{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Del Webb Middle School","outOfStateSupporters":17.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":8126292,"projectId":10480943,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our \"Novel Study\" project! Your generosity has made such a meaningful difference in our classroom. My students truly enjoyed reading The Hunger Games, and having access to the books gave them the opportunity to strengthen their reading comprehension and literary analysis skills. Throughout the novel, students discussed characters, conflicts, themes, and important events in small groups, sharing their ideas and supporting their thinking with evidence from the text.\r\n\r\nAfter finishing the novel, we watched the movie adaptation and completed a compare-and-contrast assignment. Students were excited to identify the similarities and differences between the novel and movie and discuss why filmmakers may have made certain changes. They also brought the story to life by creating a Hunger Games bulletin board using coloring pages inspired by the novel. They loved seeing their work displayed and took pride in helping decorate our classroom.\r\n\r\nThe additional items from this project have helped make our classroom more colorful, organized, and welcoming. Most importantly, this project gave my students opportunities to read, discuss, create, and connect with literature in meaningful ways. Thank you for investing in my students and helping me create learning experiences that build their skills, confidence, and excitement about reading. Your kindness and generosity are truly appreciated!","fullyFundedDate":1786758226766,"projectUrl":"project/novel-study/10480943/","projectTitle":"Novel Study","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. LaRocca","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8126292_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1790297830860","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8126292"},{"teacherId":9360915,"projectId":10577981,"letterContent":"Thank you for supporting my 8th grade ELA classroom! Having access to reliable technology gives my students opportunities to research, write, revise, and complete digital assignments. It also helps me provide lessons and resources that would be difficult to manage without a dependable computer.\r\n\r\nI'm especially excited to have technology that I can rely on during class. It will help me give students opportunities to use technology as a tool for learning while still focusing on reading, writing, and thinking. Thank you for helping make this possible for my students!","fullyFundedDate":1788571966829,"projectUrl":"project/empowering-8th-grade-writers-tech-drive/10577981/","projectTitle":"Empowering 8th Grade Writers: Tech-Driven Literacy & Research","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mellos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9360915"},{"teacherId":9360915,"projectId":10304762,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring new books into our classroom! These books give my students choices and opportunities to read stories that interest them. As we read, students practice making connections, understanding characters, discussing themes, and supporting their ideas with evidence from the text.\r\n\r\nReading in our classroom means talking about books, sharing ideas, and sometimes getting caught up in a good story. Having new books available helps more students find something they want to read. Thank you for helping my students become stronger and more confident readers!","fullyFundedDate":1782417985779,"projectUrl":"project/opening-minds-through-books/10304762/","projectTitle":"Opening Minds Through Books","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mellos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9360915"},{"teacherId":7852377,"projectId":10032210,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for bringing Ghost by Jason Reynolds into our 7th-grade classroom! Your generosity has truly transformed our reading community and sparked a newfound love for literature among my students. Before receiving these books, many of my students struggled to see themselves as \"readers.\" They often had difficulty connecting with traditional classroom texts. However, the moment they met Castle \"Ghost\" Crenshaw—a character who looks, talks, and navigates life just like many of them do—everything changed.\r\n\r\nYour gift did so much more than just provide copies of a book; you provided my 7th graders with a mirror to see their own potential and a window to understand the world around them. Thank you for investing in their education and their futures!","fullyFundedDate":1768703457269,"projectUrl":"project/sprinting-through-literature-a-class-se/10032210/","projectTitle":"Sprinting Through Literature: a Class Set of Ghost","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Boyle","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-9_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7852377"},{"teacherId":9350272,"projectId":10603535,"letterContent":"Our new performance-ready resources are already making a difference in our dance classroom! My dancers were so excited to see the supplies arrive because they know that being a great dancer is about more than learning choreography—it is about being prepared, taking care of one another, and taking pride in how we represent our school. Students are using the hair ties, bobby pins, and hair nets to secure their hair for rehearsals and performances, while the performance socks help them feel as a unified team for their hip hop routine. The cleaning supplies are also helping us keep our studio clean and ready for movement every day. These may seem like small resources, but they make a huge difference when you have a classroom of 125 dancers preparing to perform!\r\n\r\nOur next step is putting these resources into action as we continue preparing for performances throughout the school year. Students are learning that preparation is part of performance, from having their hair secured and their dancewear ready to keeping our shared space clean and taking care of the materials we use. These resources allow every student to come prepared and feel confident, regardless of what they may have access to at home. I am so grateful that our donors chose to invest in my dancers and help create a classroom where students can learn, grow, support one another, and truly shine on stage. Thank you for making this possible!","fullyFundedDate":1788994649341,"projectUrl":"project/performance-ready-classroom/10603535/","projectTitle":"Performance Ready Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carr","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9350272_orig.jpg?crop=427,428,x0,y55&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1698961832192","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9350272"},{"teacherId":10408544,"projectId":10234735,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping bring our interactive ELA notebooks to life! My students are using the composition notebooks, labels, and colored paper almost every day to create a resource that is completely their own. We have organized our notebooks into sections for vocabulary, grammar, reading notes, and novels, and students add new materials as we learn. The colored paper allows us to create graphic organizers and reference pages that make important skills easy to find and review throughout the year.\r\n\r\nWhen students first received their notebooks and saw all of the materials we would be using, they were genuinely excited to jump in and start using them. One of my favorite moments was watching them learn to organize their notebooks and immediately begin treating them as something they were proud of rather than just another school notebook. Even students who don't always get excited about taking notes have enjoyed the hands-on aspect of cutting, arranging, highlighting, and building their pages.\r\n\r\nRight now, students are continuing to add vocabulary, grammar concepts, reading strategies, and notes from the literature we are studying in class. As we move through the year, these notebooks will continue to grow alongside them and become an important reference tool for assignments, assessments, and writing. By the end of the year, each student will have an entire collection of the skills and learning they have accomplished in seventh-grade ELA.\r\n\r\nThank you for giving my students the materials to create something that will support their learning all year long!","fullyFundedDate":1779048444417,"projectUrl":"project/one-notebook-infinite-ideas-empowering/10234735/","projectTitle":"One Notebook, Infinite Ideas: Empowering Young Readers","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Andersen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10408544"},{"teacherId":9360915,"projectId":10304814,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping me rebuild our classroom set of books. My students are excited to have enough copies for everyone to read and work with the book together. Having a copy in their hands means they can annotate, make connections, discuss their thinking, and become part of the story instead of listening to someone else read it.\r\n\r\nThis book gives my students the opportunity to explore identity, family, culture, growing up, and finding your own voice. I love watching students connect with charaxtoers and recognizing pieces of their own lives and experiences in their story. Your generosity has helped put this important book back into our classroom and will allow many more students to experience it together. Thank you for making that possible!","fullyFundedDate":1780335603932,"projectUrl":"project/rebuilding-our-book-set/10304814/","projectTitle":"Rebuilding Our Book Set","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mellos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9360915"},{"teacherId":10404874,"projectId":10024087,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to everyone who invested in our classroom! I want to share the profound impact you have made on our self-contained autism science classroom by funding our classroom\r\n Middle school science labs can be sensory-heavy environments—filled with new smells, sudden sounds, and unique physical demands that are often overwhelming for my students.\r\n\r\nBy supporting this project, you did not just fund materials; you validated my students' needs. You provided a sense of comfort and predictability that allows them to focus their valuable energy not on managing environmental stressors, but entirely on engaging deeply with the complex science curriculum.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThank you for your incredible generosity and belief in","fullyFundedDate":1768782957334,"projectUrl":"project/science-you-can-touch-sensory-learning/10024087/","projectTitle":"\"Science You Can Touch: Sensory Learning for Science Superstars\"","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Panozzo","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10404874"},{"teacherId":8192719,"projectId":9995206,"letterContent":"I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for your generosity in funding our classroom's science materials. Because of your support, science class has completely transformed for my students!\r\nBefore these resources arrived, learning scientific concepts often meant reading from a textbook or watching a demonstration. Thanks to your contribution, my students are now able to step into the shoes of real scientists. Having hands-on materials to explore, experiment with, and manipulate has completely changed their learning experience.","fullyFundedDate":1768144520572,"projectUrl":"project/science-in-action-learning-by-doing/9995206/","projectTitle":"Science in Action: Learning by Doing!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Barrett","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8192719"},{"teacherId":4845614,"projectId":9987572,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting flexible seating in our classroom. Having a variety of seating options has made a meaningful difference for our students by creating a more comfortable and engaging learning environment. Students are able to choose seating that best fits their learning needs, which has helped improve focus, participation, and overall classroom behavior. Many students who previously struggled to remain attentive during instruction are now more engaged and willing to participate in class activities.\r\n\r\nThe flexible seating options have also encouraged greater independence and responsibility among students. They are learning to make thoughtful choices about where they work best while building collaboration and communication skills with their peers. Most importantly, the classroom feels more welcoming and inclusive, allowing students to feel supported both academically and emotionally. We truly appreciate your generosity and investment in our students' success.","fullyFundedDate":1768069914625,"projectUrl":"project/meeting-students-where-they-sit/9987572/","projectTitle":"Meeting Students Where They Sit","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bolin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4845614_orig.jpg?crop=1799,1799,x0,y227&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1674286868354","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-bolin"},{"teacherId":9350272,"projectId":10016869,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous gift to my classroom this year. These props helped elevate our spring concert and gave our students the unique opportunity to manipulate props while dancing.\r\n\r\nWhen students first received these items they were so excited. The continues to treat these items with care throughout the rehearsal process so they were ready for our show. The red Pom Poms were used for an upbeat version of \"Burnin' Love\" by Elvis Presley. The notebooks were used for our \"Schools Out for Summer\" piece. Thank you again for making our year extra special.","fullyFundedDate":1768509108432,"projectUrl":"project/props-for-spring-dance-show/10016869/","projectTitle":"Props for Spring Dance Show","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Carr","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9350272_orig.jpg?crop=427,428,x0,y55&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1698961832192","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9350272"},{"teacherId":7392674,"projectId":10030689,"letterContent":"Thank you so much, again, for your very generous contribution to my students and our classroom!\r\n\r\nThe books provided by this project have been flying off of our classroom library shelves, not only during our weekly independent reading time, but also when students have finished their assignments, assessments, etc. early! I've noticed my eager readers being even more excited to read than usual, and my reluctant readers have been excited to read, period, which is absolutely wonderful.\r\n\r\nThe colored labels have also been incredibly useful and have made it so much easier for students to find a book they're interested in!","fullyFundedDate":1768818660536,"projectUrl":"project/our-updated-classroom-library/10030689/","projectTitle":"Our Updated Classroom Library","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Guerin","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7392674_orig.jpg?crop=2230,2230,x0,y312&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724104928739","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7392674"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_30846","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":1503,"numTeachers":62,"percentFrplEligible":95,"percentAsian":12,"percentBlack":9,"percentWhite":36,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":24,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":2,"percentMultiracialImputed":13,"gradesServed":"6 - 8","studentTeacherRatio":"24.2:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":82.8,"schoolId":30846,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Del Webb Middle School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Del Webb Middle School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/nevada/clark-county-school-district/del-webb-middle-school/30846"}