on a Christmas concert. The students have been working hard on their music and are now ready to put on a Christmas Concert and give back to the community. It's also a great chance to thank our donors for all their support! \r\n\r\n Without your support, this success would not have been possible. Our students are very happy with their reeds and music books!","fullyFundedDate":1787320659432,"projectUrl":"project/no-musician-left-behind-resourcing-reed/10253238/","projectTitle":"No Musician Left Behind: Resourcing Reeds and Books for All!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Middelhoven","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1786163_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1577397745317","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-middelhoven"},{"teacherId":1786163,"projectId":10253219,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of tuners to the music department. The students are now able to use the tuners to make sure that they are playing in tune and making good sounds! Each day in band, before the students start rehearsing their music, they go through the tuning process and play with the tuners to make sure they're in tune with the rest of the ensemble. Tuning is a very integral part of being a good musician and now our students are better able to do that thanks to the donation! \r\n\r\nThe students were curious about the new tools that they had received because they had never seen or used a tuner before. They're still curious about all the unique features that they come with. They are grateful to be able to use them and now use them daily! \r\n\r\nOur next step for the band and the tuners is to put on a Christmas concert that will now be perfectly in tune! The students have been working hard on their music and tuning and are now ready to put on a Christmas Concert and give back to the community. It's also a great chance to thank our donors for all their support!","fullyFundedDate":1787320580558,"projectUrl":"project/pitch-perfect-personal-tuners-for-stude/10253219/","projectTitle":"Pitch Perfect! Personal Tuners for Student Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Middelhoven","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1786163_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1577397745317","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-middelhoven"},{"teacherId":1786163,"projectId":9521401,"letterContent":"Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for believing in and sharing with our students! What an incredible gift--You have brought a such great blessing to our world. I have learned that puppets truly make a good lesson into a magical one for my young musicians! They are always so thrilled to see a puppet come out for an activity (or even better--be able to use the puppet themselves)!\r\n\r\nIt is so special to be able to tell my students that there are people that they don't even know who care about them and are cheering them on! I would have loved to show you how their faces lit up when the new resources arrived!\r\n\r\nYou are helping to share a lifelong love for music and literacy with some incredible young people. Your kindness absolutely means the world to us! \r\n\r\nP.S. I would have loved to send you pics of our students enjoying their wonderful new learning tools, but unfortunately, our district has a strict \"no picture\" policy when it comes to students. However, I have attached a few pictures of the resources themselves though!","fullyFundedDate":1760693705165,"projectUrl":"project/puppet-playtime-pandemonium/9521401/","projectTitle":"Puppet Playtime Pandemonium!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Middelhoven","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1786163_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1577397745317","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-middelhoven"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_52460","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":399,"numTeachers":20,"percentFrplEligible":40,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":78,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":19,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":1,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"20.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":83.2,"schoolId":52460,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Melba Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Melba Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/idaho/melba-joint-school-district-136/melba-elementary-school/52460"}