{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Skyline Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":24.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3234226,"projectId":9816759,"letterContent":"The students love the new resources that we added to the units (engaging comic books style). Students are loving the stools and the new flexible seating for the floor. It allows them a choice in where they sit. \r\nWe all appreciate the generous donation to make our classroom a more inviting place.\r\nHaving the opportunity to select items and materials that match my students needs was amazing and a much needed gift that most educators do not get.\r\nThis was such a great opportunity and really has benefited the entire school and community.","fullyFundedDate":1760305357731,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-flexible-and-fun-reading-spac/9816759/","projectTitle":"Building a Flexible and Fun Reading Space for 7th Graders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bulla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3234226_orig.jpg?crop=412,412,x82,y55&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760148888805","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/teacherbulla"},{"teacherId":10325726,"projectId":9862614,"letterContent":"The new books we got helped introduce and strengthen several skills like reading comprehension, vocabulary development, making meaning from illustrations and diagrams and being able to make real world connections to material learned in class. The science comics introduced my students to key science topics in a more engaging and accessible way. Through these books, students learned about different types of weather, how various forms of precipitation occur and the states of matter of water, a topic we just finished learning about in class. Because of this students were able to make stronger connections between what they learned in class already and what they were reading and seeing in the book. In addition, the books serve as good background knowledge to support future learning. The topics covered in the books are our next units when we study hail, precipitation, clouds, the rock cycle and plate tectonics. It allows students to now have background knowledge that they didn't necessarily have before and we won't get to cover in class.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom happens in a variety of formats including: whole group, small group and partners. Sometimes I read aloud and pause to ask questions and discuss ideas. This helps students understand how the words in a book are supposed to sound and where the pauses belong (fluency!). Other times I have kids pair up in partners or groups of three and read on their own. This builds up their confidence in reading as they are with people they are comfortable with. Other students help other students in these groups as they work on their pronunciations, fluency and even vocabulary. Lastly while students are reading independently I read with smaller groups to give them extra support. All students appreciated and enjoyed the books. Students were less engaged in reading were more interested then previously. The comic format, along with the visuals and graphics helps make the concepts easier to understand and keeps the students interested. Also the idea of science in the story kept them engaged in the concepts. These books have increased student confidence, engagement and excitement for learning science through reading.","fullyFundedDate":1761754396076,"projectUrl":"project/building-literacy-through-science/9862614/","projectTitle":"Building Literacy Through Science","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Miceli","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10325726"},{"teacherId":6966832,"projectId":9878959,"letterContent":"Thank you for giving my students the opportunity to grow in math. When we think of \"Literacy\" we often think of ELA classes, but as a math teacher, I see the importance of students building their \"math literacy\".\r\nThe class has been able to use the math games to expand their knowledge in their math skills through play. As the world as taken \"play\" out of schools I feel it is important to allow students the opportunity to rest their brains and learn through having fun.\r\nAs an educator for over 30 years, it is welcoming to see kids relax and enjoy math.\r\nEven though you cannot see their faces, there are big smiles behind those boxes.","fullyFundedDate":1762664509389,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-in-math-class/9878959/","projectTitle":"Literacy in Math Class!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Respes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-7_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6966832"},{"teacherId":10334616,"projectId":9873445,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation through Donors Choose. Your support makes a meaningful difference in our classroom and directly helps foster a love of reading and learning.\r\n\r\nBecause of your kindness, our students have access to literacy resources that support movement while learning and flexible seating options. These tools allow students to choose seating that helps them focus best while actively engaging their bodies and minds. Whether students are standing, rocking, or working from a comfortable space, they are better able to stay focused, build confidence, and fully participate in literacy activities.\r\n\r\nThis combination of flexible seating and movement-based learning has been especially significant in supporting diverse learning styles and creating a classroom environment where all students feel comfortable, motivated, and successful.\r\n\r\nYour belief in innovative and student-centered education truly matters. We are incredibly grateful for your investment in our students' growth and success.","fullyFundedDate":1762289658907,"projectUrl":"project/make-reading-fun-comfortable/9873445/","projectTitle":"Make Reading Fun & Comfortable!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rigby","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10334616"},{"teacherId":9120648,"projectId":9830675,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom project! Your generosity is helping create an environment where every student can feel confident, capable, and valued. The new table and stacking stools will allow me to work closely with small groups and individual students, giving them the focused support they need to grow and succeed. This space will be a place where we can review concepts, build understanding, and celebrate progress together.\r\n\r\nI'm also excited to bring more hands-on, collaborative learning into our room. The whiteboard erasers and jumbo magnetic grid will encourage students to get up, move around, and explore ideas together in meaningful ways. These tools will help spark curiosity and make learning more engaging and interactive.\r\n\r\nYour support truly makes a difference. Because of you, my students will have a classroom that helps them feel inspired, motivated, and proud of their achievements. Thank you for believing in them—and in what we can accomplish together.","fullyFundedDate":1760663511735,"projectUrl":"project/meeting-students-needs-in-a-small-group/9830675/","projectTitle":"Meeting Students' Needs in a Small Group Setting","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McClenaghan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9120648_orig.jpg?crop=3000,3000,x0,y380&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690561303982","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9120648"},{"teacherId":8918243,"projectId":9839619,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting Books That Reflect Us: Building an Inclusive Reading Space. Because of your generosity, our classroom library has become a place students truly gravitate toward. Students are borrowing books not only during after-school club meetings, but also during lunch groups and even taking them home overnight. Seeing students excited to read stories that reflect their own lives has been incredibly meaningful.\r\n\r\nOur reading corner now showcases a wide range of immigrant and LGBTQ+ stories centered on identity, resilience, and belonging. Several of these books have also been used during GSA Club meetings, where students researched and created poster displays highlighting famous LGBTQ+ advocates. These projects empowered students to learn about history, representation, and activism while sharing those stories with our school community in our display case.\r\n\r\nWhat has been most amazing is that students I don't even teach — and have never worked with — have heard about how accepting and supportive this classroom is. They've begun stopping by simply to sit, read, and enjoy the safe, inclusive space you helped create. Thank you for allowing this to happen for our students and our school. Your generosity has built more than a reading corner — it has created a lasting sense of belonging.","fullyFundedDate":1760912012116,"projectUrl":"project/-books-that-reflect-us-building-an-in/9839619/","projectTitle":"📚 Books That Reflect Us: Building an Inclusive Reading Space","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wilson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8918243_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1768851897856","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mswilson-ellteacher"},{"teacherId":2352587,"projectId":9834372,"letterContent":"I am writing to share the meaningful impact that the donation of instructional resources your provided to me have on my students' reading growth and overall academic success. These resources play a vital role in helping students become confident, capable readers and lifelong learners. \r\n\r\nTargeted reading resources also support explicit instruction in foundational skills such as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Intervention tools and assessment programs help me identify specific skill gaps and provide timely, data-driven instruction. As a result, students receive the support they need early, preventing small challenges from becoming long-term barriers.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these resources empower students.\r\n\r\nThank you for your commitment to providing the resources that make this growth possible.","fullyFundedDate":1760792921119,"projectUrl":"project/middle-school-literacy-support/9834372/","projectTitle":"Middle School Literacy Support","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2352587"},{"teacherId":10315656,"projectId":9837490,"letterContent":"We recently completed a letter project in Spanish, where our students wrote letters to peers in Spain. It was exciting to see their enthusiasm as they worked on crafting questions and sharing information about their lives and school. The letters have now arrived in Spain, and the students there are actively responding to them, creating a wonderful opportunity for cultural exchange and real-world language practice.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the letter project, we have been using the books provided for reading activities, which have helped engage students with new texts and improve their comprehension skills. The prizes we received have been incorporated to gamify lessons, using tools like quizzes, Kahoots, and Blookets, which make learning interactive and fun.\r\n\r\nThe word games have been especially useful in our \"station\" activities, where each station focuses on a different skill, such as expanding vocabulary. The world puzzles have also played an important role in helping students build a mental map of the world, connecting geography with language learning.\r\n\r\nOverall, these resources have brought a lot of energy and excitement to our classroom. Students are motivated to participate, collaborate, and continue exploring new ideas. \r\n\r\nThe next steps will be to follow up on the responses from Spain, continue our reading and vocabulary activities, and further gamify lessons to reinforce learning in an engaging way.","fullyFundedDate":1760890472869,"projectUrl":"project/spanish-connections/9837490/","projectTitle":"Spanish Connections","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Pallares Femenia","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10315656"},{"teacherId":2370162,"projectId":9817109,"letterContent":"We are not finished yet ,but waiting until the spring thaw when we can put the outdoor chick-lit library outside in our garden area. In the meantime time, our student artists are painting the library's exterior, and our chickens are staying warm. The books are ready to be read! We cannot wait until spring but until it gets warmer outside, thank you for warming our hearts with your support. The books will go in the outdoor library in our courtyard garden. The bench will be the perfect place to read and watch the chickens. The students will be able to improve fluency in a safe, relaxing place, and learn a little about veterinary medicine, animal care, and can even choose from some pretty entertaining chicken story books. Our ultimate hope is that our older students may peer read with younger elementary school students. Books and kindness really are bridges to becoming better readers and happier people. Thank you for both of these things !","fullyFundedDate":1760489701999,"projectUrl":"project/chick-lit-using-chickens-to-promote-int/9817109/","projectTitle":"Chick-lit: Using Chickens to Promote Interdisciplinary Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ahern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2370162_orig.jpg?crop=1542,1542,x284,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659384100607","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/emotley"},{"teacherId":8918243,"projectId":9675807,"letterContent":"Thank you for the incredible generosity you showed our Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). Because of you, our students received more than just materials — they were given opportunities to feel seen, valued, and empowered.\r\n\r\nYour donation helped students decorate affirmation rocks for our school garden, create ally buttons for their classmates, and make beautifully beaded tributes for the people who support them most. Your support also inspired my students to organize their first-ever school-wide anti-bullying door decorating contest. This contest filled our hallways with messages of kindness and sparked conversations that reached far beyond our GSA Club.\r\n\r\nWe also offered the ally stickers you donated and the ally buttons students created to the entire student body, and we were pleasantly surprised when we quickly ran out. Many students proudly placed the ally stickers on their Chromebooks or wore the buttons on their school lanyards, making acceptance and support highly visible throughout the school. These small symbols helped many students feel safer, more connected, and more supported.\r\n\r\nWhile we are still finalizing plans for our GSA club shirts, students have already shared creative ideas that reflect pride, unity, and belonging. Every step of this process has helped students find their voices and build confidence.\r\n\r\nRight before the holidays, students created friendship bracelets or beaded zipper pulls and thoughtfully gifted them to someone they consider their greatest supporter, whether at home or at school. Being able to wrap and give these gifts brought them so much joy, as they truly loved the opportunity to give back.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our students and for supporting a group of young people who are learning just how powerful kindness can be. I am a true believer in paying it forward, and I see firsthand how your generosity has inspired my students to think beyond our GSA Club. Up next, they want to help \"refill the food bank after the holidays!\" Wish us luck!","fullyFundedDate":1760088896895,"projectUrl":"project/help-my-gay-straight-alliance-club-creat/9675807/","projectTitle":"Help my Gay-Straight-Alliance Club Create Inclusive Projects for Our School","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Wilson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8918243_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1768851897856","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mswilson-ellteacher"},{"teacherId":7649522,"projectId":6886237,"letterContent":"When our new reading resources arrived, my students were so excited! Their eyes lit up as they flipped through the new books and materials, many couldn't wait to dive right in. One student said, \"These books look fun! I think I can read this one all by myself!\" Moments like that truly show how much confidence can bloom when kids have access to engaging, just-right materials.\r\n\r\nWe've been using the new resources during our small-group reading time. Students choose books that match their reading levels and interests, then practice decoding and fluency skills through partner reading and guided discussions. The hands-on materials have also helped them track progress and celebrate their growth.\r\n\r\nThe next step for our class is building reading stamina and comprehension. We'll be using these books to make connections, summarize stories, and share short book talks to show what they've learned. Every day, I see their confidence growing ,and it's all thanks to your generosity. You didn't just donate supplies, you gave my students the tools to believe in themselves as readers.","fullyFundedDate":1672432336809,"projectUrl":"project/reading-stars/6886237/","projectTitle":"Reading Stars","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Burgess","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7649522_orig.jpg?crop=2261,2261,x54,y7&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1606764307854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/msaburgess"},{"teacherId":2370162,"projectId":9149518,"letterContent":"We are so thankful for your generous support towards our project to fund growing substrate for our pollinator gardens at our school. Just like having access to nutritious food and a welcoming school to learn in can help children grow up healthier and more educated about the world around them, our school's baby garden plants were able to have access to quality soil and growing media to create a strong foundation for a beautiful growing season! \r\n\r\nYour kindness not only allowed us to plant not only over 100 native perennial pollinator-friendly plants in our garden, but provided an opportunity for our students to work as a team, get hands on experience gardening and landscaping, learn about plants and pollinators, and see the reward of some very beautiful flowers from spring to fall season. Your funding gifts allowed us to plant perennial plants so your impact will carry through for years to come, not just a few months. \r\n\r\nDirt and soil is not the most exciting thing fund for, but in our garden situation we were in, it was the most necessary thing to start with to make the rest of the project fall on line. In a sense, the soil was the floorboards and foundation for the home we built at Skyline Middle School. Your kindness helped build homes for over 100 plants, thousands of pollinators and insects ,and a home away from home for our students wehen they come here every day and get to walk by the gardens they planted. Thank you so much and you are welcome to tour our garden\"home\" to see how things are going...and growing !","fullyFundedDate":1743513853399,"projectUrl":"project/from-the-ground-up/9149518/","projectTitle":"From the Ground Up!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ahern","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2370162_orig.jpg?crop=1542,1542,x284,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659384100607","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/emotley"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_44566","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":572,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":52,"percentWhite":16,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":25,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"13.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":75.9,"schoolId":44566,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Skyline Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Skyline Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/delaware/red-clay-consolidated-school-district/skyline-middle-school/44566"}