{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Penn Treaty Middle Secondary School","outOfStateSupporters":42.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3995809,"projectId":9362210,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to help get more storage for our Cafe. We had to switch out some of the cabinets for a small fridge due to supply concerns, however the fridge is working out to be one of our best purchases! We are able to keep all of our Cafe stuff separate from the general cooking stuff, and we are able to lock this fridge which keeps our stuff safe.\r\n\r\nThe cabinets help us to keep necessary supplies organized such as our items needed for making eggs, as well as our gloves and hairnets. This was we don't have to go digging for these items every week, which eats up a lot of time. With the time saved, we are able to run a more efficient Cafe- training new employees almost eve","fullyFundedDate":1748444827796,"projectUrl":"project/brewing-up-better-storage/9362210/","projectTitle":"Brewing Up Better Storage!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. DiRusso","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3995809_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1536523924000","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3995809"},{"teacherId":9840729,"projectId":9759659,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations. The practice gear(reversibles)has been great in helping all of our newer players recognize and identify proper spacing and where they belong in the court. It also helps us look and feel more like a team. The bags have made our daily transport to practice much easier for myself and the players. And the new game balls were much needed. The healthy snacks will be given out on game days. These are important, since our players will get to school around 7am, may not get home until 6 or 7 pm. The young wolves and myself are grateful for your help. Happy holidays!","fullyFundedDate":1758800215226,"projectUrl":"project/wolves-in-training/9759659/","projectTitle":"Wolves in Training","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Wright","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9840729"},{"teacherId":9720439,"projectId":9029269,"letterContent":"Thank you for your contributions that allowed us to fulfill this project bringing laboratory supplies for our chemistry classroom at Penn Treaty! This project allowed us to stock and run three separate chemistry labs across three class periods over the course of second semester. It led to several important discussions (and in a few cases, impromptu demonstrations) about lab safety and a lot of piqued interest and discoveries! \r\n\r\nStudents were excited to get hands-on time, since we've not had very much of it this year. Students remarked about \"the difference between talkin' about it all the time versus seeing it happen\" with regards to precipitation reactions with at least one begrudging admittance of \"I get why we did all those (balancing chemical reactions) exercises now\" that I will cherish for some time. I was really grateful to see students' efforts rewarded in even this small way.\r\n\r\nAs we wrap up the school year, I'll be reflecting on these lab experiences and looking forward to innovative new ways to bring similar such experiences for students next year, armed with new ideas and lessons learned. Thank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1736098466429,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-chemistry-supplies-and-lab-equi/9029269/","projectTitle":"Hands-on Chemistry Supplies and Lab Equipment","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Tsay","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9720439_orig.jpg?crop=773,773,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727274213471","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9720439"},{"teacherId":8849130,"projectId":8722787,"letterContent":"Before this Forensics curriculum, I was struggling every day. I was teaching a subject I wasn't familiar with, learning content late at night, and frantically designing lessons that were very much hit-or-miss with my students. It was exhausting and I knew my lessons weren't living up to what my students deserved. But thanks to this curriculum, the situation has changed. Now, I have a full year's worth of engaging, thoughtful lessons and activities all ready to use. That means I can spend my energy where it's really needed: working closely with students, answering their questions, and helping them build science skills.\r\n\r\nMy students love this curriculum, and through the real-life case studies and the activities they feel like true forensic investigators in our class. Our classroom has come alive with hands-on labs and investigations. My students loved practicing lifting and analyzing fingerprints, and getting to know the intricacies and uniqueness of their own prints. My students were also (almost too) excited about burning fiber samples, and are counting down the days until the blood spatter activity next week. It has been amazing to watch students who weren't as connected earlier in the year light up with curiosity and enthusiasm. I don't think they even realize how different things are from before but their engagement speaks volumes.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping make this possible. Your generosity didn't just give us lesson plans, it gave us a thriving learning environment where students are engaged, curious, and growing every day.","fullyFundedDate":1726655586237,"projectUrl":"project/uncovering-forensics-curriculum/8722787/","projectTitle":"Uncovering Forensics Curriculum","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Thayil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8849130_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669055949654","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8849130"},{"teacherId":9720439,"projectId":8821730,"letterContent":"Happy holidays from Penn Treaty!\r\n\r\nThanks to your contributions, Chemistry (11th and 12th grade) and Science (9th grade self-contained) classes at Penn Treaty have had the chance to experience the static electricity demonstrations as part of lessons about atomic structure and static electricity. The centerpieces of the Hands-on Learning in Physics project were the Wimshurst machine and the van de Graaff generator (both pictured!), which are classic static electricity demonstrations. Upon watching and hearing and seeing the static discharging from the generators, students pretty predictably self-sorted along the lines between pure fascination and (shall we say) extreme caution. The two camps (universal across either set of classrooms and grades) either crowded around for their chance to make the static sparks fly or kept their distance to watch. Just prior to the demonstrations, we described the triboelectric series (the tendency of materials to gain or lose electrons), and students got to immediately watch (and in at least one instance, feel) it in action. \r\n\r\nIn another lesson, students used the neodymium magnet to build a solenoid motor (pictured!) using a battery and magnet wire. It was a multistep lab that challenged students to follow instructions carefully and make minute adjustments (while thinking about errors and causes and effects), and it rewarded them with a cool spinning motor.\r\n\r\nThese equipment have filled in an essential piece of our science classroom, providing an opportunity to give visual demonstration of concepts we've learned and served as a driver of a lot of interesting questions and tangents which is itself an important part of science learning alongside the experimental process discussion it drove. Physics students (12th grade) will use the generators in the Spring semester, while the lenses and mirrors will be used in the unit immediately following, which in addition to learning about optics and making ray diagrams will also provide many students important practice graphing and problem solving. The self-contained (9th grade) classroom will also use the optics equipment to make images and measurements. I am grateful for the assistance as we pursue not only the learning of interesting (and even occasionally useful!) science phenomena but also the practicing of essential scientific and mathematical skills of measuring, analyzing, and interpreting data that make up the foundation of our classroom. So, thank you all again!","fullyFundedDate":1727618279780,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning-in-physics/8821730/","projectTitle":"Hands-on Learning in Physics","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Tsay","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9720439_orig.jpg?crop=773,773,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727274213471","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9720439"},{"teacherId":9720439,"projectId":8725237,"letterContent":"Students got really excited about firing off projectiles in Physics, and in between dodging and chasing and measuring flying marbles we managed to get down to discussion and questioning about parabolic projectile motion and the effect of launch angles and settings on the trajectories of our marble subjects. Students got their first exposure to other new equipment like the photogate from Vernier, seeing in real time the measurements and graph data of the claims they were testing. We had entertaining Q&As about the lasers used by the Vernier photogates and speculated on how me might use the photogates in the hallways of Penn Treaty for good (and maybe for evil).\r\n\r\nThis was a pivotal laboratory exercise for me as a teacher, as I took the opportunity to learn a new photogate interface and system from that of my previous school. It took me assembling this discovery lab for students to do a little bit of my own exploration to familiarize myself with the hardware and software, and I was excited to take what I observed and compared to write (and rewrite) engaging Physics lab work for students to take their discovery into their own hands (with the help of their own burgeoning scientific judgment and intuition). \r\n\r\nThank you so much for your continued support for our students and their science education. I am looking forward to continuing to use this equipment and designing more laboratory exercises to capture students' interests and intuition to better interpret the physical world we inhabit.","fullyFundedDate":1727489376488,"projectUrl":"project/physics-kinematics-timers-and-projecti/8725237/","projectTitle":"Physics (Kinematics) Timers and Projectiles","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Tsay","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9720439_orig.jpg?crop=773,773,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727274213471","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9720439"},{"teacherId":4649659,"projectId":8556198,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to our classroom! Through your generous donation my students are able to learn through a \"hands on\" approach now. The supplies that we will receive will have a positive impact on my students lives.\r\n\r\nIn our class we need to work on many different skills. Our class focuses on a functional curriculum, which is based on the domains of independent living. We work on the skills that teaches and provides activities to daily living skills (Functional Academics-Reading and Mathematics , Domestic Maintenance, Personal Maintenance, Recreation/Leisure, Interpersonal Communication, and Vocational Skills). Your donation helped to fund many of these skills.\r\n\r\nOnce again, thank your for your donation. Our school district is currently a budget shortfall, so without your help, my students would never of had these vital resources.","fullyFundedDate":1724962023690,"projectUrl":"project/dreaming-of-a-colorful-school-year/8556198/","projectTitle":"Dreaming of a Colorful School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Donaghy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4649659_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1537221737361","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/karen-thomas-309"},{"teacherId":1174420,"projectId":8658436,"letterContent":"There are not enough words in the English language that I can use in order to thank you for your generosity and continued support for my students. Our little Wolf Cafe has been doing great this year and continuing to grow more and more. Thanks to your generosity our supplies are stocked and we can spend more time this year focusing on how can we build our cafe even more! We have had teachers and students through out the week come and ask if they can purchase a drink from us now that we have what the students call \"the good ice\"! They are excited each Friday to make the orders and deliver them! We are beyond thrilled to see their skills growing with the use of the cafe! \r\n\r\nSince we do not need to worry about the supplies needed we are looking at growing our cafe a little more! We are looking at adding in some new yummy treats and expanding our drink selections! Once again thank you so much for helping make this cafe a thriving opportunity for my students and other students in our school!","fullyFundedDate":1729117191154,"projectUrl":"project/job-skills-and-life-skills-and-social/8658436/","projectTitle":"Job Skills, and Life Skills, and Social Skills, Oh My!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Douie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1174420_orig.png?crop=535,535,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723676137770","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrsdouie"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_90835","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":398,"numTeachers":36,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":37,"percentWhite":23,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":32,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"11.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":57.3,"schoolId":90835,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Penn Treaty Middle Secondary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Penn Treaty Middle Secondary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/pennsylvania/philadelphia-city-school-district/penn-treaty-middle-school/90835"}