{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Forest Park Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":28.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9939226,"projectId":9151501,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support in providing a color printer for our students! We are thrilled to have it on hand, allowing us to create vibrant materials without the need to outsource. Previously, we had to send out a request and at times, wait almost a month before receiving anything back! This printer will greatly benefit our Deaf and hard of hearing students, as colorful visuals enhance their learning experience. With it, students can express their creativity through colorful projects, presentations, and displays, making learning even more engaging and effective. The new printer has motivated them to create amazing projects, including cool printouts for their \"All About Me\" assignments. Your support truly enhances their learning experience!","fullyFundedDate":1742912666872,"projectUrl":"project/printer-ink-paper-oh-my/9151501/","projectTitle":"Printer, Ink, Paper: Oh My!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Roach","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9939226"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":9280604,"letterContent":"My students just love the speech minis! The activities are endless! Even my older students love them! The Speech Sound Play Boards are clear and very colorful. The majority of my students can relate to going to the park or a zoo. We are able to address language and articulation as well as labeling vocabulary with the many themes. These play boards also are sturdy, and visually appealing. They hold the interest of my K-2 hard of hearing students working on speech sounds and help generate a lot of language in addition to that.\r\n\r\nA theme for the month of July was camping. This kit was perfect. The camping unit with the physical book could be used with all ages. I have gotten so much use out of this product. The physical book makes it the ultimate no prep and there are so many ways to use the mini's and the book and you can structure it to practice any skill you need to hit. \r\n\r\nThank you again as this was a huge success!","fullyFundedDate":1746478802115,"projectUrl":"project/mini-objects-but-mighty-outcomes/9280604/","projectTitle":"Mini Objects but Mighty Outcomes","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":9297191,"letterContent":"This is the first time I've submitted a DC for my own professional development. Teacher Tools Takeout is a unique grab and go instructional materials designed for educators and parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This website is similar to Teachers Pay Teachers but focused on the unique needs of children who \r\nare deaf or hard of hearing. This resource / membership is a recipe box with materials from soup to nuts. Below are just a few benefits to support my role as a teacher of the deaf/ hard of hearing:\r\n\r\n• Any files downloaded from Teacher Tools Takeout will be stored in your free account\r\n• The majority of instructional materials are computer fillable \r\n• Sort for files by ability level, age/grade range, topic category, Common Core Anchor Standard, or price\r\n• 300+ free downloadable materials found in the Supporting Success webpages will be in Takeout\r\n• Materials from some of the Supporting Success publications will be for sale à la carte within Takeout\r\nThere are even videos and webinars, free courses, etc. to assist throughout the school year.","fullyFundedDate":1746478802229,"projectUrl":"project/like-a-sponge-i-need-to-soak-up-professi/9297191/","projectTitle":"Like a Sponge I Need to Soak Up Professional Development","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":9323439,"letterContent":"\"I Spy\" is a great game for my students because it enhances observation skills, language development, and cognitive abilities. It's also a fun and engaging way to practice turn-taking and social skills. The game can be adapted to various settings and developmental stages, making it a versatile tool for learning and entertainment. \r\n\r\nMany of my families are constantly moving, between homes, and struggling to keep a roof over their heads. This project allowed me to share some \"I SPY\" outside of school. I was able to go through the books individually first with each of my students. We worked on the repetitive language, auditory closure, and how to carry the card game over outisde of school.\r\n\r\nThe card game is practical for many of the parents can play this over the summer with all of their children. It was a huge success because many of my families shared that even though their child is a reluctant reader, \"I SPY\" motivated them. Parents even commented that it not only worked on visual discrimination but auditory discrimination as well.","fullyFundedDate":1746819169110,"projectUrl":"project/i-spy-summer-around-the-corner/9323439/","projectTitle":"I Spy Summer Around the Corner","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":9232812,"letterContent":"The best part about these books for emotional literacy is that it is providing a particularly lasting positive change. Huge impacts don't happen overnight but with consistent effort, strategic decisions and the gradual accumulation of momentum over time.\r\nThe books are spread out for a variety of ages and levels Preschool to Middle School. When choosing a book, the student and I have a variety to choose from due to the generous means from this project. Whether a student is feeling anxious (middle school) or working side by side with a preschooler on her feelings of being 'mad' or 'angry' having a variety of resources is very crucial. With big feelings, comes changes that can cause a domino effect.\r\nMany of my 3-5th graders who are hard of hearing, really related to the Disney movie, \"Red,\" about a 13-year-old girl who transforms into a giant red panda when she gets overly excited due to changes in adolescence. These changes have to be broken down and literally explained and reviewed for my students on my caseload. This emotional literacy ties into another Donor's Choose I did regarding journaling. It's so rewarding when I have these projects that related to each other. Thank you again!","fullyFundedDate":1744201867680,"projectUrl":"project/emotional-literacy/9232812/","projectTitle":"Emotional Literacy","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":9082770,"letterContent":"Accommodations are crucial for the success of students who are hard of hearing. Since COVID, I learned through all the experience of how crucial good noise cancelling/ mic headphones are for my students. This is my 3rd DC for the headphones. My students appreciate the quality not only of the padded headphones itself, but the quality of noise cancelling they provide. Even my older students, when they have to choose between using a pair of these headphones vs. the air pod look, they always choose the plump and comfortable padded headphones. Not only do they provide control over their environmental noises in the classroom, but they can also Bluetooth and participate in their IEP meetings if they are over zoom. These headphones have been a game changer. Sadly, sometimes they don't last as long when they are thrown in a backpack, passed from class to class, and sometimes taken home to do homework. Most importantly, these headphones are not complicated and very user friendly. Thank you again! You are a work of heart!","fullyFundedDate":1742931753247,"projectUrl":"project/decrease-classroom-noise-for-hard-of-hea/9082770/","projectTitle":"Decrease Classroom Noise for Hard of Hearing Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":8906210,"letterContent":"Singing is crucial for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, as it stimulates speech, language, and cognitive abilities, and provides a fun way to develop vocabulary, social skills, and memory through music's structure and rhythm. Depending on the degree of hearing loss, students will benefit from different techniques and strategies to learn the rote language as well as the pattern perception.\r\nThese materials have come in extra handy in my PreK - 1st classrooms especially for my younger students who did not have access or practice of nursery rhymes. When I presented the puppets and nursery rhyme books that make sound, there was an alertness. Using the Where's Squeaky Mouse game, we were able to practice localization of sound by hiding a squeaking mouse in a classroom. My students with a unilateral hearing loss, had to practice using their localizing skills to find the hidden toy. It gave me a lot of insight that listening and localizing with one ear is much more difficult and takes more practice. Music requires students to focus on sounds and melodies, which can improve their auditory perception and listening skills. \r\nMusic can also help students learn to discriminate between different sounds and pitches, which is important for language development. Weekly, we continue to work on learning new nursery rhymes as our pattern perception and language grow.","fullyFundedDate":1735658687952,"projectUrl":"project/music-matters-for-hard-of-hearing-childr/8906210/","projectTitle":"Music Matters for Hard of Hearing Children","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":7860713,"projectId":8744929,"letterContent":"As an itinerant teacher, traveling between 15 schools with a role that includes troubleshooting equipment as well as working in a classroom and outside a classroom, most of my prep time is spent on responsibility factors; there are just not enough time in my schedule to plan to the best of my ability. \r\n\r\nWith the gift cards to TeachersPayTeachers, I can sigh a bit of relief using supplemental materials that are already made. I have been able to use materials for pre-teaching/post teaching of vocabulary, games and pictures of the anatomy of an ear, self-advocacy scenarios, handouts for parents and service providers, etc. Most importantly, this donors choose gives me more valuable time with my students for direct instruction as well as more prepared conversations with general education teachers and other staff that work with my students.\r\n\r\nI am very grateful for the support from this project so that I am not spending the limited time I have trying to create materials that are already available. I also love the fact that I am supporting other teachers too.","fullyFundedDate":1735652797027,"projectUrl":"project/time-saving-materials-why-reinvent-the/8744929/","projectTitle":"Time Saving Materials; Why Reinvent the Wheel?","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. E (for Excellent)","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7860713_orig.jpg?crop=2448,2448,x0,y799&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1621013885189","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7860713"},{"teacherId":8024048,"projectId":7661501,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your commitment to helping students become organized! We were able to build the skills of organization by using math binders to help them navigate their first year as middle school students. The transition from elementary school is one many all students must face but it can be a very challenging year of changes.\r\n\r\nWith your help, my 6th grade students felt confident about trying new things because their math binder served as an anchor of sorts, to help guide them through each wave of change.\r\n\r\nThere aren't enough words to say thank you but know how much your kindness is appreciated.","fullyFundedDate":1692668628680,"projectUrl":"project/im-organized-with-my-math-binder-par/7661501/","projectTitle":"\"I'm Organized With My Math Binder!\" Part Two","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gladden","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024048_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691004566848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024048"},{"teacherId":8024048,"projectId":7613540,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity and kindness towards my students. For many students, math is the most difficult subject, because it requires logic and organization as premier skills that build success. For 6th grade students, newly immersed in middle school culture, this transition can be most challenging.\r\n\r\nYour support allowed me to teach both math and organization as skills students will need to become successful mathematicians.\r\n\r\nThank you for building the confidence of my 6th graders!! We really appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1691444239881,"projectUrl":"project/foundations-of-organization-my-math-bin/7613540/","projectTitle":"Foundations of Organization: My Math Binder!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gladden","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024048_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691004566848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024048"},{"teacherId":8656886,"projectId":8563198,"letterContent":"I want to begin by thanking you for the generous donation. My students have been immensely supported by the donation towards Teacher Pay Teacher gift cards for curriculum and units.\r\n\r\nI was able to purchase visuals which are a necessity for a self contained classroom for students with Autism. I was also able to find resources that would best support my students when learning new concepts. \r\n\r\nMy students have loved the new file folder activities and adapted resources! \r\n\r\nThank you again. My students have been greatly impacted and it's because of you.","fullyFundedDate":1723650467748,"projectUrl":"project/leveled-curriculum-for-exceptional-learn/8563198/","projectTitle":"Leveled Curriculum for Exceptional Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Pigeon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8656886_orig.jpg?crop=627,627,x204,y441&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1664149973117","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8656886"},{"teacherId":8024048,"projectId":7705055,"letterContent":"Thank you for all you do to support students with connecting real world problems to their classroom experience. It is not easy for students to make the transition from learning within the classroom to taking learning from the classroom and applying it to their everyday lives. So, your generosity allowed me to bring the real world and things they are familiar with to the classroom.\r\n\r\nSkills in financial literacy and budgeting were extremely helpful for students who are rapidly approaching young adulthood. Creating visual models of information and incorporating things they love, like art, into a math class, allowed my students to make a seamless transition to the students they are within and beyond the classroom. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your continued support for student growth!","fullyFundedDate":1693433766615,"projectUrl":"project/real-world-experience-in-the-classroom/7705055/","projectTitle":"Real World Experience in the Classroom!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Gladden","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8024048_orig.png?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1691004566848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8024048"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_60878","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":282,"numTeachers":52,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":2,"percentBlack":19,"percentWhite":5,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":68,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"5.4:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":71.2,"schoolId":60878,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Forest Park Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Forest Park Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/springfield-public-school-district/forest-park-middle-school/60878"}