{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Brian & Teri Cram Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":49.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":10416161,"projectId":10325945,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the United States Map carpet and paper pick up vacuum. My students go there often to sit and read. When my students first saw the carpet, they loved it and commented on how beautiful it is!\r\n\r\nWe have recently began learning about United States History and this large floor carpet map will help when we learn about Westward movement. It will also help point out place location when we learn about more about United States History. \r\n\r\nThank you also for the vacuum. It is easy to use and keeps the carpet and classroom clean.","fullyFundedDate":1783343244600,"projectUrl":"project/united-states-reading-center-carpet/10325945/","projectTitle":"United States Reading Center Carpet","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bellisario","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10416161"},{"teacherId":10402500,"projectId":10572883,"letterContent":"I truly cannot thank you enough for supporting my classroom and my sixth graders. The iPad, treasure box supplies, and pink rolling chair have made a meaningful difference in our daily routines. The iPad helps me move around the classroom, support students, and stay connected without being tied to my desk. The treasure box motivates students and celebrates their hard work, growth, and positive choices. The rolling chair allows me to work beside students and provide extra support wherever it is needed. These items have made our classroom more engaging, comfortable, and welcoming. Thank you for investing in my students and helping create a classroom where we can learn, grow, and celebrate success together.","fullyFundedDate":1788516492460,"projectUrl":"project/a-classroom-where-every-reader-can-learn/10572883/","projectTitle":"A Classroom Where Every Reader Can Learn and Grow","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bushman","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10402500"},{"teacherId":10015489,"projectId":10215396,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students through \"Back to Basics: Supplies for Student Success\"! Your generosity has helped make sure that my students have access to the everyday classroom supplies they need to learn, participate, and feel prepared. Something as simple as having the right materials in front of them can make a huge difference, especially for students who may not always have those supplies available at home.\r\n\r\nMy students have been able to use these resources throughout our daily lessons, from taking notes and completing assignments to working through activities and projects. I love seeing students settle into a lesson knowing they have what they need and don't have to worry about being unprepared. Your support has helped create a classroom where students can focus more on learning and less on whether they have the basic tools to participate.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in my students and helping me build a classroom where every student has the opportunity to be successful. Your generosity is making a difference in our classroom every single day, and I am incredibly grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1783343272887,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-basics-supplies-for-student-suc/10215396/","projectTitle":"Back to Basics: Supplies for Student Success","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Washington","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10015489"},{"teacherId":9591575,"projectId":10577495,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my 6th grade science students! Your generosity has provided us with supplies that make our classroom more hands-on, creative, and engaging. My students were excited to see the new materials and immediately wanted to know what we were going to create with them. The clipboards, Expo markers, colored pencils, cardstock, glue sticks, and rubber bands have already become valuable tools as students work together to build models, record their thinking, and share their scientific ideas.\r\n\r\nOne of the most exciting parts of our learning has been using these materials during our Metabolism and Thermal Energy units. Students have been able to create and interact with vocabulary words and models rather than simply reading about scientific concepts. Seeing students work together, revise their ideas, and proudly explain their thinking has been a wonderful reminder of how much they can learn when they have the right tools and opportunities. The wireless keyboard has also made it easier for me to move around the classroom and interact with students while managing lessons and technology.\r\n\r\nOur learning continues as students prepare to apply what they have learned to new scientific problems and investigations. With these resources, I can continue creating opportunities for students to ask questions, collaborate, create, and make sense of the world around them. Thank you for investing in my students and helping make these meaningful science experiences possible!","fullyFundedDate":1788571523862,"projectUrl":"project/building-better-science-experiences/10577495/","projectTitle":"Building Better Science Experiences","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Parker","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9591575_orig.jpg?crop=320,320,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1727634348818","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9591575"},{"teacherId":9353631,"projectId":10507852,"letterContent":"We did it! Thanks to your amazing support, our project is fully funded, and our Pre-Algebra classroom is powered up with fresh supplies.\r\n\r\nThe printer paper and glue sticks you funded are already being put to great use. My middle schoolers are hard at work building their Interactive Math Notebooks—turning complex equations, graphing practice, and geometric models into creative reference guides they can take pride in.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students the tools they need to take ownership of their learning and build genuine math confidence every single day!","fullyFundedDate":1788624196935,"projectUrl":"project/hands-on-learning/10507852/","projectTitle":"Hands-On Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Piedra","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-6_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/piedra"},{"teacherId":8131668,"projectId":10556137,"letterContent":"Thanks to your generosity, our library is buzzing with excitement! Reading in our school no longer feels like a forced assignment; it looks like students eagerly comparing notes with friends, recommending their favorite series, and immediately reserving the next installment before they even finish the current one.\r\n\r\nTeaching literacy through book series introduces critical skills that go far beyond basic decoding. As students progress through a series, they develop advanced comprehension skills like tracking multi-book plotlines, predicting narrative arcs, and analyzing complex character motivations. Reading multiple books by the same author also builds vocabulary through repetition and familiarizes students with distinct writing styles.\r\n\r\nThese books have made the biggest difference for our reluctant readers. Having sequential books ready and waiting removes the friction of \"what do I read now?\" and replaces it with built-in reading momentum. Our students are gaining confidence, building stamina, and learning to see themselves as true readers—all because you chose to invest in our library!","fullyFundedDate":1788453485154,"projectUrl":"project/hooked-on-books-building-lifelong-reade/10556137/","projectTitle":"Hooked on Books: Building Lifelong Readers Through Series","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Bertini","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8131668"},{"teacherId":10419723,"projectId":10544115,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous support of my classroom! Your donations have provided my students with so many resources we use every day, including glue sticks, Clorox wipes, scissors, paper, pencils, books, and so much more. These may seem like simple classroom supplies, but having these materials readily available allows my students to focus on learning without worrying about whether they have what they need. Your generosity has helped me create a classroom that feels prepared, welcoming, and supportive for every student who walks through the door.\r\n\r\nOne of the resources I am especially excited about is our collection of SEL books for teens. My students are navigating so many emotions, challenges, friendships, and changes, and having books that reflect experiences they can actually relate to gives us opportunities to talk about things that matter to them. I have already seen students become curious about the books and want to look through them, and I am excited to use them for independent reading, small-group conversations, reflection activities, and lessons focused on emotional awareness and making positive choices. These books will continue to be a meaningful part of our classroom and will hopefully remind my students that they are not alone in the things they experience.\r\n\r\nOur next step is to continue building a classroom community where students feel safe, supported, and confident enough to learn from their experiences. We will be using our new materials throughout the school year for academic activities, creative projects, organization, and social-emotional learning. Thank you for investing in my students and helping me give them a classroom filled with the tools, encouragement, and opportunities they deserve. Your generosity truly makes a difference!","fullyFundedDate":1788564258208,"projectUrl":"project/helping-students-reset-reflect-and-ris/10544115/","projectTitle":"Helping Students Reset, Reflect, and Rise","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Crump","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10419723"},{"teacherId":10438642,"projectId":10170015,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me put diverse books directly into the hands of my students. Because of your generosity, my students have access to stories featuring protagonists from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, identities, and experiences. For middle school students, seeing themselves represented in literature can be incredibly powerful, but it is equally important for them to encounter characters whose lives may look very different from their own.\r\n\r\nThese books have become part of our classroom reading experience and give students more opportunities to choose stories that genuinely interest them. As an ELA teacher, I can use these books to strengthen comprehension, character analysis, theme, inference, and discussion skills while also encouraging students to think about perspective and experiences beyond their own. Most importantly, students are discovering that there is no single kind of person who gets to be the hero of a story.\r\n\r\nThank you for helping me build a classroom library where more students can find a book that speaks to them. Your support has made our classroom a richer, more inclusive place to read and learn.","fullyFundedDate":1778226189216,"projectUrl":"project/let-my-students-meet-diverse-heroes/10170015/","projectTitle":"Let My Students Meet Diverse Heroes!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Esposito-Fattore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10438642"},{"teacherId":10438642,"projectId":10278393,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring these diverse and engaging books into our classroom! These books have given my students opportunities to read stories featuring protagonists from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, identities, and life experiences. Having access to diverse literature is especially important in our classroom because our students come from many different backgrounds themselves. Every student deserves the opportunity to see characters who reflect parts of their own lives while also learning about people whose experiences may be different from theirs.\r\n\r\nWe have been able to use these books to support both literacy and social-emotional learning. As students read, we discuss the challenges characters face, the choices they make, their relationships with others, and how their experiences shape their perspectives. These conversations help students practice important skills such as empathy, perspective-taking, self-awareness, and understanding others, while strengthening their reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these books have helped us create a classroom library that better meets the needs of all of our students. When students can find books with characters and stories that feel relevant to them, they are more likely to connect with what they are reading and see themselves as readers. Your generosity has helped us build a more inclusive classroom where students can discover both mirrors of their own experiences and windows into the experiences of others. We are incredibly grateful for your support!\r\n\r\nWith gratitude,\r\nMrs. Esposito-Fattore","fullyFundedDate":1779371000079,"projectUrl":"project/sel-adventures-with-diverse-heroes/10278393/","projectTitle":"SEL Adventures with Diverse Heroes","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Esposito-Fattore","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10438642"},{"teacherId":9353435,"projectId":10189073,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donation of snacks for our Data in Motion Marble Run Challenge! Your kindness and support mean so much to me and my students. Although the snacks arrived this year after our original project from last year, they will still be put to great use in my classroom. My students will enjoy having these treats as they work together to design, build, test, and improve their marble runs while practicing problem-solving, creativity, teamwork, and perseverance. Your generosity helps make learning more engaging and gives my students something special to enjoy as they take on challenging hands-on activities. Thank you for supporting my classroom and helping create positive and memorable learning experiences for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1778068738468,"projectUrl":"project/data-in-motion-marble-run-challenge/10189073/","projectTitle":"Data in Motion Marble Run Challenge","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Waffles","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9353435"},{"teacherId":5385177,"projectId":10005231,"letterContent":"I appreciate you funding my fundraiser. That was my hope and dream: to get money for my classroom. You fulfilled my goal by funding my DonorsChoose, and now my students have books to read and sanitizer wipes to wipe microorganisms off the tables. The students enjoy reading the Goosebumps series a lot; they find it to be very exciting. \r\nI have also utilized the magnets for my Science Concept Map wall! So those magnets have really come in handy. \r\nIn conclusion, thank you so much for your continued contributions to my sixth-grade classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1768181326687,"projectUrl":"project/science-and-critical-thinking-through-ar/10005231/","projectTitle":"Science and Critical Thinking Through Art and Literature!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Rowland","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5385177"},{"teacherId":10416161,"projectId":10309328,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom by funding the \"Classroom Reading Center for English Language Learners.\" Some of the skills and lessons learned from these books are lessons about sharing, listening, compassion, and being supportive of others. Thank you so much. They have also practiced getting the main idea and retelling the story skills. \r\n\r\nOther books mention Science, Math, Engineering, as well as the History of Basketball. \r\n\r\nIn my classroom, there is a lot of reading and academic discussion practice going on. When students are done with their studies they head on over to our Reading Center and choose from our new reading library (thanks to you!) and pick out a book to read. They love the books and usually argue over which books they want to read first. This has also helped my Study Skills class as well. 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