{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Sumner Avenue Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":35.9,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2673431,"projectId":9850401,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for fully funding this project for my students.\r\nThese hats and gloves will keep them toasty warm during the winter months in New England! \r\nThe lip balms will ensure that they do not get the highly irritating chapped lips which happens often in the winter.\r\nThe kids loved picking out their hat, mittens an lip balms and were able to carry it all home in the cute gift bags.\r\nThey were so excited to wear them during the half day before our long winter break. \r\nThe messages from parents made it even better!!","fullyFundedDate":1764703463047,"projectUrl":"project/keep-me-warm/9850401/","projectTitle":"Keep Me Warm!","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":8153828,"projectId":9627308,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation to this project!\r\n\r\nMy students are so excited to be reading these books and preparing for our Battle of the Books program this Spring. Students in fourth and fifth grade are working in teams to read all 16 books for the program and then they will prepare for a quiz-show type competition answering questions about these books. Teachers in our school are assisting in this by reading some of the books aloud to their classes. Our whole school is abuzz with excitement about this program.\r\n\r\nThanks again for your support of this program!","fullyFundedDate":1758858916689,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-our-battle/9627308/","projectTitle":"Books for our Battle!","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":9761149,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your help with this project!!! Our pirate night was a rousing success, and we couldn't have done it without you!\r\n\r\nStudents started out choosing a pirate name and then they embarked on a school wide swashbuckling adventure! They sang pirate songs in the music room, they played pirate games in the gym, they read pirate stories by candlelight in the library, they created their own pirate flags with the art-teacher, they raced sailboats in our science room, and they tried out a pirate coding activity with the technology teacher.\r\n\r\nStudents from Kindergarten age through second grade, and their families, dressed up like pirates and filled our hallways with a joyful noise. They left with memories and pirate treasure! Our specials team is now looking forward to planning a learning night like this every year! \r\n\r\nWe appreciate your support and hope you enjoy looking at the photos! Everyone had a wonderful time!","fullyFundedDate":1758858917090,"projectUrl":"project/a-treasure-chest-of-learning/9761149/","projectTitle":"A Treasure Chest of Learning!","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":4842007,"projectId":9593742,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating to our class. We use the notebooks every day during writing. I used the putty to hang up student work and writing posters for the students to refer to. We are really appreciative for the kleenex with this cold season upon us. I used the velcro dots to hang up student pieces to their boards. You can see their boards behind my desk... once their board is filled they eat upstairs with me for lunch; they love that! The hall passes are also really helpful for students to get where they need to go and back to class quickly. Thank you again for your generous donation.","fullyFundedDate":1758153715435,"projectUrl":"project/lets-shine-some-light-on-writing/9593742/","projectTitle":"Let's Shine Some Light on Writing!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Halon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4842007"},{"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"}],"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"}