{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Prentice Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":36.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"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"},{"teacherId":4468745,"projectId":9913101,"letterContent":"Earlier this year, we (the music department) went through our sound equipment, only to find that we had no sound board/mixer of our own and that we couldn't find one of our speakers. We also had no place to store them without fear of water damage. So we worked with the school to purchase new ones, using some of our hard earned fundraiser money. We then realized that we wanted to keep these items and the other gear we had (including stands and microphones) in good condition for years to come, because who knows when we would have the funds to do so again. That's where this project came in. The covers for the new speakers are SO nice. The padding, how to open them, etc. And to have a case for microphones instead of dumping them in a box? So thankful! You have helped ensure that our purchases will go a long way. You are a blessing to the music department!","fullyFundedDate":1767213689143,"projectUrl":"project/sound-equipment-savers/9913101/","projectTitle":"Sound Equipment Savers","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":9905664,"letterContent":"The power of one new trombone. You might not even realize what that means. One new trombone. This enables me to allow a 6th grader who is using a trombone that \"works\" and swap it out with one that WORKS! It slides freely. It doesn't stick. It doesn't need me to work on it. It means that I have a student that will want to keep playing because she has a trombone that WORKS! This means that she'll probably keep playing and putting in her best time and effort to becoming a better player. This means that she can be proud of what she's playing. Thank you! Your generousity makes a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1767313584322,"projectUrl":"project/trombone-power2/9905664/","projectTitle":"Trombone Power2","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":9957509,"letterContent":"When I told the 4th graders two-weeks ago that someone had given money to buy every one of them a recorder of their own, you should have seen their smiles and felt their excitement. We \"practiced\" on imaginary recorders (dowels) to get some basics down (like rest position, play position, practice position, and \"If you play before I say I take your instrument away\"). Today, I handed them their recorder. Oh my...Let's just say they were excited (an understatement). I'm looking forward to more recorder work, but also using the other rhythm instruments (drums, claves, and tambourines) to do \"band\" playing. You are amazing and make my heart smile. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1767314044543,"projectUrl":"project/recorders-and-rhythms/9957509/","projectTitle":"Recorders and Rhythms","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":9957511,"letterContent":"Thank you for your belief in my students, especially my 4th graders! I am so looking forward to using these bell sets with my 4th grade kiddos. I'm looking forward to using these bells with the rubber mallets from another project in both full group activities & small group centers. Because these bells are separate bars, I can take out just the ones I want. We can play chords along with recorders. We can play color coded songs (making it easier for special needs kids to play along). We can divide into small centers where kids can move from one activity to another. I am planning on cutting the binding on a couple of the books and then laminating them. This will make them last longer, but also allow more than one group to play at a time. Thank you for your continued support! You are a blessing!","fullyFundedDate":1767314044571,"projectUrl":"project/bells-for-all/9957511/","projectTitle":"Bells for All","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":9905770,"letterContent":"Thank you for your belief in my students, especially my 4th graders! While there are some mallets for my middle and high school students (see the picture of one of my MS playing the gong with the new gong mallet), the rubber mallets will be PERFECT for the new bell kits that were funded recently (another project). The bells include two plastic mallets, however, when you get 35 4th graders playing metal bells at the same time with plastic mallets, the sound is less than pleasant! These rubber head mallets make the metal bells have a more mellow sound. It will be an ear / hearing saver! I'm looking forward to using these bells with mallets in both full group activities and as centers. Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1765553740176,"projectUrl":"project/mallet-madness/9905770/","projectTitle":"Mallet Madness","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":9887236,"letterContent":"Having this music is such a boost to our band program when it comes to having more of a choice for our required selections for large group festival (where we play 3 songs and are judged by 3 judges). Oftentimes we don't have the instrumentation needed for playing pieces that are standards (and are really good). We can play that quality of music, but it just won't \"sound right\" to the judges, who are used to hearing some songs a certain way. These flex pieces are mostly new, and not as well known, creating a more even playing field for us. We've already sight read a few of them (with my high school band), and some will make excellent Memorial Day pieces as well. Thank you for giving to us!","fullyFundedDate":1764704985392,"projectUrl":"project/wsma-festival-flex-music/9887236/","projectTitle":"WSMA Festival Flex Music","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"}],"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":63.2,"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"}