{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Philip W Sugg Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":73.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3344368,"projectId":9500235,"letterContent":"We received our new Leadership Workbooks quickly for the start of the new school year because you, Donors, responded so quickly to support our students! We are beyond grateful that Donors saw the value and the need for this project!\r\n\r\nWe do apologize for the delay for this thank you package but our students needed to apply, be interviewed, and selected to the leadership role of the Captains Council team for each middle school grade level (6-8). We now meet regularly to set our agenda and projects for the year and we are working on growing our leadership skills using the workbook at least once monthly. This will help Captains Council members to:\r\n-Interact and reflect on their own unique leadership style.\r\n-Collaborate with others on the team, their grade level, and beyond.\r\n-Learn how they can contribute to a leadership group to improve the team, our school, and our community.\r\n\r\nWe are excited to share that 6 of our team members were selected to serve on the Maine State Student Council for this year! We look forward to seeing them shine and to watch the entire team level up their leadership skills while developing more confidence and poise. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for your kind and generous donations and giving our students this opportunity to spread their wings. This would not have been possible without your support! \r\n\r\nRegards and","fullyFundedDate":1753972933143,"projectUrl":"project/grooming-tomorrows-leaders/9500235/","projectTitle":"Grooming Tomorrow's Leaders","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCarthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3344368_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506296325276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pmccarthy"},{"teacherId":9018626,"projectId":9548777,"letterContent":"My students, fellow teachers, and I cannot thank you enough for supporting our Indoor Peaceful Patio. Since receiving and assembling all of our patio pieces, students and adults alike have used this space in so many meaningful ways.\r\n\r\nSome of the most exciting reactions came from students who moved on to high school this past year and recently returned to visit. The idea for the patio actually came from these former students, and they were so honored to see their vision come to life.\r\n\r\nWhen the patio pieces began arriving in boxes, the students were thrilled to help assemble them and watch the space take shape. Since then, we've received so many kind words from parents, community members, administrators, and teachers who have described the space as inviting, homey, and simply wonderful.\r\n\r\nStudents use the space to read quietly, work independently, or take a peaceful moment to reflect. Others gather on the floor pillows to talk and connect with friends. As a teacher, I deeply cherish this area—it's a calming, welcoming place to build relationships with students. Many heartfelt conversations about life, success, challenges, and goals have taken place under the soft lights, often with a pillow hugged close.\r\n\r\nI truly cannot thank you enough for helping this vision become a reality. Your generosity has made a lasting difference in our school community.","fullyFundedDate":1755736401490,"projectUrl":"project/indoor-peaceful-patio-area/9548777/","projectTitle":"Indoor Peaceful Patio Area","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Blanc","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9018626"},{"teacherId":7718653,"projectId":9245628,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation toward our book project. We have been using the books for guided study lessons and independent reading. We have been reading the \"I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001\" as a group read. It is very important to learn about 9/11. It is not currently part of the required learning. These books teach us about 9/11 and provide me with a base to build on, teaching my students about the other 2 planes and what happened with them as well.\r\nOur other books will support other important historical events or even historical times.\r\nThank you again for supporting our class and helping to make learning interesting.","fullyFundedDate":1744199093318,"projectUrl":"project/books-throughout-time/9245628/","projectTitle":"Books Throughout Time","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pelkey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7718653_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x216,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1610631127048","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7718653"},{"teacherId":9754801,"projectId":8795232,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation towards our ceramic steel rack! Your support has created more storage space in our classroom, allowing students to safely store their clay creations, which we even showcased in the school hallway and they looked fabulous! This experience has helped students expand their visual capacity, fostering greater creativity in their expressive art-making.\r\n\r\nOften students have issues with other students knocking over their work and breaking it when we have stored it before in our small classroom without adequate shelving. We have had students who also misplace their work by placing it in places in our classroom where it gets lost. Our new ceramic rack has been very helpful in storing student work so that it does not get misplaced or damaged. It keeps the work clean and safe. We are so very grateful for your generous donation to bring this handy rack into our classroom!\r\nWe look forward to incorporating more ceramics and are now considering activities like creating 3d cardboard collages from magazine cutouts, making recycled art sculptures and designing new art pieces using old fabric scraps and other found fiber materials. \r\n.\r\n Involving students in maintaining the ceramic rack can be achieved by assigning a weekly \"rack monitor\" who will ensure it stays organized and tidy, fostering responsibility and teamwork. Your contribution truly makes a difference! \r\nWe thank you from the bottom of all our hearts for supporting the arts at our middle school. It is thoughtful and supportive people like you who make a huge difference in our students' lives. We all thank you VERY MUCH for that!\r\n\r\nHave a wonderful summer everyone!\r\nTracy Ginn and the Art Students\r\n\r\nand,","fullyFundedDate":1736985185962,"projectUrl":"project/preserve-and-protect-student-artwork/8795232/","projectTitle":"Preserve And Protect Student Artwork!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Ginn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9754801"},{"teacherId":5734816,"projectId":9261170,"letterContent":"My students have been loving our Friday Picture Book read aloud. Read aloud helps students hear what good reading fluency and expression sounds like. That is one benefit of these books! Additionally, after each book we get to have rich peer discussions where we can talk about elements of the story as well as the theme of the story. This is where we can really tie in social-emotional learning. \r\n\r\nI have many students who are reluctant readers when they come to the middle school. Although we do have formal reading units, picture books and Friday read aloud really allows students to get to just enjoy a book. \r\n\r\nMy students are loving getting back into picture books. When I got these books, many thought picture books were just for young children. They were so surprised to enjoy them and be able to learn from them!","fullyFundedDate":1745108076079,"projectUrl":"project/picture-books-for-social-emotional-learn/9261170/","projectTitle":"Picture books for Social Emotional Learning!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Champagne","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5734816"},{"teacherId":3344368,"projectId":9310552,"letterContent":"I am so grateful for your generous support! This trimester I am teaching 7th graders. They are ramping up communication and collaboration skill sets in order to become safe recreational drone pilots!\r\n\r\nWe are completing different challenges to build proper flight terminology, to fly the drone with the controller, a bit more challenging than expected, and most have already earned their TRUST certificate, which by law, you now need in order to fly outdoors recreationally. I am printing a hard copy for each student, because this certificate is good for life... unless they loose the paper. However, they also receive a digital copy as back up!\r\n\r\nWe have had the misadventure, twice, of a drone becoming entangled in hair! So we upgraded our safety protocols to include \"hair must be covered and/or tied in order to fly in the classroom\". As a result, I turned to DonorsChoose to help me make this mandate possible for all my current students this trimester.\r\n\r\nDue to your generous support, I am able to gift a hat to each 7th grader, and a hair tie if needed, that they will keep with their laptop bag to assure they can always secure their hair in my class. Additionally, they are so excited to be able to personalize their new baseball hat, AND I am feeling more confident with our updated protocol that we WILL avoid future drone-hair entanglements!\r\n\r\nThis gift for my students would not be possible without your quick generosity which funded this project in warp speed! Project went live and funded in one day and two days later, I am handing hats and hair ties out in my classroom! Truly incredible!\r\n\r\nI am sincerely thankful for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1746391672773,"projectUrl":"project/drone-flight-safety-needs/9310552/","projectTitle":"Drone Flight Safety Needs","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCarthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3344368_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506296325276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pmccarthy"},{"teacherId":7718653,"projectId":8961963,"letterContent":"I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your generous donation. My classroom is important and very dear to my heart. The fact that you took the time to share your hard earned money with us is special. My students appreciate the materials in our classroom, form the books, special seating, snacks and everything in between. Your generosity helps to make that possible.\r\n\r\nIt is important to get kids to read. Sometimes that means starting with street signs, directions to games (including video) or pretty much anything. As long as they are reading they are growing their skills. These books that you have helped me purchase range from traditional novels to graphic novels. The important thing is that they will get my students to read and engage with a book. I have found that once you get a kids reading something they are interested in, they truly grow as readers, making. This makes reading less daunting and can even be fun. Thank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1736968767380,"projectUrl":"project/reading-engagement-made-fun/8961963/","projectTitle":"Reading Engagement Made Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pelkey","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7718653_orig.jpg?crop=1080,1080,x216,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1610631127048","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7718653"},{"teacherId":7121435,"projectId":9113974,"letterContent":"Students are working hard and seamlessly with these new machines. Our productivity is doubled due to great working machines. Students have been smiling and have such a feeling of accomplishment. \r\n\r\nWe plan to use the buttons to learn how to sew by hand with needle and thread, iron on a patch and fill a pillow with batting. The black and white thread will allow us to customize our products to make them look professional. \r\n\r\nWe really appreciate your donation toward our project. It really does make a difference.","fullyFundedDate":1740070075958,"projectUrl":"project/sewing-skill-for-life/9113974/","projectTitle":"Sewing - Skill For Life","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Huston","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7121435_orig.jpg?crop=500,500,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1581967640756","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7121435"},{"teacherId":3344368,"projectId":9206076,"letterContent":"OMG! I am astounded by the DonorsChoose community of supporters! I cannot say thank you enough for believing in my project and donating to make our dream come true! We are so excited as we continue to learn about the new Flashforge Adventure 5M 3D printer awesomeness. We have #3 set up, leveled, loaded the filament, and did a test print! This 3D printer is beyond amazing!\r\n\r\nTrimester 3, introduced 3D design with Tinkercad to my 5th graders. We are creating personalized bookmarks. Students are learning Tinkercad's 3D tools, manipulating and resizing shapes, the importance of precision, and ultimately assembling shapes, converting them to hole makers, grouping all and landing a bookmark as the end product. Students are adding text, embossed or engraved, as well as small items to further personalize their bookmark making it even more special. Some are adding holes, to attach yarn or string as additional embellishments. The new Flashforge Adventure 5M 3D printer will be very busy as the 100 +/- 5th grade students print their creations. The print speed of the Adventure 5M facilitates printing these projects efficiently; I am even able to print 5 at a time!\r\n\r\nThank you from the bottom of OUR hearts for supporting our dream to add this updated innovative STEAM resource to our curriculum, giving our 300 middle school students PLUS 100 5th graders a taste of skills needed to become successful in STEAM careers.\r\n\r\nYou are true heroes!","fullyFundedDate":1742936883059,"projectUrl":"project/leveling-up-3d-design-output-part-3/9206076/","projectTitle":"Leveling Up 3D Design & Output Part 3","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCarthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3344368_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506296325276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pmccarthy"},{"teacherId":8001548,"projectId":8745219,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to help us upgrade our visuals for health class. This is a huge improvement from projecting from a cart onto the white board. I am now able to use the full white board and have a digital display for learning in the classroom and I don't have to erase things. This allows us to leave things up on the board longer for students who work at a different pace or need reminders. \r\n\r\nI also have multiple windows in my classroom and having the TV as a display on a swivel wall mount helps me to be able to reduce glare and give the students a significantly clearer image, especially on sunny days, we don't have to shut the shades to be able to see.\r\n\r\nThe students have made many comments about how clear the picture is and they really appreciate that.","fullyFundedDate":1734621492147,"projectUrl":"project/upgrade-visuals-from-old-school-projec/8745219/","projectTitle":"Upgrade Visuals from “Old School” Projection to 4K with Audio!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Weeks/ Pepin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8001548"},{"teacherId":3344368,"projectId":9109886,"letterContent":"Two years into our \"Dog House\" supply and snack closet and you, dear Donors, continue to help us keep this mission alive! Our current JMG students have nicely sorted and organized the snacks and hygiene products you graciously donated to replenish our shelves.\r\n\r\nOur students are thrilled to see the variety of snack boxes arriving from AMAZON containing awesome treats and needed supplies. Because of your generosity, our snack shelves continue to be available for the rest of the 24-25 school year! Students continue to confidently ask for supplies and snacks when needed. It is such a great feeling to know that our students' needs and hunger pangs are taken care of. Smiles are plentiful because of you, our generous donors. \r\n\r\nWe are extremely grateful for your support to make sure our students are better able to focus with full bellies all day long.","fullyFundedDate":1739571655917,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-and-hygiene-supply-needs/9109886/","projectTitle":"Snacks and Hygiene Supply Needs","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCarthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3344368_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506296325276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pmccarthy"},{"teacherId":3344368,"projectId":9056025,"letterContent":"You have done it again DonorsChoose donors! I cannot say thank you enough for believing in my project and donating to make our dream come true! We are so excited as we learn about the new Flashforge Adventure 5M 3D printer awesomeness. We have set it up, learned to level it, how to add filament, and print our design! This 3D printer is amazing!\r\n\r\nTrimester 3 has just begun, and I am looking forward to collaborating with Science teachers in 7th grade. Their students are 3D designing an animal to complement their science projects. I have just worked with some 8th grade students who chose to infuse what they learned about 3D design during trimester 1 with me, and apply it to a unit in their ELA class by creating board game pieces. This trimester, I will also be teaching my 5th graders how to dedign with Tinkercad and will print their projects for them with our new Flashforge Adventure 5M 3D printer in the middle school.\r\n\r\nThe print speed of the Adventure 5M will facilitate printing all these projects efficiently even during the 7th grade's trimester 3 project development! Thank you from the bottom of OUR hearts for supporting our dream to add this updated innovative STEM resource to our curriculum, giving our 300 middle school students PLUS 100 5th graders a taste of skills needed to become successful in STEM careers.\r\n\r\nYou are true heroes!","fullyFundedDate":1736943907517,"projectUrl":"project/leveling-up-3d-design-output-part-2/9056025/","projectTitle":"Leveling Up 3D Design & Output Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. McCarthy","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3344368_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1506296325276","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/pmccarthy"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_65203","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":292,"numTeachers":17,"percentFrplEligible":33,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":1,"percentWhite":93,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"17.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"SUBURB_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":26.9,"schoolId":65203,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Philip W Sugg Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Philip W Sugg Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/maine/lisbon-school-department/philip-w-sugg-middle-school/65203"}