{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Madison Academy Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":49.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":3268838,"projectId":10247446,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating the Lego's and baseplates to my students. They are looking forward to our after school Lego contests. When the kids saw the supplies they were eager to sign up to participate in the contests. I look forward to it as well. It will give my students an opportunity to relax and just be kids, as well as allow them to use it as an outlet for their creativity. I look forward to seeing what my students' imaginations inspire them to create. Once again, thank you for your generosity in donating these supplies to my students.","fullyFundedDate":1785260836417,"projectUrl":"project/lets-build-ourselves-a-good-time/10247446/","projectTitle":"Let's Build Ourselves A Good Time","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Martin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3268838_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535734868012","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3268838"},{"teacherId":1037709,"projectId":10616561,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring an iMac, Ipads, and cases to our Madison Warriors Sound Lab! This computer will become the heart of our after-school music program, giving students the opportunity to take their lyrics, recordings, beats, and ideas and turn them into finished music. Students will be able to create, edit, produce, collaborate, and learn alongside Flint music legend Ira \"Bootleg\" Dorsey. Your generosity is giving our students access to technology and experiences they may not otherwise have while helping them build creativity, confidence, teamwork, and new skills. We cannot wait to see what our Madison Warriors create. Thank you for believing in our students and helping make this program possible!","fullyFundedDate":1789563876983,"projectUrl":"project/protecting-the-beat-keep-our-sound-lab/10616561/","projectTitle":"Protecting the Beat: Keep Our Sound Lab Safe!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/madisonacademyathletics"},{"teacherId":1037709,"projectId":10617463,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring an iMac, Ipads, and cases to our Madison Warriors Sound Lab! This computer will become the heart of our after-school music program, giving students the opportunity to take their lyrics, recordings, beats, and ideas and turn them into finished music. Students will be able to create, edit, produce, collaborate, and learn alongside Flint music legend Ira \"Bootleg\" Dorsey. Your generosity is giving our students access to technology and experiences they may not otherwise have while helping them build creativity, confidence, teamwork, and new skills. We cannot wait to see what our Madison Warriors create. Thank you for believing in our students and helping make this program possible!","fullyFundedDate":1789578109340,"projectUrl":"project/from-lyrics-to-tracks-build-our-warrior/10617463/","projectTitle":"From Lyrics to Tracks: Build Our Warriors Sound Lab!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/madisonacademyathletics"},{"teacherId":1037709,"projectId":10547347,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring an iMac, Ipads, and cases to our Madison Warriors Sound Lab! This computer will become the heart of our after-school music program, giving students the opportunity to take their lyrics, recordings, beats, and ideas and turn them into finished music. Students will be able to create, edit, produce, collaborate, and learn alongside Flint music legend Ira \"Bootleg\" Dorsey. Your generosity is giving our students access to technology and experiences they may not otherwise have while helping them build creativity, confidence, teamwork, and new skills. We cannot wait to see what our Madison Warriors create. Thank you for believing in our students and helping make this program possible!","fullyFundedDate":1789559301089,"projectUrl":"project/from-classroom-to-studio-ipads-for-musi/10547347/","projectTitle":"From Classroom to Studio: iPads for Music Creation","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/madisonacademyathletics"},{"teacherId":1037709,"projectId":10230795,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of our after-school music program! Because of your donation, our students now have microphones and Apple cords for our iPads that will allow them to begin recording, creating, and turning their own ideas into music. These supplies are an important part of giving our students a hands-on opportunity to write, collaborate, record, and learn about the music-making process. Most importantly, your support gives our students another way to express themselves, build confidence, discover new talents, and take pride in something they created themselves. We are incredibly excited to put this equipment to use and begin making music together. Thank you for believing in our students and helping us bring this program to life!","fullyFundedDate":1787320555518,"projectUrl":"project/help-students-record-their-voices-with-l/10230795/","projectTitle":"Help Students Record Their Voices With Local Flint Legend","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/madisonacademyathletics"},{"teacherId":1952968,"projectId":10053329,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project. After receiving the new strings, I began restringing all 25 Ukuleles. It took a couple hours to restring them all, but it was worth the time. The sound improvement over the old string was incredible. As soon as my students played them, they immediately noticed the difference in the sound. \r\nAfter our spring concert, I had some parents ask what did I do differently this year to make the Ukuleles sound better. I just said, \"new strings.\" \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you so very much for funding this project. My students and I really appreciate it.","fullyFundedDate":1774095692500,"projectUrl":"project/stringing-our-ukes/10053329/","projectTitle":"Stringing Our Ukes","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Russell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1952968_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1476841097233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-c-russell"},{"teacherId":1037709,"projectId":10230683,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping donate to our project. This has been one step closer to making this exciting project happen. \r\n\r\nThe kids are grateful for your helping us get the needed items to make this come to life. You won't be disappointed in the awesome collaborations coming out of this project. With the help of some wonderful people like you, this looks to be something that will start to keep the students on the exciting path. It will help teach them numerous helpful life skills as well as working in groups and taking an idea and creating an amazing, finished project.\r\n\r\nAgain thank you for your considerate donation to this project.","fullyFundedDate":1778227239560,"projectUrl":"project/equip-more-students-with-tools-to-create/10230683/","projectTitle":"Equip More Students With Tools to Create Music Together","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/madisonacademyathletics"},{"teacherId":9743763,"projectId":9882374,"letterContent":"Board games, including Stable, have become an important part of my classroom by creating engaging opportunities for students to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Through gameplay, students learn to analyze situations, make strategic decisions, and adapt their plans when circumstances change. These games encourage active participation and help students practice perseverance as they work through challenges in a fun and supportive environment.\r\n\r\nIn addition to building academic skills, board games have strengthened the classroom community. Students learn to communicate effectively, follow rules, take turns, and demonstrate good sportsmanship whether they win or lose. Games such as Stable promote collaboration, respectful competition, and positive social interactions among classmates. As a result, students are more engaged, confident, and connected to one another, creating a classroom atmosphere that supports both learning and personal growth.","fullyFundedDate":1766105833100,"projectUrl":"project/scramble-for-learning/9882374/","projectTitle":"Scramble for Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Kuszmaul","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9743763"},{"teacherId":3268838,"projectId":10196676,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating this wheeled cart to our school's preschool program. In the program, the students and teachers eat lunch family style in the classroom. As a result, the teachers have to make numerous trips across the school to the lunchroom to bring all of the food and supplies back to class. This cart will make it so one person can get everything in one trip and the little ones can get to their lunch much sooner. Thank you for thinking of our students in deciding to donate to this project.","fullyFundedDate":1778227158824,"projectUrl":"project/help-feed-the-little-ones/10196676/","projectTitle":"Help Feed the Little Ones","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Martin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3268838_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535734868012","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3268838"},{"teacherId":3268838,"projectId":10133079,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for donating the Hunger Games books to my classroom. My students got so excited to continue reading the trilogy of books. It was refreshing to have students asking regularly \"can't we read one more chapter today?\" It has been awhile since I've had a whole class so excited to read a book. My students got very attached to the characters and expressed genuine emotion as we finished the trilogy and saw key characters lose their life in the war. Once again, thank you so much for donating to my students and encouraging them to love reading.","fullyFundedDate":1773936027448,"projectUrl":"project/hungry-for-a-good-book/10133079/","projectTitle":"Hungry For A Good Book!!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Martin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3268838_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1535734868012","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3268838"},{"teacherId":1952968,"projectId":9735006,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for funding this project to get the six alto recorders. I can't express how excited I and my students were when we finally got them. The six students I chose to play them were really excited to dive right in to work on learning the fingering and working on spreading their fingers of the left hand. \r\n\r\nThese students were my best recorder students from last year and will be playing with this year's current recorder class in the concert. I chose recorder music this year that had 3 parts. A soprano recorder 1 part, recorder 2, and an alto recorder part. It will sound really good.","fullyFundedDate":1765784321757,"projectUrl":"project/alto-recorders/9735006/","projectTitle":"Alto Recorders","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Russell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1952968_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1476841097233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-c-russell"},{"teacherId":1952968,"projectId":9929511,"letterContent":"I would like to thank you, once again, for funding this project. It means a lot to be able to get these materials in the hands of my students. \r\n\r\nThe invisible ink pens and UV flashlights were a big hit with my fourth graders. We spend 2 class periods writing secret messages to friends, exchanging them so the other can read them with the UV flashlights. \r\n\r\nOur art teacher is having classes use the glow in the dark paints for a fish tank type scene that we will hang on the wall of the art room and illuminate it with the UV bars during our spring concert and art show for parents and family members to see.","fullyFundedDate":1766511104945,"projectUrl":"project/uv-seeing-things/9929511/","projectTitle":"UV Seeing Things","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Russell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1952968_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1476841097233","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-c-russell"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_56333","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":400,"numTeachers":32,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":69,"percentWhite":10,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":9,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":10,"gradesServed":"K - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"12.5:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"SUBURBAN","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_FRINGE"},"inStateSupporters":50.3,"schoolId":56333,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Madison Academy Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Madison Academy Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/michigan/michigan-department-of-education/madison-academy/56333"}