{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Garfield Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":71.8,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9737939,"projectId":10241275,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of Expo markers to our classroom! Your kindness has brought so much excitement, engagement, and fun into our learning. My students absolutely love having the opportunity to use the markers throughout the school day, and they have quickly become one of our favorite classroom supplies.\r\n\r\nEvery year, I find myself running out of Expo markers well before the school year is over. They are something we use constantly, and I often find myself scrambling to find more or asking for donations to keep our classroom stocked. That is why this donation means so much to us. Knowing that we have enough markers to last throughout the entire school year is such a relief and allows me to focus on teaching instead of worrying about running out of an everyday classroom necessity.\r\n\r\nOne of the biggest impacts these markers have had is during math. Instead of always working on worksheets or paper, my students get to WRITE ON their desks with the Expo markers! Being able to solve math problems directly on their desks makes learning feel like a fun activity rather than just another assignment. They can show their thinking, draw pictures, work through problems, make corrections, and try again without worrying about making mistakes. They absolutely love getting to write on their desks, and it has made our math lessons much more interactive and engaging.\r\n\r\nThe markers also make quick learning activities much easier. I can give students a problem, question, or challenge and have everyone respond at the same time. This allows me to quickly see who understands the concept and who may need a little extra help. My students are much more excited to participate when they know they get to grab a marker and show what they know!\r\n\r\nSomething as simple as an Expo marker may seem small, but in our classroom, these markers make a BIG difference. We use them for math, reading, games, practice activities, and so many other parts of our day. They help turn everyday lessons into hands-on learning experiences and give my students another way to demonstrate their understanding. They especially love being able to write, erase, change their thinking, and try again. It makes mistakes feel like a normal and important part of learning.\r\n\r\nMy students were so excited when they received the markers, and they have already put them to great use. Instead of worrying about running out and having to ask for more, we can enjoy using them all year long. Your donation will truly be used every single day and will make an impact throughout the entire school year.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping make our classroom a place where learning is exciting, hands-on, and fun. Your generosity provides us with a resource we use constantly and helps make learning just a little more special for my students. We are so grateful for your support!","fullyFundedDate":1778535554991,"projectUrl":"project/exciting-expo/10241275/","projectTitle":"Exciting Expo!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brewer","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9737939_orig.jpg?crop=4000,4000,x0,y1893&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1753218737272","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9737939"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":10188872,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our project and giving more students the opportunity to learn recorders.\r\nI work at three low income schools and the recorders we do have are old and breaking down so getting new ones was such a blessing to us. I had some classes that really wanted to learn but we just didn't have enough working ones for them to use. Now we have more and more students are able to play.\r\nLearning instruments in class is fun but we also like to show families what we are learning by showcases their new skills in our programs so it really was great to receive these so students could each have their own to use in class and for programs. I'm looking forward to seeing what my students are capable of as we continue to build their musical skills with our new instruments! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1776960058551,"projectUrl":"project/rocking-recorders/10188872/","projectTitle":"Rocking Recorders","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":10192255,"letterContent":"The end of the school year is always busy but we were so excited to receive new instruments from this project to use. They came just in time to use for our end of year programs and lessons. \r\nThe tambourines were a great addition to some of our songs and gave some of my students the opportunity to have a special part in our program. \r\nMy littlest students loved using the rhythm sticks in class and we were also able to have enough for them all to play them in our program. \r\nThe best part is these instruments are great quality and will last a long time so we will get to use them for many years! Thank you so much!","fullyFundedDate":1776684860702,"projectUrl":"project/click-jingle/10192255/","projectTitle":"Click & Jingle","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9972111,"letterContent":"Thank your for helping to fund this projects. We have had nonstop jumping going on since getting our ropes! They came just in time to use for our music rhythm movement unit. We were also able to use them during our Friday enrichment classes where kids can come to school on Friday (we usually have Friday off) for some extra learning. In this case it was extra fun as kids learned new skills and talents they didn't know they had and were then excited to show their classmates the next week. Even some teachers joined in the fun showing off their jumping skills. It has been so neat seeing kids that may not excel in other things beaming with excitement when they learned to jump. \r\nI've been bringing the ropes to recess as well as there have been lines of kids eager to learn.\r\nWe also started doing double dutch which is brand new to them and all I had to say was jump a steady beat. They knew what that meant and were shocked that they could suddenly do a skill which looked really cool and really hard. \r\nWe used some of our jumpers in a video we made during Music in Our Schools Month jumping to a song we are learning. I showed the video to my classes at other schools and now those kids want to learn to jump Double Dutch too! \r\nIt is fun to see kids playing like I did as a kid and learning musical skills, jumping to the rhythm and beat, singing jump rope rhymes and getting some great physical exercises and coordination skills. Skills that will last a lifetime. \r\nMy teaching heart is so full! Thank you !","fullyFundedDate":1770818450964,"projectUrl":"project/jump-to-the-beat/9972111/","projectTitle":"Jump to the Beat","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9842056,"letterContent":"Thank you for donating to our project. \r\nWe really appreciate the support. \r\n\r\nMy classes have already been enjoying our new equipment! It makes me so happy as a teacher to hear at the end of a lesson, that was so much fun! Learning should be fun. \r\n\r\nWe have used our balls and bean bags to practice steady beat. It has also been great coordination practice and my students made the connection that physical movement and music pair really good together.\r\n\r\nWe have also tried out our parachute and are looking forward to doing some musical routines with it.\r\n\r\nThanks for helping me provide my students with memorable learning experiences that help get them excited to learn!!","fullyFundedDate":1770434110037,"projectUrl":"project/musical-movement/9842056/","projectTitle":"Musical Movement","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9969585,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation to this project! I do a Lunar New Year unit each year and the extra supplies really added to our unit. My students wanted to keep doing the lessons even after our unit was finished. So I will look forward to using these resources again next year. \r\nThere were a lot of giggles as we used puppets to move to the beat of the music, and tried using chopsticks to move our note markers to the right lines on the staff. My students enjoyed learning about instruments from Asia and trying out the gong and learning about culture and traditions with the books. The best learning happens when we are having fun. \r\nI was able to use our new supplies with my Preschool- 3rd grade students at three schools. Thank you so much.","fullyFundedDate":1766880905547,"projectUrl":"project/lunar-new-year-celebration/9969585/","projectTitle":"Lunar New Year Celebration","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9866585,"letterContent":"Yeah for new instruments!!! Yeah for your donation!! \r\nIt is so nice to be able to replace some of our old and broken instruments with new ones and to add to our instrument inventory.\r\nI teach at three low income schools and share resources among the three. My goal is to slowly have enough of the instruments we use on a regular basis at each school for multiple students to be able to play at the same time. \r\nThis time the instruments came just in time for us to use in our holiday programs so we were extra thankful. \r\nIt was so much fun to be able to add that extra instrumental parts to our holiday musicals bringing them to the next level. It also made my students so happy to be able to show their families what they could do and it made for happy families to see their kids up there having fun.\r\nThese instruments have also been making regular appearances in our classroom as we are learning about playing steady beats and rhythms. \r\nCheers to happy music making! Thanks for helping make that possible.","fullyFundedDate":1764350590590,"projectUrl":"project/percussion-renovation/9866585/","projectTitle":"Percussion Renovation","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9790394,"letterContent":"Thank you again for giving. It is always such an exciting day in my class when new instruments arrive. While we weren't able to get one of the drums we were hoping for because it was out of stock, we were able to get some Buffalo drums. They have such a cool sound and we have already started using them in our classes as a part of learning about music from different cultures.\r\nIn addition, we also got supplies such as more percussion instruments that we used right away in our holiday programs and tote bags that we used to hold all of our props for our programs. \r\nWe are so thankful that with your help we have been learning new things, having hands on experiences and have been able to put on smooth programs.","fullyFundedDate":1760693652214,"projectUrl":"project/drumming-with-heart/9790394/","projectTitle":"Drumming With Heart","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9819838,"letterContent":"Your gift came at a great time. My students love playing Orff instruments and some of ours had gotten so old and worn out. Having some new instruments come in was such a blessing. We have our new instruments to use already tapping a steady beat on the lumni sticks with my younger students, adding some instrumental parts to songs we are learning with my older students and playing one of our favorite October songs \"Pass the Pumpkin\" with instruments. My students also have gotten a chance to teach each other. Once they learn a part on a xylophone or glockenspiel, they then get to teach it to the next person. With our new glockenspiels more students get a chance to play and teach. Thank you so much for giving my students the opportunity to become better musicians and for making our music class so much fun.","fullyFundedDate":1760693747373,"projectUrl":"project/beautiful-instruments-beautiful-music/9819838/","projectTitle":"Beautiful Instruments, Beautiful Music","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9458348,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for our new puppets! They recently arrived and we have already put them to use in many of my classrooms! Their arrival was perfect because some classes were learning the story of the three bears in class and we were able to use the puppets and songs that went with the story in music class. Many of my students really love the international puppets especially the ones that look like some of them. We will use those when we sing songs from different places and cultures. We also used our puppets as friends to sing to and to teach steady beat too. Having a puppet to use has helped even my shy students laugh and join us in song. \r\nWe appreciate your gift so much! So many smiles!","fullyFundedDate":1760693585603,"projectUrl":"project/singing-puppets/9458348/","projectTitle":"Singing Puppets","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9560163,"letterContent":"Your gift has helped our class so much. My students love their new carpet. The size is perfect, it is cozy and soft and we can do lots of things with it. The best part is it is large enough that each student has their own space or we can all sit comfortably in a circle to do circle games. Our art teacher is also excited because we share a room and this rug matches the room decor making it feel cozy and she can use it for art lessons, practicing shapes and colors. Since I have multiple classes, many students will get a chance to use this rug!! Thank you so much donors, we are truly grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1758861152713,"projectUrl":"project/cozy-space-for-little-learners/9560163/","projectTitle":"Cozy Space for Little Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"},{"teacherId":9255090,"projectId":9043958,"letterContent":"Our new drums have just arrived and we are already putting them to use! These drums are pretty amazing and so easy for students to use. They are a fun way to teach rhythm, inspire creativity and help students learn to read notes. Students also are so excited to play that they behave their best, focus and are totally engaged. It's pretty great. \r\nI've already had some students come up with their own song ideas and look forward to see what they are able to do. \r\nWe will be using these drums in class and for performances. They will get lots of use as I work at three title one elementary schools teaching preK-3rd grade music as well as prek sped music. I will be bringing them to all three schools and also share them with the 4th/5th grade music teacher. So many students will get an opportunity to play.\r\nThese drums are also helping move closer to our goal of having enough drums that every student can play at once. \r\nWe were just so thrilled to get these. \r\nThank you for all the opportunities you have provided with your donation to this project.","fullyFundedDate":1746787152379,"projectUrl":"project/percussion-party/9043958/","projectTitle":"Percussion Party","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Cooper","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9255090_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1783087514073","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9255090"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_48402","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":201,"numTeachers":19,"percentFrplEligible":67,"percentAsian":0,"percentBlack":2,"percentWhite":86,"percentIndigenous":7,"percentLatinx":3,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":0,"gradesServed":"1 - 6","studentTeacherRatio":"10.6:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"UNCLASSIFIED","ncesMetroType":"TOWN_REMOTE"},"inStateSupporters":28.2,"schoolId":48402,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Garfield Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Garfield Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/montana/miles-city-unified-school-district-1/garfield-elementary-school/48402"}