{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Baumgardner Middle School ","outOfStateSupporters":74.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9854507,"letterContent":"My students are working hard to earn \"Luton Loot\" to make purchases from my incentive cart. The Play-Doh is always a winner but the students have a wide range of interests and everything seems to go fast. \r\n\r\nI am so glad that my students are doing so well and not only earning \"Luton Loot\" from me to use but also from many of their other teachers. I can feel the excitement when I let them know which day is next for making their art incentive purchases from my cart.\r\n\r\nI will continue to keep my art incentive cart stocked with different art and craft incentives that I have been able to secure from the wonderful donors via Donors Choose and other sources. Thank you for allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1764601523541,"projectUrl":"project/art-incentives-for-going-above-and-beyon/9854507/","projectTitle":"Art Incentives for Going Above and Beyond, Part 3","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9875116,"letterContent":"My students were so excited to know that we would be getting these supplies. They were extra excited knowing that they would get their own personal set of supplies that would allow them to hand sew and / or crochet outside of school in the comfort of their own home. \r\n\r\nMy students were so excited to make the small variety of things we already have made including felt gingerbread men, small pillows, their own hand-sewn supply pouch to keep their supplies, and pom poms. They cannot wait to learn how and begin to crochet this week in order to make a small gift or two for a loved.\r\n\r\nMy students will continue to use these supplies both at school and at home and will also create upcycled fashions for a fashion show portion of a school talent show in the spring. We can't wait. Thank you for allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1763559085812,"projectUrl":"project/with-these-hands-gifts-for-you-and-gi/9875116/","projectTitle":"With These Hands: Gifts for You and Gifts for Me","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9638094,"letterContent":"I can't express how grateful my students are for your support. Learning to program in Python has been a challenge and they are proud of their accomplishments. When we started this journey, none of them had any coding experience and they were not thrilled that our drones didn't have remote controls. When I told them that the drones would run based on the code they wrote, I was quickly told that would be hard. Students have learned to code lights, sounds, and a safety module. Some students have gotten to writing code to make their drones hover and fly. Next week, we will be setting up the obstacle course and they are really excited. Thank you for this fantastic learning experience that they can take with them into their future endeavors.","fullyFundedDate":1757618908955,"projectUrl":"project/programming-skills/9638094/","projectTitle":"Programming Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":8949490,"letterContent":"My students have finally been able to use some of the cutting tools. With my 8th grade class they have made layered relie sculptures from cardboard that were made into eyes. They used the circle punchers to cut out the pupil and iris and they also used the cardboard cutters to cut our other eye shapes. \r\n\r\nMy students were happy that the cutting was made easier for them with having these tools. There fingers and hands could rest a little more easier.\r\n\r\nWe will continue to use these tools for different projects including cardboard landscapes and use the circle cutters to make collages and layered paper projects. \r\n\r\nThank you so much again for your generous donation and allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1740601112413,"projectUrl":"project/helpful-cutting-tools/8949490/","projectTitle":"\"Helpful Cutting Tools\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9819327,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping to provide the students with after school snacks. They really appreciate getting them during each meeting. One student, loves the cookies and said that it was really nice to get a snack. Another student loves the grape juice pack and says thank you. Having snacks has made our meetings run more smoothly and everyone is much more focused. When we didn't have snacks we always had students who wanted to leave and go around the school to see if someone had a treat for them, this has stopped that from happening. Thanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1761585772061,"projectUrl":"project/super-snacks/9819327/","projectTitle":"Super Snacks","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9695516,"letterContent":"We truly appreciate your donation that allowed us to get several pencil sharpeners and to have them placed around the room. Before being funded, it was so hectic having to wait in line just to get pencils sharpened while hoping that our old pencil sharpener wouldn't get jammed up.\r\n\r\n Having these pencil sharpeners around the room is not only a time saver, but they work great. The sharpeners create a nice point on the pencil and does it super fast. There are even smiles on my student faces because they love how the point looks so sharp. You have truly blessed us and thank you for allowing my students to see how \"THE ARTS CHANGE LIVES!\"","fullyFundedDate":1762267682196,"projectUrl":"project/one-in-every-corner-of-the-room/9695516/","projectTitle":"One in Every Corner of the Room","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9552480,"letterContent":"These books are fantastic and have really added to our classroom library. Recently some students used them as they started working on their project of building a foot orthosis. The books about building and working with cardboard were very helpful for students who had a hard time getting started or didn't feel comfortable building with cardboard. Students also use them to find inspiration and that can be a good way to get started. Students are looking forward to checking out the other topics and they enjoy looking through the books when they have free time. Thank you for adding to our classroom library.","fullyFundedDate":1755722833710,"projectUrl":"project/reading-happens-in-all-classes/9552480/","projectTitle":"Reading Happens In All Classes","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9307890,"letterContent":"Students have been learning about the design process by creating a gift for a friend, the gift they are making is a stuffed felt pop-tart. Students have interviewed their friend to learn about their likes and dislikes. They used what they learned to present their friends with several options and their friend gave feedback. From there students designed the final idea that they would make. A few students are done, but soon we will have piles of cute stuffed pop-tarts. Students enjoyed learning how to hand sew and for many of them this was the first time they've sewn anything. Thank you for helping this wonderful project come to life.","fullyFundedDate":1746472813024,"projectUrl":"project/more-hand-sewing-please/9307890/","projectTitle":"More Hand Sewing Please","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9483112,"letterContent":"Thank you for making sure that my students have the basic supplies to be successful. In the photos I shared, students are working on posters and the Crayola markers were very helpful. My classes fall into career-technical education and we were learning about transportable (soft) skills that employers look for. After learning about them, student groups were given one to focus on, learn more about, and create a poster to teach the rest of the class. Students did a good job and their posters looked good. Thanks again for making this possible.","fullyFundedDate":1757749135881,"projectUrl":"project/basics-for-the-win/9483112/","projectTitle":"Basics For the Win","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9211401,"letterContent":"My students are loving every moment of being able to chart their progress in their own hardbound sketchbooks. They have decorated their covers, done practice work and sketches, bell work, and explored using different types of dry media in them thus far. \r\n\r\nWhen they first found out, they were getting these large hardbound sketchbook. They were so elated and were also eager to take them home to work in them. They will continue to create sketches and plan out their ideas, do bellwork, and learn how to create different type of compositions different types of art media. Thank you so much again for your donation and allowing my students to see how \"The Arts Change Lives!\"","fullyFundedDate":1752345232205,"projectUrl":"project/checking-our-progress-advancing-the-adv/9211401/","projectTitle":"Checking Our Progress: Advancing the Advanced, part 3","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":2006622,"projectId":9624595,"letterContent":"My students love having their own sketchbook. They do bellwork drawings in them every day and have the opportunity to share with their peers what they have done by me displaying their drawings over my document camera and smartboard. They are eager to share their own artwork and see and give feedback to their peers. They have learned so much in such a short period of time and were able to display some of what they learned with the thank you cards made for the donors. \r\n\r\nMy students are also doing practice work for future projects, creating rough drafts of their ideas and charting their own progress over time by doing this. \r\n\r\nMy students will continue to do the same for the rest of this quarter and semester before the next group of students for the year come and do the same. Thank you for allowing my students to see how \"The Arts Change Lives!\"","fullyFundedDate":1756161818059,"projectUrl":"project/to-each-his-own-my-artistic-journey-p/9624595/","projectTitle":"\"To Each His Own: My Artistic Journey, Part 2\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Troy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2006622_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1644318741396","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2006622"},{"teacherId":324910,"projectId":9493401,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for these basic supplies that have helped keep students organized. I have printed the notebook sections for them and placed them in folders. This has been a great way for them to complete work, stay on track, and be organized. \r\n\r\nWe are working on flight. Students have been learning about Newton's Three Laws of Motion and how they relate to flight. They have been constructing paper airplanes and trying to get them to land on a target, making modifications as they go along. They also made planes to demonstrate the laws of motion.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping my students stay organized and on track.","fullyFundedDate":1757423433047,"projectUrl":"project/basically-organized/9493401/","projectTitle":"Basically Organized","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp324910_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536344544574","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/dianna-neal"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_83687","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":539,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":69,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":85,"percentWhite":4,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":5,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":25.7,"schoolId":83687,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Baumgardner Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Baumgardner Middle School ","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/ohio/cleveland-hts-univ-hts-city-sd/monticello-middle-school/83687"}