{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"callToActionDisplayName":"Maple St Magnet School for Arts","outOfStateSupporters":22.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10080600,"projectId":9817698,"letterContent":"My students were extremely excited the moment they walked into class and saw the new standing tables. Right away, they wanted to try them out, and they have been using them every single day since. Students who struggle to sit still in a traditional classroom seat now choose to stand while working. Students who previously put their heads down during lessons are more alert and engaged when they are at the standing tables. \r\n\r\nThe impact on learning is noticeable. There has been an increase in overall focus, along with fewer behavior redirections. Students have shared that they like having the option to stand because it helps them feel more comfortable and gives them space to move around.\r\n\r\nThe excitement has even spread beyond my classroom. Students from other grades and other sixth-grade classes have stopped by to see the room transformation and all of the new seating options. It has been fun and affirming to talk to all the curious kids who pop in just to see the room.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me make my math class a place where students are excited to come to class every day. Your support has made a lasting difference in our classroom, and we are so grateful.","fullyFundedDate":1760723230436,"projectUrl":"project/standing-for-success-flexible-seating-f/9817698/","projectTitle":"Standing for Success: Flexible Seating for Focused 6th Grade Mathematicians","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lewis","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10080600_orig.jpg?crop=1620,1620,x0,y264&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1760274200793","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10080600"},{"teacherId":10034661,"projectId":9352426,"letterContent":"With your generosity and support, I was able to build 10 leather bow quivers for our upright bass students at Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts in Kalamazoo, Michigan.\r\nEach bow quiver is adorned with a leather patch that reads, \"Maple Street Orchestra.\" Each quiver is unique in its design and construction. Students were very excited to pick the quiver that best matched them. \r\nThese quivers will be passed down to future upright bass players at Maple. Thank you for making this opportunity possible for our students!","fullyFundedDate":1752586393294,"projectUrl":"project/leather-bow-quivers-for-our-middle-schoo/9352426/","projectTitle":"Leather Bow Quivers for Our Middle School Upright Bassists","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Coston","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10034661"},{"teacherId":1944307,"projectId":9588077,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity for our after school Game Club! Many students love playing games on their computer or playing board or card games. Having replacements for much loved games or brand new ones keep the kiddos excited to attend Game Club. Moreover, having snacks available for them to have after school is a bonus. Many of our members are sixth graders who have lunch at 10:00am, so they are definiately hungry!\r\n\r\nMoreover, appreciate the unconditional care donors have for students who they haven't met. The impact of your gift will allow students to make social bonds that will keep them looking forward to going to school and hanging out afterwards.","fullyFundedDate":1755733100839,"projectUrl":"project/game-setsnack/9588077/","projectTitle":"Game, Set...Snack!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kendall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1944307_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1530713924280","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/amykendall"},{"teacherId":9839327,"projectId":9190529,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my 8th grade classroom of math learners. Your gift gives students a chance to compete and earn rewards for competing math challenges with in the classroom and outside the classroom. It's fun to put the leader board up each day to see who's completed the most IXL skills to date! We have students who before we started making it a competition never completed a skill to now getting over 20-30 skills done in a week. Every student who completed their weekly goal receives a small incentive like a fun pen or fruit snack pack. Then top winners for each class receive something larger and have their name on the winners board for the week! \r\nThank you for helping make math fun!","fullyFundedDate":1742943459138,"projectUrl":"project/rewards-incentives-for-working-on-ixl/9190529/","projectTitle":"Rewards & Incentives for Working on IXL in Math!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Allen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9839327"},{"teacherId":1944307,"projectId":9172549,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the resources that funded our Ecosystems Poster Project for our 6th grade scientists! The flair pens, sharpies, colored pencils, and markers made their projects pop off of the page! The students really noticed a difference between just a paper and pencil project and a full-color project with outlined details. \r\n\r\nWhen students feel supported in their efforts to do their best in the classroom, they really go all-in! What they have learned during this project, scientifically and artistically, will translate into the rest of their academic careers and life.","fullyFundedDate":1746495279749,"projectUrl":"project/science-inspired-art/9172549/","projectTitle":"Science Inspired Art","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kendall","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1944307_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1530713924280","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/amykendall"},{"teacherId":7781325,"projectId":8555690,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting our project to build empathy through reflection, writing, and action. For many of my students, empathy is not something that comes naturally. As pre-teens, they are already hard-wired to think of their own wants, needs, and feelings, but to then put themselves in someone else's shoes and approach life from that perspective does take conscious effort. \r\nTo start, I had students write about their own feelings anonymously in a Google doc and then printed these out, read them to the class, and we talked about how it would feel to have those feelings. To heart and understand that someone in the class was feeling lonely, or sad, or angry was eye-opening. We used other activities to help students see that the feelings they felt were also felt by other students. We took a lot of time to write in our journals and record not only our thoughts and feelings, but also how we thought others were feeling. We imagined how non-human living beings (like trees) and inanimate things (like pencils) might feel.\r\nThis was a super awesome experience that we wouldn't have been able to have without your generousity!","fullyFundedDate":1725117973615,"projectUrl":"project/practicing-empathy-through-reflection-w/8555690/","projectTitle":"Practicing Empathy Through Reflection, Writing, and Action","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gannon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7781325_orig.png?crop=1592,1592,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686839278604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7781325"},{"teacherId":7781325,"projectId":8410966,"letterContent":"As part of our creative writing unit, students used the donated journals to complete daily creative writing prompts and sketches as they explored their feelings, the world around them and their daily experiences. Later on, we used our journals to identify ideas that we wanted to expand on in poetry, personal narratives, and short stories.\r\n\r\nFor many students, this experience in free and open expression was a new experience. The daily prompts, such as \"describe a room in your home using the five senses.\" were helpful in giving students who were unaccustomed to free expression a launching point. With prompting from peer reviews (and me) they expanded beyond commonly used words and descriptors and very general writing to go deeper and more thoughtful. \r\n\r\nWithout the support of donors and Donors Choose, we would not have been able to do this project in this way. The journals, pencils, and colored pencils helped students express themselves in new and exciting ways. Thank you for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1723642882796,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-creative-reading-writing-cl/8410966/","projectTitle":"Building a Creative Reading & Writing Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gannon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7781325_orig.png?crop=1592,1592,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686839278604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7781325"},{"teacherId":7781325,"projectId":7260994,"letterContent":"My 7th grade students enjoyed the learning experience of generating research questions about a STEM scientist or mathematician and then conducting research to answer their questions using both library and online resources. Most of the questions were original and detailed enough to generate real \"findings\" for them, which excited them and made their posters and presentations fun for everyone.\r\n\r\nThe resources that were provided helped us generate good questions, conduct our research, document our findings on cards, which we used to organize our findings. We wrote five paragraph essays to show how to present our findings. Next, students created posters that included our findings and presented them to the class.\r\n\r\nWe would not have been able to do the project without the supplies provided by donors and Donors Choose. We heavily relied on the supplies of paper, pencils, cards, markers, colored pencils, and posters.","fullyFundedDate":1680617378290,"projectUrl":"project/building-research-writing-and-presenta/7260994/","projectTitle":"Building Research, Writing, and Presentation Skills With Stem Bios","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gannon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7781325_orig.png?crop=1592,1592,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1686839278604","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7781325"},{"teacherId":7473751,"projectId":9079535,"letterContent":"It was so exciting to receive the materials you all donated. Because of your generosity, each table had enough markers, glue, scissors, and paper for their projects and notebooks. Materials were all organized into the bins with one at each table. All of the supplies were right where they needed them, so no one had to go searching for anything, which helped students spend more time being creative and engaged in their work. \r\n\r\nOur community is amazing and so giving. It is wonderful to have the support of our community.","fullyFundedDate":1738167991002,"projectUrl":"project/exploring-the-ancient-world-with-interac/9079535/","projectTitle":"Exploring the Ancient World with Interactive Notebooks","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Neil","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7473751_orig.jpg?crop=3000,3000,x0,y90&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1737751653977","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7473751"},{"teacherId":4992800,"projectId":9129431,"letterContent":"The impact of your gift has already been felt by the students in the library. One of my goals is to make sure that kids have access to the books that they want to read so that they continue to be readers. When the books they love are unavailable they get discouraged about reading, they enjoy it less and eventually find other ways to entertain themselves. The books that were provided through this project are some of my most frequently checked out materials.\r\n\r\nEvery student in my building comes to the library on a regular basis to check out books. The books you provided have given so many more students access to books that were lost by other students.\r\n\r\nMany of the books you helped to provide incorporate pictures and text to make it so that reluctant readers can get the extra support kids need to help them through the text and be successful readers.","fullyFundedDate":1740691106675,"projectUrl":"project/loved-books-lost/9129431/","projectTitle":"Loved Books Lost","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Franz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4992800_orig.jpg?crop=1787,1788,x0,y89&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1634666351427","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/maplestreetlibrary"},{"teacherId":4992800,"projectId":9113040,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation. It has allowed me to offer more of the students' favorite reading materials to my library patrons. In addition to the books being favorites of the students they are also favorites of the teachers as well.\r\n\r\nOur teachers encourage our students who struggle to read toward these graphic novels as a way to build their interest in reading. Studies have shown that middle school students who weren't interested in reading were more likely to read graphic novels, because they enjoyed the format and felt they could challenge themselves more.\r\n\r\nSince the books arrived I don't think any of them have been in the library for more than a day before being checked out by another student. They are consistently in circulation. Thanks again!","fullyFundedDate":1740442984925,"projectUrl":"project/more-manga/9113040/","projectTitle":"More Manga!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Franz","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4992800_orig.jpg?crop=1787,1788,x0,y89&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1634666351427","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/maplestreetlibrary"},{"teacherId":2836181,"projectId":8946890,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity. I am very touched. \r\n\r\nI love having little incentives to keep my students engaged and excited about learning. Without you, I would not be able to offer as many choices or reach as many children. \r\n\r\nMy mindset is always, work hard, play hard. I like to reward children for doing their best and I enjoy making math fun. If it is fun, kids do more and learn more. I have been so impressed with IXL this year. It is our first year using it and it is accessible to all abilities. \r\n\r\nI am hoping with the use of IXL and the many incentives you have helped me purchase, my children have amazing math growth this spring. Thank you for helping me incentivize my students to create more learning!","fullyFundedDate":1738792082463,"projectUrl":"project/rocking-out-math-with-our-ixl-leaderboar/8946890/","projectTitle":"Rocking Out Math with Our IXL Leaderboards!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Weaver","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2836181_orig.jpg?crop=398,398,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1641145286078","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/eaweaver"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_69108","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":889,"numTeachers":40,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":30,"percentWhite":40,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":15,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"22.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_SMALL"},"inStateSupporters":77.3,"schoolId":69108,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Maple St Magnet School for Arts on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Maple St Magnet School for Arts","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/michigan/kalamazoo-public-school-district/maple-st-magnet-school-for-arts/69108"}