{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gotha Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":35.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9147743,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these items to my classroom. I have placed these items around my classroom, and they have been used to help create a safe, comfortable, and engaging learning environment for students. The pocket chart has been being used to display vocabulary terms to the students so they can see what they will be quizzed on in regard to terms. The light covers have been being used to help dim the classroom lighting which can be harsh and bright, which often results in students complaining about headaches.","fullyFundedDate":1746785604316,"projectUrl":"project/2025-2026-class-organizationdecor/9147743/","projectTitle":"2025-2026 Class Organization/Decor","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":6581094,"projectId":8516712,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to our classroom. Your donation helped tremendously and made a real difference in the learning environment for my students. With the new resources, we were able to create a more comfortable and engaging space that supported student focus and motivation through the end of the school year.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe impact was clear 98% of my students passed their end-of-year exams, a remarkable achievement that I believe was directly tied to the positive changes in our classroom. When the materials arrived, the students were so excited and immediately noticed the difference. They took pride in their classroom and stayed more engaged in their lessons.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, my students ended the year not only successfully, but confidently. I'm incredibly grateful, and so are they!","fullyFundedDate":1730757773057,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-improve-and-increase-student-eng/8516712/","projectTitle":"Help us Improve and Increase Student Engagement, and Academic Achievement!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Louis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6581094_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1721832542566","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6581094"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9149155,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation. These items have helped me to create goodie bags for my students for the upcoming school year, to give to them on their first day of classes. Each student will receive a bag on their desk, filled with school supplies and snacks. In each of the bags, I have placed a pencil, pen, highlighter, eraser, candy, a sticker, and a snack in each bag. These are items that the students can use, particularly in the first week of classes, in case they forget or do not have access to supplies. These materials will also help create a comfortable and inviting class setting to promote overall class management. \r\nI have also created extra bags for any students who come into the class later on within the first few weeks. All extra materials will be kept in the classroom for student use throughout the year as needed.\r\nThank you again","fullyFundedDate":1746785780220,"projectUrl":"project/first-day-welcome-kits-2025-2026-school/9149155/","projectTitle":"First Day Welcome Kits 2025-2026 School Year","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9108580,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these materials. We have already started to use some of these items for the remainder of the school year. We have already started to use the tissues and the glue. Students have been going through the tissue boxes this year very rapidly.\r\nGlue has also been going very rapidly in my classroom as we have been creating an interactive notebook for students to store their assignments by gluing them in. As I have over 100 students, glue does not last long. This supply has refilled some of our empty glue bottles. \r\nThank you so much for your donating. All other materials will be utilized for the following school year.","fullyFundedDate":1746785492065,"projectUrl":"project/tissues-supplies/9108580/","projectTitle":"Tissues & Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9128172,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation to my classroom. \r\nThe pens and highlighters that have been donated will help go to our dwindling supply this school year. Many students have already begun using the pens specifically for class, as they do not have their own, & some do not have access to them in other classes. The notebooks will go to students next year who are in need of supplies. I had many students this year unable to obtain their own supply (more than any other year I have taught, so these items will save the students as well as myself stress. The notebooks will create an interactive notebook so students can take notes, as well as glue in assignments.","fullyFundedDate":1743595640711,"projectUrl":"project/glue-needed/9128172/","projectTitle":"Glue Needed","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9149022,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these items to my class. Students have already placed their electronics on the chargers, which are kept away from their seats at out classroom counter. This has enhanced my classroom management by creating a space out of the way for devices. The chargers have acted as an incentive for students to keep their phones away from them during class. Overall, this has increased student attention to their assignments and activities in class. \r\nSome students do not have access to chargers/electricity outside of school, so this has also served as a measure for them to have access to it in class. \r\nOverall, this has benefited overall classroom behavior in a successful way so far. \r\nThank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1742823839861,"projectUrl":"project/phone-charging-station/9149022/","projectTitle":"Phone Charging Station","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9069391,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating these items to my classroom. The students have already begun to use these items during class. The students use the highlighters almost daily in class, and we go through them quickly. The highlighters are used by students to annotate their readings and highlight assignments/notes. \r\nStudents have been enjoying the treasure box, and it is used as a weekly incentive for students who have the 3 highest grades in class with no missing assignments. They are excited about the items that are in the box.","fullyFundedDate":1740174724854,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-restock-essentials-rewards/9069391/","projectTitle":"Classroom Restock Essentials & Rewards","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9112914,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these items to the classroom. Students have been using these items daily since I have put them out in the classroom. Some students do not have access to these items at home, or they forget to use/bring the items to school. These materials have allowed students to have access to basic necessary items in order for them to feel comfortable and safe in the classroom, which in turn has helped our learning environment. \r\nSome students who are not in my class have also accessed these materials in my room, as they do not have access at home. \r\n\r\nWe are constantly running out of pencils, so the pencils have increased our supplies in the classroom, and hopefully will help us get through the remainer of the school year with supplies.\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1740174724897,"projectUrl":"project/hygiene-products-pencils-for-middle-sc/9112914/","projectTitle":"Hygiene Products & Pencils for Middle Schoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":8975132,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating these items to my classroom. These items have been used to create a comfortable and engaging learning environment for students. The decorations have added color and life to our classroom, which once had a lot of blank wall space, as well as have provided aids to student learning. The students have greatly enjoyed and admired these decorations in the classroom, many stating that the decor has contributed to the room becoming their favorite classroom, as well as stating that the class feels cozy. Thank you again from my students and myself.","fullyFundedDate":1734540709601,"projectUrl":"project/middle-school-class-basics-decor/8975132/","projectTitle":"Middle School Class Basics & Decor","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":9069278,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating these materials to my 8th grade classroom. We have been going through pencils, sanitizer, and tissue boxes extremely rapidly (especially with cold, flu, and allergy season). Students have already begun to use the materials donated, as well as we now have a stock of these items to hopefully last for the remainder of the school year.\r\nStudents have been really excited about the prize box, and have been turning in their class points to select items in the box. This has helped classroom behaviors and overall management. Each week, the 3 students with the highest grades, and no missing assignments, are able to pick an item from the box. This has helped students be motivated to turn in their missing work.\r\n\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1739216779220,"projectUrl":"project/pencils-sanitizer-prize-box/9069278/","projectTitle":"Pencils, Sanitizer, & Prize Box","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":8982314,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating these materials to my students and my classroom. We have already used each of these items, and they have been extremely helpful!\r\nWe have used the easel pad so far for 2 assignments in all of my classes and have already used one of the pad entirely. This project allowed students to expand their knowledge about poetry, as well as allowed them to work collaboratively with their peers in small groups. They presented these posters to the class, and overall the assignment went extremely well, resulting in each student gaining knowledge around content material. \r\nThe Glue has been a HUGE help with their interactive notebooks and gluing in assignments to help them stay organized. \r\nThe laptop stand has also been greatly appreciated by myself in order to prop up my school laptop during classes.","fullyFundedDate":1734540709564,"projectUrl":"project/middle-school-class-materials/8982314/","projectTitle":"Middle School Class Materials","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"},{"teacherId":9033362,"projectId":8991447,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating these items to my classroom. Students have already begun to use their reward points to access these items in our class treasure box. This has increased the amounts of good & desired behaviors in my classroom. \r\nStudents have also enjoyed the books donated to our classroom library. They have been selecting these books to read during our scheduled class reading times on Fridays. Students have been talking about these books to their peers, as well as using them for things like school and class challenges and to complete our Quarter 3 reading extra credit opportunity.","fullyFundedDate":1734540709459,"projectUrl":"project/rewards-class-library-for-middle-schoo/8991447/","projectTitle":"Rewards & Class Library for Middle Schoolers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Dunlap","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9033362"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_61527","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":988,"numTeachers":69,"percentFrplEligible":41,"percentAsian":5,"percentBlack":33,"percentWhite":27,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":30,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"14.3:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":64.4,"schoolId":61527,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Gotha Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Gotha Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/florida/orange-county-public-schools/gotha-middle-school/61527"}