{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School","outOfStateSupporters":37.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":1895994,"projectId":9609696,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and for thinking of my students! These headphones will help so much with our daily learning and allow each one of my students to focus on their learning while on our computers without being distracted by others. This project will also allow for more learning time too! \r\n\r\nI can not wait to pass our headphones out and see all of their faces when they know they have their very own pair!! They will be so excited and will love picking out their very own colors to keep at their seat. \r\n\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1760731605471,"projectUrl":"project/can-you-hear-me-know/9609696/","projectTitle":"Can You Hear Me Know?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. LoConte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1895994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1487887598444","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1895994"},{"teacherId":1895994,"projectId":9609482,"letterContent":"I can't even begin to explain how your generosity impacted my classroom. Your thoughtful gift is helping each one of my students focus each day on learning. This allows each student to enter my classroom each morning and not worry about if they have his or her supplies each day. This gift has made a huge difference in our room and has allowed for more timed devoted to learning.\r\n\r\nMy students were so excited to have their very own supplies! They were thrilled to be able to keep these in their desks! \r\n\r\nWe can not thank you enough!","fullyFundedDate":1755873851184,"projectUrl":"project/second-grade-success/9609482/","projectTitle":"Second Grade Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. LoConte","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1895994_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1487887598444","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1895994"},{"teacherId":4214600,"projectId":9573140,"letterContent":"Your generous donations have been such a big help for our classroom. Students are enjoying using the pencils to engage in drawing and writing activities during self-selected center times as well as during teacher led activities. They are exploring writing letters, numbers, and their names. \r\n\r\nIn addition to the pencils that were received, our class also received a generous donation of snacks and treats. These snacks and treats have been used to reward students for their hard work and effort. They have also helped us to fight against hunger that some of our students have experienced from not having breakfast in the morning. My students look forward to picking from the treat box and are still amazed at the variety of snacks they have to choose from. \r\n\r\nWe truly appreciate your generosity and support!","fullyFundedDate":1755050191193,"projectUrl":"project/getting-ready-for-pre-k/9573140/","projectTitle":"Getting Ready for Pre-K","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Harper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4214600_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1609719096609","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4214600"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9787549,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donation of headphones to our music program. Thanks to your generous donations, our students will now be able to hear and focus on their digital music assignments. The middle school students have been creating their own soundscapes and beats using the Digital Audio Interface software 'Soundtrap.' This powerful software has allowed them to create unique music that expresses themselves. We needed headphones badly for this activity, and most of the students do not have their own. Thank you for providing our students with headphones they need to create and complete their own musical compositions.","fullyFundedDate":1760693523060,"projectUrl":"project/digital-audio-workstations/9787549/","projectTitle":"Digital Audio Workstations","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9790436,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our music students. These digital keyboards and batteries will power us through many engaging lessons. Our students love coming to music class. They are ready to learn. Now, thank to you, more of our students will have the opportunity to play. Having enough keyboards and batteries will make music class more hands-on. Kids learn better when they have an actual keyboard in front of them, rather than a photocopied image of a keyboard. Thank you for bringing more musical instruments to our deserving students.","fullyFundedDate":1760693519037,"projectUrl":"project/can-i-play-it/9790436/","projectTitle":"Can I Play It?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9758287,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for adding our first two 'real' pieces of music for our fledgling beginning band! 'Conquest' has been a hit so far. The students appreciate and respect that the piece is a whole sheet of music, a huge step up from playing lines in the method book. The beginning band builder, combined with 'Conquest' by Brian Balmages, and our Essential Elements method books, have given us an entire years' worth of beginning band music. Thank you for supporting a new band program in a high-need urban environment. Our students have talent, but we lack resources to provide learning experiences like this. Thank you, MMOSS and others, for coming together to provide high-quality music education materials for our new band program.","fullyFundedDate":1758928303139,"projectUrl":"project/beginning-band-beyond-the-method-book/9758287/","projectTitle":"Beginning Band: Beyond the Method Book","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9756580,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. Our students loved the counting coin banks! We also were able to purchase a classpack of Jumbo crayons for our preschool students with your generous donation. The coin banks went home as rewards for excellent participation and behavior during the school day. I felt great about giving these banks as prizes, and the kids loved them! A coin counting bank to go home was so much more educational and meaningful as a prize than a piece of candy or a small token. Thanks for bringing these educational and motivational rewards to our students.","fullyFundedDate":1758836967232,"projectUrl":"project/counting-our-pennies/9756580/","projectTitle":"Counting Our Pennies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9758344,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for your generous support. This professional set of jingle bells and holiday sheet music has brought a lot of excitement to our students already. They are looking forward to performing the holiday band music at our annual winter assembly. Learning to play songs like 'Jingle Bells' and 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas' with their friends, with the additional motivation of an upcoming assembly, has brought the musical skills for our students to new heights. It has been really great to see them caring about playing the music correctly, and not giving up when they make a mistake. These Christmas sheet music books have made a world of difference for our beginning band musicians. Thanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1758822944053,"projectUrl":"project/a-christmas-to-remember/9758344/","projectTitle":"A Christmas to Remember","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":4930919,"projectId":9292125,"letterContent":"The arrival of the math manipulatives from my generous donors has transformed my classroom. These manipulatives turned my learning environment, making abstract concepts tangible and accessible to each and every one of my scholars. Before receiving these manipulatives, my lessons on complex mathematical ideas, such as fractions and place value, were often met with confusion and frustration. Now, students can physically piece together fractions into a hands-on, solvable approach. This concrete-to-representation-to-abstract approach has been a game changer, particularly for my visual and kinesthetic learners, allowing them to see and feel the math they're doing every day. This has built incredible math confidence and a growth mindset, where students are willing to take risks and view challenges as exciting puzzles to be solved, all thanks to the resources provided by our generous donors.","fullyFundedDate":1746844035351,"projectUrl":"project/manipulative-magic/9292125/","projectTitle":"Manipulative Magic","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Neal","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4930919_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1533492422691","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/alicia-neal"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9641356,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for your gift of a Dr. Beat metronome for our music program. This new metronome has already made a positive impact on our students' music education. The students were very excited to turn the dial of the metronome to hear how different tempi sound in real time. The metronome has the right audio jack to plug into a small guitar amplifier! This metronome has made a huge difference already in the level of engagement and rhythm accuracy with our drumline and also our beginning band. Thanks again for this beautiful new music training device.","fullyFundedDate":1758636828042,"projectUrl":"project/our-drummers-are-paging-dr-beat/9641356/","projectTitle":"Our Drummers are Paging Dr. Beat","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9388167,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for your generous support. The African weaving mats were a huge hit with our 3rd and 4th graders. They were surprisingly challenging to weave, which made the students feel very accomplished when they completed them! The kids were proud to take the project home. We have already used the Colors of the World crayons in a self-portrait project, which will be hung in the 4th grade hallway. 4th grade has been a challenging group this year for all of the teachers, so having this project go so successfully was a positive reinforcement which made the students feel good about themselves, as well as the work they can accomplish when working together in school. The storage bins have kept our crayons organized and easy to access. Thanks again for providing our students with art supplies which they have already put to good use in the classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1757423918945,"projectUrl":"project/this-time-for-africa/9388167/","projectTitle":"This Time for Africa","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"},{"teacherId":1714390,"projectId":9620997,"letterContent":"I can't thank you enough for supporting our beginning band members with your generous donations. These music stands and books have given our students a method for which to progress in their studies. 'Essential Elements' is tried and true, and I have already seen the students experiencing genuine joy and satisfaction with their personal and collective progress in band. Before this project, we did not have any music stands at school. For the vast majority of our students, this is the first time they have ever played music from a book like this. Thank you again, MMOSS, for chipping in to provide our students with these books and music stands!","fullyFundedDate":1756161818633,"projectUrl":"project/beginning-band/9620997/","projectTitle":"Beginning Band","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Patton","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-cale"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_5576","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":339,"numTeachers":27,"percentFrplEligible":85,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":95,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":3,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":62.2,"schoolId":5576,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Gillespie Technology Magnet Cluster School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/illinois/chicago-public-school-district-299/gillespie-elementary-school/5576"}