{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Smith Elementary School","outOfStateSupporters":33.7,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9039710,"projectId":10267498,"letterContent":"This project has made a tremendous difference in our music classroom by providing a wireless 4K transmitter and receiver kit that allows my students to learn, rehearse, and perform in a safer, more organized environment. Removing unnecessary cables and wires from performance areas has reduced tripping hazards and created more space for students to move, sing, play instruments, and participate confidently. The equipment has also helped me create smoother transitions during lessons and rehearsals while keeping students focused on making music rather than navigating around cords.\r\n\r\nOur music performances have also improved because the wireless technology gives us greater flexibility when setting up and presenting student performances. Students can perform with fewer distractions and more freedom to move throughout the performance space, while I can better manage sound and visual technology from a safe location. Most importantly, this project has helped provide my students with a more professional performance experience while reinforcing the importance of safety, teamwork, creativity, and responsible use of technology. It has given our young musicians the opportunity to perform with greater confidence—and perhaps helped give our next Beethoven a hazard-free chance to shine!","fullyFundedDate":1778199142207,"projectUrl":"project/give-our-next-beethoven-a-hazard-free-ch/10267498/","projectTitle":"Give Our Next Beethoven A Hazard Free Chance!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ingram","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9039710_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683687148829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-ingramsr"},{"teacherId":9039710,"projectId":10293284,"letterContent":"There's No Business Like Book Business has made a meaningful impact on my elementary music classroom by providing students with access to new, engaging books written in different languages, along with much-needed cleaning supplies. The multilingual books have expanded our classroom library and created opportunities for students to see their languages and cultures represented in the music classroom. They also support literacy, vocabulary development, cultural awareness, and meaningful connections between music and language.\r\n\r\nThe books have become valuable resources for music lessons, read-aloud activities, cultural connections, and discussions about music from around the world. Students are more excited to explore books, share their cultural knowledge, and make connections between stories, language, and music. Having these resources available helps create a more inclusive and welcoming learning environment where every student can feel represented and valued.\r\n\r\nThe cleaning supplies have also improved the classroom by helping me maintain a cleaner, safer, and more organized learning environment. Because students regularly use instruments, keyboards, manipulatives, and other shared materials, having appropriate cleaning supplies allows us to keep our equipment and classroom spaces ready for daily learning.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, this project has helped transform my music classroom into a more inclusive, literacy-rich, culturally responsive, and student-centered learning environment. My students now have greater access to resources that encourage them to read, explore, sing, create, perform, and connect music to the diverse world around them.","fullyFundedDate":1782196493301,"projectUrl":"project/theres-no-business-like-book-business/10293284/","projectTitle":"There's No Business Like Book Business!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ingram","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9039710_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683687148829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-ingramsr"},{"teacherId":9039710,"projectId":9969791,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting Mr. Ingram's Innovative Keyboard Collection! Your generosity has made an immediate and powerful impact on my students and our music classroom. When the keyboards first arrived, the excitement was unmistakable—eyes wide, smiles everywhere, and students asking, \"Are we really going to get to play these?\" For many of my students, this was their very first time seeing or touching a real keyboard instrument. Simply setting them up became a learning moment, as students carefully explored the keys, buttons, and layout with curiosity and pride. Your support transformed our classroom from a space where we talked about music into a space where students actively make music.\r\n\r\nWe officially began piano lessons last week with a strong focus on keyboard awareness, and the keyboards are already being used daily. Students are learning how to sit properly, identify white and black keys, locate groups of two and three black keys, and understand how pitch moves up and down across the keyboard. One particularly meaningful moment occurred when a student who often struggles with confidence successfully located Middle C independently and proudly helped a classmate find it as well. That peer-to-peer learning moment was only possible because each student had access to a keyboard. Instead of rushing, guessing, or disengaging, students are slowing down, listening carefully, and connecting what they see on the keyboard to what they hear. The hands-on nature of the keyboards has improved focus, engagement, and behavior, allowing students to feel successful right away.\r\n\r\nNext, students will build on this foundation by connecting keyboard awareness to music reading and performance. We will begin playing simple five-finger patterns, echo patterns, and basic melodies that reinforce rhythm, pitch, and coordination. Students will also start connecting the keyboard to music literacy concepts such as staff direction, note names, and steady beat. As confidence grows, we will incorporate short student performances, small-group practice, and simple compositions using the keyboards. These experiences will support not only musical growth, but also problem-solving, perseverance, and self-expression. Your generosity has opened the door to long-term piano instruction that many of my students would not otherwise experience. Thank you for investing in my students, believing in their potential, and helping create meaningful, joyful music learning that will stay with them for years to come.","fullyFundedDate":1766769229694,"projectUrl":"project/mr-ingrams-innovative-keyboard-collect/9969791/","projectTitle":"Mr. Ingram's Innovative Keyboard Collection!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ingram","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9039710_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683687148829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-ingramsr"},{"teacherId":9039710,"projectId":9959796,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting Mr. Ingram's Favorite, Clean, Music Literacy Things! Because of your generosity, my students now learn music in a clean, organized, and welcoming environment that truly supports focus and creativity. When the supplies arrived, students were immediately excited—several even asked, \"Are these really for us?\" They took pride in helping organize the room and were eager to use the new materials during our music literacy activities.\r\n\r\nWe are already using these resources daily for rhythm writing, music reading, and interactive lessons. Having clean surfaces, fresh supplies, and properly maintained materials has made a noticeable difference. Students are more focused, take better care of their work, and move more confidently between singing, writing, and performing. It is disheartening when students rush through singing, struggle with intonation, or miss movement and speaking cues, but these resources help slow them down, listen more carefully, and take ownership of their learning.\r\n\r\nNext, students will continue building music literacy skills by reading and writing rhythms, composing short patterns, and preparing for upcoming performances with greater confidence and accuracy. Your support didn't just provide supplies—it created a classroom where students feel valued, capable, and excited to learn. Thank you for giving my students the tools they need to grow as musicians and learners.","fullyFundedDate":1766330086174,"projectUrl":"project/mr-ingrams-favorite-clean-music-lite/9959796/","projectTitle":"Mr. Ingram's Favorite, Clean, Music Literacy Things!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Ingram","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9039710_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1683687148829","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mr-ingramsr"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_15029","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":595,"numTeachers":61,"percentFrplEligible":89,"percentAsian":15,"percentBlack":20,"percentWhite":2,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":61,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":0,"gradesServed":"Pre-K - 4","studentTeacherRatio":"9.8:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":true,"titleOne":true,"metroType":"URBAN","ncesMetroType":"CITY_LARGE"},"inStateSupporters":66.3,"schoolId":15029,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about Smith Elementary School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"Smith Elementary School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/texas/alief-independent-school-district/smith-elementary-school/15029"}