{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Pierre S DuPont Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":61.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7677864,"projectId":9836629,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of animal reference books to my middle school classroom. Your thoughtful gift has already made a meaningful difference for my students.\r\n\r\nThese books will be an invaluable resource as we study animal habitats, adaptations, and ecosystems. Having access to engaging, age-appropriate reference materials helps spark curiosity, encourages independent research, and supports students as they build critical reading and science skills. Many of my students are especially excited to explore animals they've only seen in pictures or videos before.\r\n\r\nYour kindness and support for education truly enrich our classroom learning environment. On behalf of my students and myself, thank you for investing in their curiosity and love of learning.","fullyFundedDate":1760814178495,"projectUrl":"project/build-literacy-and-reference-skills-in-t/9836629/","projectTitle":"Build Literacy and Reference Skills in the Science Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Birmingham","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7677864_orig.jpg?crop=853,853,x106,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1606953471159","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7677864"},{"teacherId":4594956,"projectId":9830193,"letterContent":"My students have made incredible growth by engaging in lessons at their individual literacy levels. Opportunities to fill in learning gaps and meeting students where they are academically allows for every student to reach their full potential.\r\n\r\nStudents love watching their IXL scores grow during each lesson! It is remarkable to see students excited about their academic growth.\r\n\r\nThis would not be possible without your generosity! Thank you for supporting our classroom and making literacy possible for ALL.","fullyFundedDate":1760701964400,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-for-all/9830193/","projectTitle":"Literacy for All","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Robinson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4594956_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1742132433241","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/robinson171"},{"teacherId":6156400,"projectId":9834695,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating books and widgets to my students! They have been thoroughly enjoying the new books of their interests! They go book shopping every week so they can read multiple books throughout the month! \r\n\r\nThe students also can't get enough of the fidgets! They use the fidgets as tools while completing daily lessons and also while completing independent work or independent reading. Most students come to class and one of the first things they ask for is a fidget! My students love for reading is growing by the day and that's because of all of your kindness and donations!","fullyFundedDate":1760882383045,"projectUrl":"project/drop-everything-and-read-dear/9834695/","projectTitle":"Drop Everything and Read! (dear)","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carmichael-Stokes","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6156400"},{"teacherId":2370025,"projectId":9972612,"letterContent":"The second project of shirts came in and they are still awesome!!! I love the new color options and so did the kids! I put them out for them today and they jumped on the two colors. So far, maroon is winning do first chosen! These two colors are vibrant and long sleeves help keep them warm this winter season! I had kids put the shirts on immediately!! That is how you know it's a good shirt design! The kids all talk about the Tanana shirts! They absolutely love new merch and they love your kindness and generosity to our school. We only have a few left over, so they were a hit. Have a wonderful day!","fullyFundedDate":1767206422752,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-look-2/9972612/","projectTitle":"New Year-New Look 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fitzhugh","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2370025_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490200972428","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sabrina-fitzhugh"},{"teacherId":2370025,"projectId":10008482,"letterContent":"The second project of shirts came in and they are still awesome!!! I love the new color options and so did the kids! I put them out for them today and they jumped on the two colors. So far, maroon is winning do first chosen! These two colors are vibrant and long sleeves help keep them warm this winter season! I had kids put the shirts on immediately!! That is how you know it's a good shirt design! The kids all talk about the Tanana shirts! They absolutely love new merch and they love your kindness and generosity to our school. We only have a few left over, so they were a hit. Have a wonderful day!","fullyFundedDate":1768424791276,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-dream-2/10008482/","projectTitle":"New Year New Dream 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fitzhugh","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2370025_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490200972428","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sabrina-fitzhugh"},{"teacherId":9324224,"projectId":9821865,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your gift to provide so many new books for our library! These books are similar to already popular titles that students read and request, and I'm so excited to offer them even more reading choices!\r\n\r\nLots of students have been asking for sports-related graphic novels, and these new books will be perfect to get them interested in borrowing books from the library!\r\n\r\nThe cardstock has been used to print coloring bookmarks, and students have already been using them and spending mindful moments coloring in the library. \r\n\r\nWe're so appreciative! eeeeeeee","fullyFundedDate":1760359380300,"projectUrl":"project/loving-literacy-in-the-library/9821865/","projectTitle":"Loving Literacy in the Library","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Rumanov","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9324224_orig.jpg?crop=825,825,x52,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1700334595125","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-rumanov"},{"teacherId":2370025,"projectId":9969876,"letterContent":"The first project if shirts came in and they are awesome!!! I love the new color options and so did the kids! I put them out for them today and they jumped on the two colors. So far, maroon is winning do first chosen! The second batch should be in tomorrow and then more classes can pick their size. These two colors are vibrant and long sleeves help keep them warm this winter season! I had kids put the shirts on immediately!! That is how you know it's a good shirt design! The kids all talk about the Tanana shirts! They absolutely love new merch and they love your kindness and generosity to our school. Have a wonderful day!","fullyFundedDate":1766884024355,"projectUrl":"project/new-year-new-look/9969876/","projectTitle":"New Year- New Look","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Fitzhugh","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2370025_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1490200972428","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sabrina-fitzhugh"},{"teacherId":7758710,"projectId":9833730,"letterContent":"In this Donors Choose project you helped to fund materials for two different grade levels. For my 6th graders you helped to purchase a classroom set of atlases. These atlases are being used to help my students understand patterns across the globe using the various themeatic maps available to them. For my 7th graders you funded the purchase of a class set of \"What is the Constitution\" which has helped make a very complicated text accessible to my students to further their understanding of the systems, rights, and promises made to us regarding our government. \r\n\r\nYou also helped fund a project notebook set where students have been writing down their great but off topic questions so they can save them for a better time and independent research. The topics they have come up with have been amazing and varied!\r\n\r\nWith your donations you have made my classroom more engaging and accessible.","fullyFundedDate":1760810826726,"projectUrl":"project/literacy-in-social-studies-outside-of-t/9833730/","projectTitle":"Literacy in Social Studies, Outside of the Textbook!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Stafford","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7758710"},{"teacherId":9618939,"projectId":9832513,"letterContent":"With the timing of our concert season, we haven't had a lot of time playing our ukuleles yet. That said, students in 6th grade are already playing full songs with three chords. 7th and 8th grade students are already playing pieces with 3-4 chords and have started using the instruments to write out their own harmony and rhythm patterns. With all this work across the grades, students are also learning the symbols of standard music notation and chord notation. The students have been pumped to get the ukes out and start playing (the pictures are from the very first class that got to play them, we had a little internal competition, and you can see the 6th graders enthusiasm)! \r\n\r\nThis is the huge part for targeting literacy gains. Students who can understand, recognize, and manipulate symbols in notation can also see connections in other symbolic systems, like language and mathematics. The music literacy gains are the main event. Students are able to process harmony and form structures in real time with once the playing ability is there on the ukulele, and not just rely on theoretical knowledge in a workbook. I'm very excited to see how far the students get with their playing, and their application of the knowledge with song writing and transfer knowledge to part signing!","fullyFundedDate":1760722772719,"projectUrl":"project/ukuleles-for-the-chorus-room/9832513/","projectTitle":"Ukuleles for the Chorus Room","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ronaghan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9618939"},{"teacherId":7477188,"projectId":9834576,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and for gifting my students items for us to create a personal library in our classroom. As someone from the Trinidad and Tobago and teaching an instrument native to that country, it is very important to me to expose my students to stories that feature Caribbean landscapes or folk tales. \r\n\r\nAs a result of your generosity, my students now have books that they can read when they finish their work or assessments before the alotted time. This minimizes screen time and encourages them to read books other than those assigned for school. No to mention, they absolutely love being able to sit in the bean bags. \r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting teachers and students, and for helping to make my class a fun place to be, and give it some added personality.","fullyFundedDate":1760798143123,"projectUrl":"project/i-feel-the-needthe-need-to-read/9834576/","projectTitle":"I Feel the need...the Need to Read!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Salerni","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7477188_orig.jpg?crop=902,902,x0,y75&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1701801145746","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7477188"},{"teacherId":9627922,"projectId":9821081,"letterContent":"My students and I are overflowing with gratitude for your generous donation of toys, candy, duckies and other treasures! Because of you, we can now maximize learning in math class. Just yesterday a student stated that they are not talking to their friend because they want to earn a stress ball. Students sit up straighter, raise their hand more frequently and focus on their work when they see the hole puncher out. You've helped make Math exciting and rewarding for all of us. Thank you for investing in our education!\r\n\r\nYour commitment to our classroom and school will have a lasting impact on our students. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done for PS. Your generosity and kindness are greatly appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1760581617244,"projectUrl":"project/calculate-solve-and-motivate-adding-r/9821081/","projectTitle":"Calculate, Solve, and Motivate! Adding Rewards to Subtract Disruptions II","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Donilon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9627922"},{"teacherId":9627922,"projectId":9820915,"letterContent":"The learners of Room 216 cannot thank you enough for your generous donations. When the students saw the new books, they were looking forward to finishing their work just to read!! A win! Just yesterday, I had a student look up the next title in a series to get at the library. These books are fostering a passion for reading.\r\n\r\nI have students asking if we are practicing vocabulary just to use the Boogie Boards. Since we have started using the boards, their understanding of basic mathematical terms has increased.\r\n\r\nI personally cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Your contributions have had a positive impact on my students' learning, and for that I will be forever grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1760568773059,"projectUrl":"project/im-done-what-can-i-do-read/9820915/","projectTitle":"I'm Done. What Can I do? 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