{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sumner Avenue Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.6,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":7633168,"projectId":6400781,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project! Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in our classroom and giving my students access to resources and opportunities that will help them learn, grow, and succeed.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to use these materials, and I know they will make learning more engaging and hands-on. Your kindness and support remind my students that there are people who believe in them and want to see them thrive.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping make our classroom an even better place to learn. We truly appreciate you!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1661464571241,"projectUrl":"project/mathematicians-readers/6400781/","projectTitle":"Mathematicians & Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jacobi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7633168_orig.jpg?crop=1101,1101,x140,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604862412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7633168"},{"teacherId":7633168,"projectId":6212809,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project! Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in our classroom and giving my students access to resources and opportunities that will help them learn, grow, and succeed.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to use these materials, and I know they will make learning more engaging and hands-on. Your kindness and support remind my students that there are people who believe in them and want to see them thrive.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping make our classroom an even better place to learn. We truly appreciate you!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,","fullyFundedDate":1645104348980,"projectUrl":"project/fun-with-math/6212809/","projectTitle":"Fun With Math","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jacobi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7633168_orig.jpg?crop=1101,1101,x140,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604862412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7633168"},{"teacherId":7633168,"projectId":6123996,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping my classroom stay safe and clean. My kindergarten students are also learning responsibility by cleaning up after themselves. My students love to now clean . \r\n\r\nThank you so much for supporting our DonorsChoose project! Your generosity is making a meaningful difference in our classroom and giving my students access to resources and opportunities that will help them learn, grow, and succeed.\r\n\r\nMy students are excited to use these materials, and I know they will make learning more engaging and hands-on. Your kindness and support remind my students that there are people who believe in them and want to see them thrive.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping make our classroom an even better place to learn. We truly appreciate you!","fullyFundedDate":1644438242953,"projectUrl":"project/having-fun-and-staying-safe/6123996/","projectTitle":"Having Fun and Staying Safe","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Jacobi","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7633168_orig.jpg?crop=1101,1101,x140,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1604862412848","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7633168"},{"teacherId":8898214,"projectId":9143763,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your constant support to public education. Teachers greatly appreciate it. These are backpacks are going to be so helpful for students to work with their families on skills that were taught in math. \r\nMy young learners will be so excited when they see all the fun activities that will go inside these backpacks. They will love taking them home to show and share with their families. We can always add to the bags depending on the needs of the students.\r\nThis will be a great school year with these take home bags this year.","fullyFundedDate":1746741625364,"projectUrl":"project/bring-it-home/9143763/","projectTitle":"Bring It Home!","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":9129765,"letterContent":"Thank you all so very much for you constant support to public education. It is greatly appreciated. \r\nI knew my students would be thrilled to see all of our new items for the classroom. They had big smiles on their faces when they walked in and saw everything in its space being labeled and in an organized space. There is no time wasted anymore. They simply come get the task and start!! I only get 30 minutes with each of my groups so it's important to have all things in their own space.\r\nThanks you again!","fullyFundedDate":1745941899217,"projectUrl":"project/lets-put-it-all-together/9129765/","projectTitle":"Let's Put It All Together","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":6408888,"projectId":9535843,"letterContent":"Through your generosity, my students were able to create projects in class with confidence. We were able to build, create, and design class projects with these materials.Using the materials the students were able to access learning and show some of their creative work. \r\n The students were very excited to use the materials and were very grateful that others cared to help them achieve this. The inspirational part is how your example of helping reminds my students that education is important.","fullyFundedDate":1757548778107,"projectUrl":"project/project-pioneer/9535843/","projectTitle":"Project Pioneer","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Koffie","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6408888"},{"teacherId":8153828,"projectId":10140450,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of this project! I am thrilled to have an ongoing subscription to Junior Library Guild for our library next school year! \r\n\r\nJLG provides us with shelf-ready books that are current and of high-interest to our students! Sumner Avenue students are curious and interested in reading new books and I am so grateful I will be able to provide them with these new books without having to do extra work or fund-raising throughout the school year!\r\n\r\nI know that I can rely on JLG to provide us with high-quality reading materials and I am grateful that I can rely on your support to help keep our library interesting and relevant for our students. \r\n\r\nThank you again for your support of public schools and their libraries! We are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1773856975526,"projectUrl":"project/subscribe-for-reading-success/10140450/","projectTitle":"Subscribe for Reading Success!","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":10026935,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project! This project was a great community event for our whole school! We had a Bingo night for families, and we invited the public library to attend. Students received popular books as prizes and every family went home with multiple books to keep at home. They also signed up for library cards and the summer reading program at our local library.\r\n\r\nThis event was well-attended at our school, and we are planning on making repeating it two times during next year's school year. Thanks to your support we have enough Bingo supplies to host this event multiple times for our school community. \r\n\r\nThank you again for you support of public schools and their libraries! We are so grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1773845011930,"projectUrl":"project/book-bingo/10026935/","projectTitle":"Book Bingo!","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":10167941,"letterContent":"My students were super excited to get this label maker and the cool pastel pencils. \r\nWhat a great way to start the end of the school year.\r\nNew labels were needed for the last 6 weeks of school and to label their materials that they get to take with them on the last day of school! They are able to label their work to show off for their step-up ceremony for their families.\r\nThe pastel pencils were a hit since they are more individualized than the regular yellow pencils but from a reputable pencil company! there is no better pencil than Ticonderoga.\r\n\r\nThank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1778022857552,"projectUrl":"project/print-please/10167941/","projectTitle":"Print Please!","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":8854805,"projectId":9305484,"letterContent":"Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our DonorsChoose project for end-of-the-year student gifts. Your generosity means so much to our classroom and to each of our students. Because of your kindness, our students will end the school year feeling celebrated, appreciated, and proud of everything they have accomplished.\r\n\r\nThis year, our students have worked incredibly hard, shown resilience, supported one another, and grown both academically and personally. Many of them have overcome challenges while continuing to come to school ready to learn and do their best each day. Your donation helps us recognize those efforts in a meaningful way and allows us to create positive memories that students will carry with them long after the school year ends.\r\n\r\nThe end-of-the-year gifts are more than just presents—they are reminders to our students that their hard work matters, that they are valued, and that there are people who believe in them and care about their success. For many students, these small acts of kindness leave a lasting impact and help build confidence, motivation, and excitement for the future.\r\n\r\nThanks to your support, we can celebrate our classroom community and send students into summer with smiles, encouragement, and a sense of pride. Your generosity has brought joy and positivity into our classroom, and we are deeply grateful for your compassion and support of education.\r\n\r\nThank you again for making a difference in the lives of our students and for helping us end the school year on such a special and meaningful note.","fullyFundedDate":1746466691434,"projectUrl":"project/end-of-the-year-gifts/9305484/","projectTitle":"End of the Year Gifts","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Laware","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8854805_orig.jpg?crop=1075,1075,x422,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1669490097153","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8854805"},{"teacherId":2673431,"projectId":9924290,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for fully funding our project to \"Fly into a Good Book\".\r\nMy students were super excited to see the butterfly wings and the cute antenna.\r\nGoing outside on a bright, sunny day made it even better. They were able to act out the butterfly cycle while reading about it.\r\nWater bottles this time of year help quench their thirst after a long recess and a working hard in academics.\r\nThe snacks made for a perfect ending to being outside.\r\nAllergy season is upon us in the northeast, so the tissues came just in time!\r\nThe journals and the flair pens make their diagrams colorful and bright!!\r\n\r\nThank you again!!","fullyFundedDate":1774312440800,"projectUrl":"project/fly-into-a-good-book/9924290/","projectTitle":"Fly Into a Good Book!","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":4842007,"projectId":9964259,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating the books to our classroom. They love the \"The World Almanac\" book. Many of my students did not know what the book was about. They were getting exciting sharing facts with each other. The \"Willodeen\" book is a popular book in our room, many students read it together in pairs. The other books were books requested by students; they have been getting a lot of attention as well.\r\n\r\nWe use the highlighters every week. My students use them to identify details that they will use in their writing. They use the highlighters to keep their information organized. Thank you so much for donating to our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1769652322818,"projectUrl":"project/lets-get-lost-in-a-book/9964259/","projectTitle":"Lets Get Lost in a Book","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Halon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4842007"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_60902","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":490,"numTeachers":42,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":3,"percentBlack":18,"percentWhite":7,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":66,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":4,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 5","studentTeacherRatio":"11.7:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_MIDSIZE"},"inStateSupporters":64.4,"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"}