{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Prentice Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":37.3,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10024246,"letterContent":"Yesterday was a fun day as my HS percussionists (and friends) unboxed both the new full-size Marching Bass Drum and the new Junior-sized marching bass drum. (You should have seen our 6'6\" sophomore climbing into the box and closing it...). This jr size bass drum is slightly larger than the previous drum that was funded earlier, so when both are played, we have two nice different tones. When my 8th grader put it on (you see her in the photo), she was like, \"I wish I would have had this a couple years ago when I was in 6th grade and marching! It's SOOOO light!\". These drums, which came with harnesses, will make marching so much nicer for them this spring, when after our spring concert, we go outside and learn a few basics of marching. Thank you for helping our young musicians!","fullyFundedDate":1774280444982,"projectUrl":"project/jr-marching-bass-drum-20/10024246/","projectTitle":"Jr. Marching Bass Drum 2.0","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10027257,"letterContent":"Today was a fun day as my HS percussionists (and friends) unboxed both the new full-size Marching Bass Drum and the new Junior-sized marching bass drum. (You should have seen our 6'6\" sophomore climbing into the box and closing it...). We got the old harness on the new one full-size so that pictures could be taken right away with their excitement so evident on their faces. A friend is in the oldest harness with our \"better\" of the two old drums. That's the one we need to replace yet. But the excitem of unboxing was so evident by the high school students. This will make marching so much nicer for them this fall, Memorial Day services in Spirit this spring, and for pep band during the school year. It's always nice when you don't have to continue tightening it up every other time you play it! Thank you for helping our young musicians!","fullyFundedDate":1774293610858,"projectUrl":"project/full-size-marching-bass-drum/10027257/","projectTitle":"Full-Size Marching Bass Drum","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9113913,"letterContent":"It is with both joy and solemn remembrance that I write this impact letter. You see, this was a project that was written by a special education teacher that passed away shortly before the school year started. I was surprised when I saw that *I* was getting magna-tiles, because I didn't make this project. Then I realized that Heather did, when I looked back at the project, and realized that it was actually fully funded last summer. Her projects were put under my name last fall so that I could help get them where they needed to go. So seeing this helped me remember Heather and the good things she was doing for her students to see them grow. I will be making sure that these get down to the lower elementary special education classroom, and be assured, I KNOW the kiddos down there will love building barns, castles, race tracks, and using the people to practice life skills while having fun. Thank you for impacting our students physically, and me emotionally. I appreciate you.","fullyFundedDate":1749139661894,"projectUrl":"project/stem-magnatiles-creative-play/9113913/","projectTitle":"STEM Magnatiles Creative Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10133508,"letterContent":"You can see in the attached pictures a couple of my younger clarinet players. Just the previous week, one of them needed a new ligature since the cheap plastic one that was on his clarinet broke while he was attempting to put on a reed. He was so excited to get \"a metal one like everyone else\". Sadly, it was only because (until this project was funded) that he HAD to use the plastic one. It served the purpose, but now he is excited to play. I have a MS student who is looking at the bass clarinet, too. Having a new mouthpiece and ligature for that ensures that each player has their own mouthpiece that doesn't have to be cleaned constantly for sharing with the high school student. I am so thankful for your love of music!","fullyFundedDate":1773690157930,"projectUrl":"project/clarinet-needs/10133508/","projectTitle":"Clarinet Needs","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10094146,"letterContent":"I have been looking at my 2 lists of flex solo and ensemble music from these two projects (flex 1 and flex 2). There's something for each unique group. I wish I could have gotten a couple pictures to attach to the thank you from a couple of my more unique instrumentations at our solo / ensemble festival March 27. I had a trumpet - alto saxophone duet, a flute - trumpet duet, and a couple odd trios. All did quite well, even though the nerves were high! These two lists of duets, trios, and quartets will go a long way in the next several years. There are now so many choices for all sorts of styles and groupings. There are even a few in the quartet books that my HS band can learn in a short time for an event if needed. So, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you! Your support means so much to us!","fullyFundedDate":1773164622111,"projectUrl":"project/flex-solo-ensemble-2/10094146/","projectTitle":"Flex Solo Ensemble 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10092144,"letterContent":"I have been looking at my 2 lists of flex solo and ensemble music from these two projects (flex 1 and flex 2). There's something for each unique group. I wish I could have gotten a couple pictures to attach to the thank you from a couple of my more unique instrumentations at our solo / ensemble festival March 27. I had a trumpet - alto saxophone duet, a flute - trumpet duet, and a couple odd trios. All did quite well, even though the nerves were high! These two lists of duets, trios, and quartets will go a long way in the next several years. There are now so many choices for all sorts of styles and groupings. There are even a few in the quartet books that my HS band can learn in a short time for an event if needed. So, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you! Your support means so much to us!","fullyFundedDate":1772725934298,"projectUrl":"project/flex-solo-ensemble-1/10092144/","projectTitle":"Flex Solo Ensemble 1","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":10027320,"letterContent":"In our school, we have a limited supply of lesson books, chorale books, exercise books, and the like. They get heavy use and covers tend to fall off, pages ripped, and corners abused. I also have lesson books for the younger ones that I have downloaded for free (from some amazing music teachers who make these available for all) that get unstapled or folded weird in their folder and/or binder. I am looking forward to being able to comb bind these lesson books and such, adding a thick clear plastic cover to make them last longer and easier to maneuver around. I've already put it to use by binding my judges' copies of the conductor scores for large group festival next month. As you can see by the pictures, the mailbox shelving units are soooo handy and help organize music and other office-type supplies that my band members and I need easy access to. Thank you so much for helping out with these little things that are really big things to us. You are such a blessing! Happy Music in our Schools Month!","fullyFundedDate":1770841871266,"projectUrl":"project/binding-and-finding/10027320/","projectTitle":"Binding and Finding","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9978798,"letterContent":"You can't imagine my excitement when I go the notification that this project was fully funded! And when it came...well...my 8th grade female who had been playing our full size one (and is now the right size to wear the full-size one this fall) said, \"I wish I had this 2 years ago when I was smaller and had to survive marching with this big one on!\". The percussionists even noticed that it was the same color as the marching toms and the marching snares (\"we'll match!\"). I'm especially happy because this fall, I fully expect at least one of my current 6th graders will want to march with us. And they're both not big kids. This will fit their smaller bodies much better in both size and weight. Thank you to help these kids march to the beat of a different drum!","fullyFundedDate":1768246698061,"projectUrl":"project/jr-marching-bass-drum-1/9978798/","projectTitle":"Jr. Marching Bass Drum 1","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9957192,"letterContent":"It is hard to describe in words the faces of my students when they see that someone cares enough about them and our band program to donate items. But as one student said when I was putting things away and organizing: \"This is like Christmas for us Percussionists: A Percussimas!\". Indeed, we are truly thankful and it is like Christmas in here. The maracas and claves are already being put to use in a percussion ensemble (made up of mostly NON-percussionists) for solo/ensemble. The cowbell mounting equipment helps the trap set set player AND the two kids who are doing a multi-percussion piece because now we can mount the cowbell and not have to hang onto it. We are blessed with your generousity. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1767314044796,"projectUrl":"project/percussion-accessories/9957192/","projectTitle":"Percussion Accessories","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9905686,"letterContent":"Thank you for your monetary gifts towards these three jHorns. Nuvo has been instrumental (see what I did there?) in the production of these starter instruments for young students. They are much smaller lighter than a tuba or even euphonium, making it ideal for starting younger students on these bass clef instruments. Because they aren't made of metal, they are also less apt to break, bend, and dent when the 5th grader inevitably drops it, or smacks it again a stand or chair. Because they do. Quite often actually. \r\n\r\nThese three new jhorns will supplement the six I already have for my classroom, enabling me to allow more students to play. This fall, I will have 35 beginning 5th graders, and not enough school owned instruments for them all. This will help tremendously. Thank you for giving!","fullyFundedDate":1765589096378,"projectUrl":"project/jhorns-to-start/9905686/","projectTitle":"jHorns to Start","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9978061,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to my reading project! Several years ago, we networked to create a list of which books should be read which years, and tried to coordinate it with the new ELA (English Language Arts) curriculum we just got. However, while we often had enough for small groups of 3-5, we didn't have classroom sets of several of these novels. Your gift allowed me to get a classroom set of \"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas\", a story about a young boy whose father gets assigned to run the Auschwitz camp. It will allow us to have a great many thought-provoking conversations as we read through this novel. \r\n\r\nI'm also excited to share the other texts for small group use afterwards, to expand their knowledge and critical thinking skills. While the books are all centered around this time period, they deal with other facets of WWII life (the girls who were assigned to cracking the Enigma code, an American family on board a ship that was torpedoed, a young person who made the choice to sabotage the bombs she was assigned to make for the Nazi's and more) as well as books written at all different reading levels (including a couple of the \"I Survived\" books turned into graphic novels---think comic books). I am looking forward to teaching this unit with all these resources!","fullyFundedDate":1768246232757,"projectUrl":"project/striped-pajamas-reading-books/9978061/","projectTitle":"Striped Pajamas Reading Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Angelo-Peterson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4468745_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1495552784057","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4468745"},{"teacherId":10357487,"projectId":9909809,"letterContent":"Thank you for the generous donation that allowed us to get new copies of books for our classroom. Through these books students are learning about past events that have happened in our past with a fictional twist. We explore themes of overcoming hardships, good vs evil, understanding your identity, and how you fit in the world around you. \r\n\r\n\r\nWe spend time reading the book aloud, reading in groups, and going back through to find textual evidence. We focus a lot on using the resources we have to support the ideas that we are talking about. Students are asked to use critical thinking along with having evidence to back up their thoughts. We often ask questions like, \"how do you know that?\" \"what part of the story helps support your idea?\" \"how do you think they felt during that situation?\" \r\n\r\n\r\nIt is important for students to have quality books to be able to go back and reference as we are working throughout the class period. We are very grateful for the new books to use during these lessons. Here are some of the things students said when they found out we received new books:\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Having new books that aren't falling apart means having something that feels fresh and ready to use. When a book is new, the pages aren't ripped, the cover isn't bent, and nothing is missing. That makes it easier to read and learn without worrying about pages coming loose. New books can also make someone feel proud and excited. It feels good to open a clean book and know you'll be the first one to use it.\"\r\n\r\n\"To me, books that are new and not falling apart mean great things. It means I can read new materials and gain new knowledge of the past and present as well as a sweet story of fiction here and there. It means that I can hold the book without fear of pages falling and the cover breaking. I think all people should be able to have the materials to read into a new world or learn stuff about our world. Thank you for donating new books to us and I hope others can appreciate this gift that you have enabled us to have.\"\r\n\r\n\"What this means to me is that I can actually hold the book without the cover falling off. And it's nice to have a readable book. Thank you Donors Choose!!!!\"\r\n\r\n\"Having actual books to me means that I don't have to use the chromebook which I really don't enjoy very much too be on. Along with that I really enjoy reading and I will only read books that are a physical copy so that means I could also enjoy it more. I really appreciate you for donating these books to our school because we also are not the richest school and new books are not the most important so I really truly thank you!\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Sometimes my book was missing a page or pages would keep falling out, this was very annoying. Thank you for eliminating this annoyance, by donating brand new books to us.\" \r\n\r\nThank you for adding to our classroom and making learning easier and more accessible to all students.","fullyFundedDate":1765302805889,"projectUrl":"project/update-classroom-book-sets/9909809/","projectTitle":"Update Classroom Book Sets","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Miner","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10357487"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_38122","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":363,"numTeachers":7,"percentFrplEligible":46,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":94,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"51.9:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":62.7,"schoolId":38122,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Prentice Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Prentice Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/prentice-school-district/prentice-middle-school/38122"}