{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Cromwell Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":32.5,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10472926,"projectId":10175918,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of yoga materials for our mindfulness yoga group for middle school girls! Your support has provided our students with meaningful opportunities to practice mindfulness, develop healthy coping strategies, and build skills that will benefit them both in and out of the classroom.\r\n\r\nWe are using the new yoga materials to create fun, engaging, and relaxing experiences where students can explore gentle yoga poses, practice mindful breathing, and learn meditation techniques. During our group sessions, students are encouraged to slow down, tune into their feelings, and discover positive ways to manage stress and regulate their emotions. The materials help make these activities interactive and accessible, allowing students to participate at their own comfort level while building confidence and self-awareness.\r\n\r\nWhen the students first saw the yoga materials, they were excited and eager to get started! They enjoyed the opportunity to try something new in a supportive environment where they could move, relax, and focus on themselves. It has been wonderful to see them engage in activities that encourage them to take a break from the demands of middle school and focus on their overall well-being.\r\n\r\nAs we continue our mindfulness and yoga sessions, students will build on what they have learned by practicing breathing exercises, exploring new yoga poses, and incorporating mindfulness strategies into their daily routines. We are also working on recognizing emotions, managing stress, and developing positive self-talk. Our goal is to help each student identify strategies she can use when feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or anxious, whether at school or at home. We hope students will leave each session feeling calmer, more confident, and better equipped to navigate the challenges of adolescence.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has helped create a welcoming space where our middle school girls can prioritize their well-being, connect with one another, and develop lifelong skills for managing their emotions and caring for themselves. Thank you for investing in our students and helping us provide these valuable experiences. Your kindness is making a meaningful difference in their lives!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1775827623194,"projectUrl":"project/mindful-monday/10175918/","projectTitle":"Mindful Monday","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McKinnon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10472926"},{"teacherId":9456699,"projectId":9972824,"letterContent":"I am writing to express my gratitude for your generous donation of a spiral binding machine and the essential materials to go with it. Your support will directly transform the daily learning experience for my Spanish students, and I couldn't be more excited for the upcoming school year.\r\n\r\nCurrently, my students rely on standard composition notebooks. While these are a staple of the classroom, they often lead to a significant amount of lost instructional time. We spend precious minutes:\r\n- Cutting and gluing worksheets into blank pages.\r\n- Managing \"lost\" handouts that never quite made it into the book.\r\n- Navigating disorganized notes that make studying for assessments a challenge.\r\n\r\nWith your gift, I am now able to design and produce custom, curriculum-aligned notebooks specifically for my Spanish learners. This allows me to create a resource that is:\r\n- Highly Organized: Guided notes, vocabulary banks, and cultural readings will be bound in a logical sequence from day one.\r\n- Interactive & Engaging: These notebooks will feature specialized sections for student reflection, conjugation charts, and interactive activities that keep students' hands and minds busy.\r\n- Professional & Durable: Having a \"real\" book gives students a sense of pride in their work and provides them with a high-quality reference tool they can keep long after the course ends.\r\n\r\nBecause of your generosity, my students will walk into class next year with a professional-grade learning tool tailored exactly to their needs. This isn't just about binding paper. It's about maximizing our time together and providing my students with the structure they need to develop proficiency in a second language.\r\nThank you for investing in my classroom and for believing in the importance of organized, accessible education. Mil Gracias!","fullyFundedDate":1770082956822,"projectUrl":"project/customized-interactive-notebooks-to-enri/9972824/","projectTitle":"Customized Interactive Notebooks to Enrich Our Learning, en Español!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Ferrer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9456699_orig.jpg?crop=1158,1158,x0,y277&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1707138950927","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9456699"},{"teacherId":7242098,"projectId":9932386,"letterContent":"Words cannot express the profound impact this donation has made for these wonderful life skills scholars. The gains we are demonstrating in math are amazing!! My students love working with our number lines and making our number stories (E.G., \"20 minus 9 is 11.\" The frog scales are a BIG HIT! We love counting the little frogies until our scales are even. Finally, the items we can \"buy\" from our math school store deeply impact teaching and learning, as we can create real life scenarios that involve money or the exchange of money for goods. The impact your donation has made is remarkable and precious — and words cannot fully express my most sincere and profound gratitude!","fullyFundedDate":1764723123767,"projectUrl":"project/math-class-school-store-for-life-skills/9932386/","projectTitle":"Math Class School Store for Life Skills","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. West-Herzog","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7242098_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1594944154721","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7242098"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_43887","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":442,"numTeachers":44,"percentFrplEligible":29,"percentAsian":4,"percentBlack":5,"percentWhite":69,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":14,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":5,"gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"10.0:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":67.5,"schoolId":43887,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Cromwell Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Cromwell Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/connecticut/cromwell-public-schools/cromwell-middle-school/43887"}