{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mount Vernon Community School","outOfStateSupporters":32.2,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10560460,"letterContent":"Our new xylophone stand is making a meaningful difference in our music classroom! Having a sturdy, accessible stand allows students to help move and set up their own instruments, giving them greater ownership and responsibility for our shared music-making space.\r\n\r\nInstead of waiting for an adult to arrange every instrument, students can safely take an active role in preparing for music activities and returning instruments to their proper place. This simple addition is helping create a more student-centered classroom where independence, responsibility, and collaboration are part of making music together. We are so grateful for the support that makes these opportunities possible for our young musicians!","fullyFundedDate":1788306289914,"projectUrl":"project/rolling-into-music-empowering-students/10560460/","projectTitle":"Rolling Into Music: Empowering Students Through Xylophone Stand","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10356934,"letterContent":"Our new Roland LX5 digital piano will be a transformative addition to our music classroom, giving students the opportunity to experience the rich sound and versatility of a full-sized piano every day. 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These simple but powerful tools will allow students to move to steady beats, explore musical concepts through large and small movements, practice following directions, and express themselves creatively.\r\n\r\nThe parachute will give our young musicians opportunities to work together as a community while developing coordination, listening skills, spatial awareness, and cooperation. Ribbons will encourage students to explore pathways, tempo, dynamics, and musical expression as they move to songs and instrumental music.\r\n\r\nThese resources will become part of our music classroom for many years, helping create engaging, developmentally appropriate experiences for hundreds of young children. Most importantly, they will help our youngest students experience music as something they can see, feel, move to, and create together. 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Instead of only completing problems on paper, students can explore mathematical concepts, share their strategies, and learn from one another in a more interactive environment.\r\n\r\nWhen my students first saw the new materials, they were excited and eager to use them. These resources have helped create a classroom where students feel more comfortable taking risks, asking questions, and viewing math as something they can enjoy rather than fear. One of the most rewarding moments has been seeing students work together to solve challenging problems and proudly explain how they found their answers.\r\n\r\nOur next step is to continue using these materials in upcoming math units and creative classroom projects. Students will apply their learning to real-world problems, participate in math stations, and strengthen their reasoning and communication skills. Thank you for helping us create a positive math experience and for giving my students the tools they need to grow as confident mathematicians.","fullyFundedDate":1755697204536,"projectUrl":"project/complete-classroom-setup-interactive-ma/9441986/","projectTitle":"Complete Classroom Setup: Interactive Math, Comfort Gear & Classroom Organization","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. De Avila","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9712556_orig.png?crop=1774,1774,x0,y47&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755649091606","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9712556"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10464931,"letterContent":"These instrument basics are helping us create a strong and joyful musical foundation for our youngest students. For our PK3 and PK4 learners, music is not just about learning songs—it is about discovering how to listen, move, explore, create, and express themselves.\r\n\r\nHaving age-appropriate instruments readily available allows every child to participate in hands-on music-making. Students can explore steady beat, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, and musical expression while developing coordination, listening skills, confidence, and creativity.\r\n\r\nThese instruments also make it possible for students to experience music in ways that are developmentally appropriate and engaging. A simple rhythm instrument can become a child's first opportunity to make an intentional musical choice and realize, \"I can make music!\"\r\n\r\nMost importantly, these materials are helping us establish a magical music experience from the very beginning of a child's educational journey. By providing PK3 and PK4 students with quality instruments and opportunities to play, we are nurturing a lifelong love of music and creating memories that can last far beyond the music classroom.\r\n\r\nWe are so grateful for the support that makes it possible to give our youngest musicians the tools they need to explore, create, move, and make music together.","fullyFundedDate":1786541706779,"projectUrl":"project/creating-a-magical-music-foundation/10464931/","projectTitle":"Creating a Magical Music Foundation","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10324746,"letterContent":"Impact of Our Xylophone Stands\r\n\r\nOur new xylophone stands have made a meaningful difference in our music classroom by making instruments more accessible, organized, and ready for students to play. Instead of spending valuable instructional time moving and rearranging instruments, I can have more xylophones set up and ready to go when students enter the room.\r\n\r\nThe stands also give students greater independence. They can safely move instruments when appropriate, work collaboratively with classmates, and take ownership of their instruments. This helps develop not only musical skills, but also leadership, responsibility, teamwork, and confidence.\r\n\r\nMost importantly, having more instruments available means more students can actively participate in music-making at the same time. Students are able to explore melody, rhythm, harmony, and ensemble playing with instruments that are positioned at a comfortable and accessible height.\r\n\r\nThese stands may seem like a simple addition to our classroom, but they have created more opportunities for students to make music, move, collaborate, and experience the joy of performing together. We are incredibly grateful to our donors for helping us create a more accessible and engaging music classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1786541607423,"projectUrl":"project/xylophone-stand/10324746/","projectTitle":"Xylophone Stand","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10218807,"letterContent":"Our new tabletop xylophone stands will make a meaningful difference in elementary music by making our instruments more accessible, organized, and comfortable for students to play. Instead of placing xylophones directly on tables or the floor, these stands will provide students with a stable playing surface at the appropriate height.\r\n\r\nWith the instruments positioned correctly, students can focus on proper mallet technique, posture, listening, and creating music together. Having additional stands will also allow more xylophones to be set up and ready to play, increasing the amount of hands-on music-making time during class.\r\n\r\nThese stands will support everything from rhythm activities and improvisation to Orff-based ensemble playing. Most importantly, they will help more students experience the joy of playing a pitched instrument while developing confidence, independence, teamwork, and musicianship. 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Having reliable sound equipment will allow every child to clearly hear music, singing, movement cues, and instructions, creating a more engaging and successful music experience.\r\n\r\nThe portable sound system will allow us to bring music beyond our classroom and into performances, movement activities, celebrations, and shared school spaces. The voice amplifier will help me project my voice without straining it while teaching energetic, movement-filled lessons. Most importantly, these tools will help ensure that every young musician can hear, participate, move, sing, and experience the joy of making music together. This project will help create a more accessible, engaging, and magical music foundation for our youngest learners.","fullyFundedDate":1787320565245,"projectUrl":"project/amplifying-early-childhood-music-portab/10492872/","projectTitle":"Amplifying Early Childhood Music: Portable Sound System for Equitable Learning","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9712556,"projectId":9327215,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping us bring a cozy new rug into our classroom! When my fourth-grade students first saw it, they were excited to sit together in a comfortable and welcoming space. 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Thank you for investing in my students and helping us create a classroom where every child feels comfortable, included, and ready to learn.","fullyFundedDate":1746785725952,"projectUrl":"project/a-cozy-rug-for-my-students/9327215/","projectTitle":"A Cozy Rug for My Students","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. De Avila","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9712556_orig.png?crop=1774,1774,x0,y47&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755649091606","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9712556"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10485509,"letterContent":"These new instruments will make a meaningful difference in our PK3 and PK4 music classes by giving our youngest students more opportunities to explore music through hands-on experiences. At this age, children learn best when they can move, play, listen, and discover—and having a variety of instruments allows every student to actively participate.\r\n\r\nWith these materials, students will explore steady beat, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, movement, and musical expression while developing important skills such as listening, coordination, turn-taking, creativity, and confidence. Instead of simply hearing about musical concepts, our students will be able to experience them by playing instruments and making music together.\r\n\r\nThese instruments will help us build a strong and joyful musical foundation that students can carry with them as they grow. Most importantly, they will help make music class a place where our PK3 and PK4 students can feel successful, curious, and excited to create music. \r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful to our donors for investing in our youngest musicians and helping us create a magical beginning to their musical journey!","fullyFundedDate":1787320629271,"projectUrl":"project/building-a-magical-music-foundation/10485509/","projectTitle":"Building a Magical Music Foundation","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10476940,"letterContent":"Building a Musical Foundation\r\n\r\nWe are incredibly grateful for the support that will bring a keyboard piano into our PK music classroom! This instrument will be an important part of creating a joyful and meaningful musical foundation for our PK3 and PK4 students.\r\n\r\nStudents will use the keyboard to explore singing, melody, rhythm, high and low sounds, and musical expression. It will also allow them to experience live accompaniment and begin exploring basic piano skills.\r\n\r\nThank you for investing in our youngest musicians and helping us create a magical music foundation where students can discover the joy of making music!","fullyFundedDate":1787320658599,"projectUrl":"project/a-keyboard-for-our-youngest-musicians/10476940/","projectTitle":"A Keyboard for Our Youngest Musicians","teacherDisplayName":"Dr. Gonzalez's Music Class","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9216120_orig.jpg?crop=2047,2047,x0,y272&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1692827311360","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/drgonzalezmusicclass"},{"teacherId":9216120,"projectId":10471602,"letterContent":"Our two new xylophone stands have made a wonderful impact in our music classroom! 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