{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Burns Elementary Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":46.1,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":2377184,"projectId":10669522,"letterContent":"Your donations have truly delighted the students. The fidgets are a big hit. The children are enjoying the fidgets and the snacks so much. You are truly their hero. I am looking forward to them trying watercolor painting. The smiles on the children's faces tell just how much they are enjoying the snacks and fidgets.\r\nYou are truly kind and generous, and we wish you the best and hope you are blessed for all you do and give. The children and I send hugs and smiles to you. Wishing you all the best every day.","fullyFundedDate":1791430665964,"projectUrl":"project/calm-and-focused/10669522/","projectTitle":"Calm and Focused!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2377184_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458839070636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/monica-faerber"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10627996,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support! My students are super excited to be able to add an aquarium to their table tops. We have the guppies (who are reproducing in a larger tank) and are awaiting the elodea before we create the desk habitats.\r\nThank you for helping me add some real life examples to our rather boring curriculum. I believe children learn best by \"doing\" not just reading and discussing.\r\nI am so excited to finally get this project going so they can check on their own tank and not all try to focus on the classroom aquarium. \r\nYour support is greatly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1789589485302,"projectUrl":"project/desk-life/10627996/","projectTitle":"Desk Life!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10413106,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you, thank you!! My students absolutely LOVE these Stem activities! They do not even realize they are learning as they play. One of the favorites is the building a circuit activity. It amazes me that children learn so much by trying different things without it being a \"lesson\". They love being able to turn on the light or make the fan spin.\r\nNext week I am introducing the squishy circuit kits to the whole class before letting them just play with it. We are going to make pumpkins out of the dough that actually light up!\r\nThank you so much for adding a FUN component to our learning!","fullyFundedDate":1788457326362,"projectUrl":"project/stem-cells/10413106/","projectTitle":"Stem Cells","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10471316,"letterContent":"Thank you for the wonderful donation! My students love how beautiful our room is becoming. \r\nI inherited a room that was full of things from when I first started teaching. Nithing was ever thrown away. After I cleaned and sorted our math manipulatives I needed a clean place to store them.\r\nThanks to your generosity and kindess our room is really coming together. Our STEM supplies are all sorted and organized. Everything is easy to find and located where students can find them easily. \r\nThank you so much for your support.","fullyFundedDate":1788457236021,"projectUrl":"project/key-storage/10471316/","projectTitle":"Key Storage","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10471326,"letterContent":"My students love anything with colored ink! Thanks to you I am able to print bright colorful pages for them to complete. \r\nThey also love to take home their work to show off their growth. I like to laminate the most important pieces to send home.\r\nJust last week we made haunted houses using math facts. I laminated them to hang in the hallway and already have had many compliments.\r\nThank you for your generosity and kindness. I want my students to have an education like the one my own children had in the suburbs.","fullyFundedDate":1787146787556,"projectUrl":"project/show-off/10471326/","projectTitle":"Show Off!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":2377184,"projectId":10382995,"letterContent":"The children were over the moon doing this project. They were having so much fun. They said that they have never had so much fun in art before. They are looking forward to seeing their animals all dried and ready to paint.\r\nI have to admit I had fun doing this project with them. planning their animals and making them. Then covering them with the plaster wrap was fun even though messy we all had fun. You truly blessed the children will an experience they will remember. Thanks to you they look forward to what is the next project that we will do.\r\n\r\nSincerely thankful for all you do to help educate our children.","fullyFundedDate":1787146789110,"projectUrl":"project/ready-art/10382995/","projectTitle":"Ready Art!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2377184_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458839070636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/monica-faerber"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10325970,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support. My students seem to always be hungry! Having a refrigerator in our room is a game changer. \r\nOur school does not have air conditioning and we started school in August. Some of the days were very warm, even hot. I was able to keep popsicles frozen for a cooling treat thanks to your kindness and generosity. \r\nI try to let the children have a snack at the end of the day and this fridge is key for keeping healthy snacks cool, like yogurt or fruit.\r\nThank you again for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1786274357359,"projectUrl":"project/snack-time/10325970/","projectTitle":"Snack Time!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10354817,"letterContent":"Thank you again for your donation. My students are so excited by the changes we have made in this classroom. It used to be dark and faded and it is now bright and cheerful.\r\nThey love the supplies you have helped us obtain as well. They have these beautiful name tags on their desks that also include hundreds charts and addition tables. Both of which are very helpful for our math class.\r\nYour kindness and generosity have allowed me to create a warm, colorful, inviting space for my students to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1785434117269,"projectUrl":"project/back-at-it-again/10354817/","projectTitle":"Back At It Again!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":382044,"projectId":10364007,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity. We have not been able to start yet because it's cold and getting dark here in Michigan. Not our best season for growing things. \r\nOur students are very excited to be able to work together to grow food in our courtyard. \r\nOur school has a little space in the opening between classrooms. It will be perfect for a small garden. It is free from rodents and neighbors who could interfere with our plants.\r\nI think the experience of growing and caring for your garden will stay with these children for the rest of their lives.\r\nI really love the idea of the second graders working with the middle schoolers. It will build a stronger school community.","fullyFundedDate":1785250489000,"projectUrl":"project/little-gardners/10364007/","projectTitle":"Little Gardners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sergeant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp382044_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1449451994782","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ksergeant"},{"teacherId":2377184,"projectId":10147811,"letterContent":"The students really enjoyed making the baskets today. The one girl who usually gives push back not to do any work made a beautiful basket and will sew on the beads tomorrow. It is their first time using raffia and they found it fun and challenging. The baskets are turning out wonderful and I thank you very much for thinking of my students to provide them with the supplies to make the baskets. \r\n\r\nWeaving can be challenging but it builds hand eye coordination and helps develop creativity in the brain. Thank you again.","fullyFundedDate":1778292537902,"projectUrl":"project/my-basket/10147811/","projectTitle":"My Basket!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2377184_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458839070636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/monica-faerber"},{"teacherId":2377184,"projectId":10148036,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your kind and generous donation to our classroom. You are truly a blessing to us and our learning. Your kind heart and generous spirit encourage us to be creative and do our best. Also, we have learned that giving is from the heart, your heart. We appreciate everything you have done for us. Know that in the future we also we bless others so we pay it forward and show kindness to others. Thank you for being a good example of how to take care of others and show love of learning.\r\nThank you again so much.","fullyFundedDate":1778610036624,"projectUrl":"project/animals-my-way/10148036/","projectTitle":"Animals My Way","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2377184_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458839070636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/monica-faerber"},{"teacherId":2377184,"projectId":10132586,"letterContent":"Thank you very much for your donation of playdough for the students. They enjoy playing with playdough and making it into different shapes and making robots and animals and even Frankenstein faces. Your kindness and generosity are truly appreciated by the students and me. You are paying it forward by making sure the students have supplies to augment their learning. You are our hero. The students were so happy and the playdough made them busy creating and showing their creations to each other. Thank you so much for all you do.","fullyFundedDate":1778292536880,"projectUrl":"project/creative-hands/10132586/","projectTitle":"Creative Hands!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sina","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2377184_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1458839070636","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/monica-faerber"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_73073","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":450,"numTeachers":null,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":98,"percentWhite":0,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":1,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":0,"gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":null,"demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":53.9,"schoolId":73073,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Burns Elementary Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Burns Elementary Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/michigan/detroit-public-schools-community-district/burns-elementary-school/73073"}