{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"John R Lewis Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":27.4,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9813654,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation to the John Lewis Greenhouse Botany and Culinary Arts class. Over the last few years we have been using the greenhouse to double as our kitchen. While that has allowed us to learn some amazing life skills that will stick with us forever, the aromas from the cooking are not good for the fish or the plants. We have finally got our new kitchen approved. In the fall will will be cooking in a separate kitchen located next to the greenhouse. We had to delay construction until this summer so we have not been able to set up the islands that we will be using in our cooking stations. We have attached pictures of the plans for the kitchen. We can't wait to share more pictures when we are cookin' in the kitchen this fall! Thanks again for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1760707020850,"projectUrl":"project/cooking-islands/9813654/","projectTitle":"Cooking Islands","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9725453,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation to the John Lewis Greenhouse Botany and Culinary Arts class. We have been able to add so many new projects because of donors like you! We have already planned the first cooking project to use the electric cooker. We will be doing a special lunch for our teachers before we leave for winter break! We have never used a smoke so we are all very excited to add this to our cooking experience. \r\nOur jars are all set and labeled and we will start using the canning machines to create gifts of preserved foods that we can pass out as donations to our families from the school. The bowls we ordered get used every Friday because you can never have enough mixing bowls!\r\nWe made the most delicious empanadas using the crimpers. The made it look very authentic and added a special touch to the cooking project.\r\nWe are so excited to cook and learn how we can helo others with what we are learning.","fullyFundedDate":1758800041485,"projectUrl":"project/the-kitchen-is-coming/9725453/","projectTitle":"The Kitchen is Coming","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9595038,"letterContent":"We can't thank you enough for your generous donation to the John Lewis Greenhouse Botany and Culinary Arts class. We have already started using the triple slow cooker and we will use it for our end of the semester fiesta. It has made it easier to prepare multiple items when we cook rather than having to use hot plates and multiple pots. \r\nThe shed was built just in time! As you can. see we got snow but our outdoor equipment is safe and warm. It gives us a lot more room to store things until we get growing in the spring. The speakers have been a huge help because the noise from all the pumps, tank and Tower Gardens are really loud. We use it when we watch videos and play music while we are working. The lights add a special touch. It looks really cool int he early morning when you can see the greenhouse lit up in different colors.\r\nThank you again for investing in us!","fullyFundedDate":1755690206212,"projectUrl":"project/kicking-off-the-kitchen/9595038/","projectTitle":"Kicking Off the Kitchen","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9151492,"letterContent":"The students at the John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse Learning Farm want to thank you so much for your generous donation to help us continue to create a very unique learning experience for students. Over the last three years we have developed a food forest that we hope one day has all 7 layers. In order to protect the islands we have installed fencing around the entire area. Your donation has made that possible. This something that will remian as part of the greenhouse for many, many years to come.\r\nWe would to give you a tour of the greenhouse and show you all the amazing things we are doing.\r\nThanks again!\r\nKeep it Green!","fullyFundedDate":1742229892303,"projectUrl":"project/making-the-farm/9151492/","projectTitle":"Making the Farm","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":9493078,"projectId":9076819,"letterContent":"Thanks to your incredible generosity, our classroom has benefited immensely from the $300 Teachers Pay Teachers gift card. This donation allowed me to access a wide range of high-quality, engaging resources that I wouldn't have been able to provide otherwise. From hands-on centers to creative writing prompts and interactive activities, these materials have helped me reach students at different levels and learning styles, making our lessons more dynamic and personalized. The flexibility to choose exactly what we need, when we need it, has been a game-changer.\r\n\r\nOne of the most exciting things for the students has been the variety—every week brings something new and interactive. They especially love the games and digital escape rooms that make learning feel like play. These resources have brought energy into the classroom, and it's been especially powerful for a few students who typically struggle with traditional worksheets. One student in particular, who often shuts down during lessons, has become fully engaged during our new literacy activities from TPT. It's amazing how the right resource can unlock confidence and interest in learning.\r\n\r\nYour support has made a direct and meaningful difference in our classroom. Thank you for investing in our students and in the work we do every day. We're so grateful for your kindness!","fullyFundedDate":1746785720917,"projectUrl":"project/portable-speakers-amplifying-student-le/9076819/","projectTitle":"Portable Speakers: Amplifying Student Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Nizza Wale","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9493078_orig.jpg?crop=512,512,x0,y69&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1719322186874","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/nmewale"},{"teacherId":9847727,"projectId":8966762,"letterContent":"The supplies I got from donors at donors choose, friends, and family really helped my students! I love that my classroom is a safe space where students always have the supplies they need! It was also especially helpful for me to never worry about having students with charged Chromebook's or things like that. I am able to really focus on my teaching when the students and classroom are so well prepared! My heart is very full knowing there's people out there willing to help us teachers out!!\r\n\r\n Thank you for helping to make the 2024-2025 school year so awesome!","fullyFundedDate":1732630387084,"projectUrl":"project/boost-my-classroom/8966762/","projectTitle":"Boost My Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Liggins","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9847727"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9258497,"letterContent":"We can't tell you enough how much we appreciate your donation. The John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse Learning Farm continues to grow and offer more opportunities to the students and the community.\r\nThe new edger we were able to purchase has allowed us to create very distinct borders in the corn patch and all eight of the food forest islands. The students have learned that by edging, the edged area prevents the growth of wild grass from intruding into the growing area. It has made a huge impact on each island and has become a great learning/teaching opportunity.\r\nThe walkways will continue to be built. The not only offer a great place to grow things like cucumbers and tomatoes, but it add to the beauty of the outdoor space.\r\nOnce again, thank you for your generous support.","fullyFundedDate":1746449607186,"projectUrl":"project/the-organic-passageway/9258497/","projectTitle":"The Organic Passageway","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9334825,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation. The John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse Learning Farm has continued to grow with support from donors like you. The 8th grade Greenhouse Ambassadors are a group of students that applied to be part of a program that serves as an outreach extension of the botany / culinary arts program. One of their responsibilities is to take and download photographs of all of the work we do at the greenhouse farm. With a dedicated MacBook the students will know be able to not only have all of the greenhouse farm material on one computer, but they will now be able to manage the new greenhouse farm webpage that we have created. The Mac is much more powerful and versatile than the small Chromebooks the students get from the school. We can not tell you how much this has really elevated our ability to share what we do in this program. You donation will continue to serve and support students for many years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1746895206215,"projectUrl":"project/the-greenhouse-goes-viral/9334825/","projectTitle":"The Greenhouse Goes Viral","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9265270,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation. The John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse Learning Farm has continued to grow with support from donors like you. The 8th grade Greenhouse Ambassadors are a group of students that applied to be part of a program that serves as an outreach extension of the botany / culinary arts program. One of their responsibilities is to take and download photographs of all of the work we do at the greenhouse farm. With a dedicated MacBook the students will know be able to not only have all of the greenhouse farm material on one computer, but they will now be able to manage the new greenhouse farm webpage that we have created. The Mac is much more powerful and versatile than the small Chromebooks the students get from the school. We can not tell you how much this has really elevated our ability to share what we do in this program. You donation will continue to serve and support students for many years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1746447411150,"projectUrl":"project/welcome-to-the-greenhouse-garden/9265270/","projectTitle":"Welcome to the Greenhouse Garden","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9253368,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation. The John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse Learning Farm has continued to grow with support from donors like you. We have successfully added ten blackberry bushes to the outdoor garden. Rather than using space in the food forest islands where we already have two different variety of blackberries, we decided to use the blue barrels that we bought with the donation to make a blackberry wall between the gazebo and corn. These blackberries will continue to grow year after year. Students will be able to harvest the blackberries and then make several different recipes using them.\r\nThe tomato plants are very thankful to have the support of the green towers. These will be placed in several areas including the raised beds and the islands to spur on tomato growth. \r\nWe are so thankful and look forward to getting more students involved.\r\nThank you!","fullyFundedDate":1744647023080,"projectUrl":"project/feeding-the-community/9253368/","projectTitle":"Feeding the Community","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9188709,"letterContent":"We are truly thankful for your generous donation. The items that you have helped us purchase to kick off the summer will make an immediate impact. We sent a picture of the screen doors that we put up in the greenhouse. As you can imagine, the heat in the summer raises the greenhouse temperature to over 100 degrees on some days. Since there is no air conditioning in the greenhouse we rely on fans that pull air through the greenhouse. We were not able to keep the doors open because it lets in too many bugs. However, now with the screens, we are able to have them open to get rid of some of the heat. It has made a huge difference.\r\nWe also built the new shed. We now keep are large equipment separate from the other materials we use outside.\r\nWe can't thank you enough for supporting our program!","fullyFundedDate":1742919938021,"projectUrl":"project/greenhouse-summer-starter-2025/9188709/","projectTitle":"Greenhouse Summer Starter 2025","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"},{"teacherId":8723086,"projectId":9317530,"letterContent":"We can not thank you enough for your generous donation to the John Lewis Middle School Greenhouse. With your donation we have been able to continue the plan of making our Greenhouse Farm a truly unique learning opportunity for students.\r\nAs we expand the items we grow, the addition of the blackberry plants will add to the raspberries, blueberries and strawberries we are already growing. Seeing students harvest and eat fresh blackberries that we have grown is truly a great sight.\r\nThe signage we know have will allow us to mark each raised bed and each food forest island so visitors can see all of the crops we have planted. It will allow visitors to learn what can be grown as they walk around our outdoor farm.\r\nWe hope to use this space to show other schools how important growing your own food can be to your health and how it can support your community.\r\nWe are so grateful for your donation and want you to know that it will be used to inspire, motivate and teach students for years to come!","fullyFundedDate":1746447336945,"projectUrl":"project/forever-at-the-greenhouse/9317530/","projectTitle":"Forever at the Greenhouse","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Greene","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8723086_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1673370436882","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/lewis-greenhouse"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_30037","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":752,"numTeachers":59,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":15,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":1,"percentLatinx":78,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":72.6,"schoolId":30037,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about John R Lewis Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"John R Lewis Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/illinois/waukegan-community-unit-school-district-60/thomas-jefferson-middle-school/30037"}