{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sumner Avenue Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8898214,"projectId":9024403,"letterContent":"I want to thank you all so much for your continuous support to public education. \r\nI am a math intervention teacher and every 30 minutes I service another group of students. \r\nThey were all so excited to see all of our learning math activities that will strengthen their number sense. I use a specific program and the playing cards will help them structure number within 5 and 10. I love to give them a variety of activities. It keeps them thinking. They love coming in on Fridays selecting the activity of their choice.\r\nThanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1742921082109,"projectUrl":"project/numbers-all-around-us/9024403/","projectTitle":"Numbers All Around Us!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gulluni","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8898214_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1671827141930","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8898214"},{"teacherId":8898214,"projectId":9036716,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your continuous support to public education. It is greatly appreciated by staff and students.\r\nThese products will help us keep healthy kids at school and not at home sick.\r\nThey will all take part in cleaning before we leave the room. This gives them a sense of responsibility and they love it! \r\nWe have a short period of time together so something quick will help us to keep moving along during the day. They will be thrilled to come to class and see their caddy full of cleaning products!!","fullyFundedDate":1742921083089,"projectUrl":"project/give-us-color/9036716/","projectTitle":"Give Us Color!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gulluni","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8898214_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1671827141930","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8898214"},{"teacherId":6727017,"projectId":9338141,"letterContent":"The ink that you donated has been a saving grace. I made so many different activities and created so many lessons for my students. They have been super engaging. I have also been able to focus my lessons on the children's interests and abilities, which vary from year to year. \r\n\r\nWe are talking about Community Helpers this month so I created this veterinarian dramatic play center using the ink, printing and laminating all the materials so they last. As shone in the picture, the students are having so much fun pretending to be veterinarians and taking care of all the animals. They are also learning to write by filling out all the information about their pets.","fullyFundedDate":1747597002979,"projectUrl":"project/think-with-ink/9338141/","projectTitle":"Think with Ink!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Schwartz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6727017_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661643488637","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6727017"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9182701,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous contribution to this project! It enabled our library to update our collection of Harry Potter books and students are thrilled.\r\n\r\nMany of our students love, love, love Harry Potter but they can find the books to be challenging to read. As a librarian, I have found that the illustrated versions of the books are more accessible to struggling readers. Therefore, with this project I was able to complete our collection of the Harry Potter Books and add all the illustrated versions. These additions increased our fantasy selection dramatically and I ended up creating a new area in our library just for fantasy series books like Harry Potter!\r\n\r\nStudents love this section of the library and the books, especially the illustrated versions are flying off the shelves!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your support of public schools and their libraries!","fullyFundedDate":1744197107634,"projectUrl":"project/harry-potter/9182701/","projectTitle":"Harry Potter!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9319706,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of this project! The beginning of the school year has been very exciting in our library, and this project has been part of our success!\r\n\r\nMy students love to read non-fiction books, they are very interested in the world around them, and this project has provided a wide variety of grade level materials for them to take out and read! Students have been enjoying and sharing these titles and the more they read the better their skills!\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your generous support of public schools and their libraries!","fullyFundedDate":1748824735778,"projectUrl":"project/non-fiction-mania/9319706/","projectTitle":"Non-Fiction Mania","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9185045,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project. These books are wonderful addition to our seasonal book collection and will be appreciated by our students!\r\n\r\nSeasonal and holiday books are some of the most popular books in out library. Students love to read these and share them with their families. Unfortunately, prior to this project our collection of Spring books was outdated and in need of updating. This project has been a significant boost to our collection! We now have books representing the wide variety of holidays celebrated by our students and their families and books that enable students to see themselves represented on our shelves. All of these factors increase students' engagement with our materials and encourage more reading!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your support of public schools and their libraries!","fullyFundedDate":1744210558716,"projectUrl":"project/spring-to-reading/9185045/","projectTitle":"\"Spring\" to Reading!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9289850,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project! The introduction of these books to our school library has caused great excitement among our students!\r\n\r\nThese books are unique to our library, and many students have never seen books like this before. The look on their faces when I show them that a book can create music is priceless! The books have quickly become a popular choice, and they are often checked out and shared among friend groups. They are learning about classical music and reading at the same time, and they don't even realize it because they are so thrilled with the books themselves!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generous support of reading, public schools and school libraries! It is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1746787090438,"projectUrl":"project/celebrating-sound-in-the-library/9289850/","projectTitle":"Celebrating Sound in the Library!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9178517,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project! I am grateful for your support in adding new and engaging materials to our school library's collection. \r\n\r\nThis has been one of my most popular projects! Garfield comics are very appealing to elementary age students, and they just love checking out these books. Nearly all the books from this donation are checked out every day! That level of engagement with print materials is essential to create life-long readers in this time of excessive screen use by children. Thank you for providing them with materials that introduce them into the world of joyful reading!\r\n\r\nI am so grateful for your support of reading, public schools and their libraries!!!","fullyFundedDate":1744210034915,"projectUrl":"project/garfields-still-got-it/9178517/","projectTitle":"Garfield's Still Got It!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9172718,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project! I appreciate your contribution to increasing our library's graphic novel collection! Our students are loving all the new books!\r\n\r\nStudents in our school LOVE to read graphic novels! They are widely circulated and requested on a daily basis! This project added many more popular titles to our collection which has increased access to our students! Most of the books are checked out all of the time! They are returned only to head back out with another student! This level of engagement in reading is what all educators hope for!!\r\n\r\nThank you again for your generous support of public schools and their libraries!!!","fullyFundedDate":1744210558484,"projectUrl":"project/get-kids-reading-with-great-graphic-nove/9172718/","projectTitle":"Get Kids Reading With Great Graphic Novels!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":9182954,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations that made this project a success! Rick Riordan is a very popular author at my elementary school and I am thrilled to be able to offer more of his books to our library's collection.\r\n\r\nOur students read at very different levels and the best part of this project is that it enables a wider variety of students to access Rick Riordan's amazing stories! This project added missing chapter books from the series to our collection AND it supplemented the collection with the graphic novel versions of Mr. Riordan's popular books. These graphic novels enable readers who may be intimidated by large chapter books an entrance into the world of compelling fantasy series!\r\n\r\nThank you for all you do to support public schools and their libraries! Your support means so much at this current time of uncertainty in regards to school funding!","fullyFundedDate":1744197108483,"projectUrl":"project/reading-rick-riordan/9182954/","projectTitle":"Reading Rick Riordan!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sheehan","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8153828_orig.jpg?crop=1572,1572,x0,y115&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669732145256","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8153828"},{"teacherId":2673431,"projectId":9676775,"letterContent":"My students were super excited to get this project for Math Tools funded. We need these items to succeed in math.\r\nSometimes math is easier to understand when you have math tools in your hand to learn or reinforce a concept. The love the baskets which hold the tools in a neat organized way so the tools are easier to find when they need them without having to ask. They can just grab what they need. \r\nThey especially love the money! Most kids have families who just use a debit/credit card so using the money helps them identify and gets them familiar with it.","fullyFundedDate":1757539198642,"projectUrl":"project/math-tools/9676775/","projectTitle":"Math Tools!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bogacz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2673431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1477411843362","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2673431"},{"teacherId":2673431,"projectId":9655992,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for generously donating to this project \"Organize Me!\"\r\nThese poly two pocket folders hold up so much better than the paper folders. They have to travel with them to another class so now there will be no worries for them to rip!\r\nThey can have different colors for each of their subjects and not worry about putting papers in the wrong folder.\r\nThe blue Flair pens are essential for marking up their work in all of their subjects. These pens are amazing since they do not bleed through paper and show up well when work being posted on bulletin boards.\r\nThank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1756856067737,"projectUrl":"project/organize-me/9655992/","projectTitle":"Organize Me!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bogacz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2673431_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1477411843362","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2673431"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_60902","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":490,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":18,"percentWhite":8,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":65,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"11.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":64.1,"schoolId":60902,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Sumner Avenue Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Sumner Avenue Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/massachusetts/springfield-public-school-district/sumner-avenue-elementary-school/60902"}