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{"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"callToActionDisplayName":"Mary B Martin STEM Academy","outOfStateSupporters":48.0,"allowSchoolLevelGiving":true,"hasFundedProjects":true,"projectGratitudeData":[{"teacherId":4257952,"projectId":9200664,"letterContent":"Thank you for providing my students with the tools they needed to grow in reading and math. The new materials have made our classroom more hands‑on and engaging. Students use the phonics tools to build and decode words, practice fluency, and strengthen skills like identifying main ideas and understanding characters. Reading time now feels joyful—several students who once avoided books are choosing new texts eagerly and sharing what they've discovered with classmates.\r\n\r\nThe math assessments and manipulatives have helped students see their progress quickly, boosting their confidence. They love tracking their growth and celebrating small wins. 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When the boxes arrived, students immediately began sorting their math manipulatives, anchor charts, and center materials—one student hugged a bin and said, \"Now our room finally feels put together.\" Their excitement was genuine, and the shift in our classroom energy was immediate.\r\n\r\nDuring math and ELA centers, students now move confidently with their clipboards, knowing exactly where their materials belong. Instead of losing time searching for supplies, they settle in quickly and stay focused. Having their tools neatly stored has helped them feel more independent and capable, and they've taken real ownership of keeping our space organized.\r\n\r\nWe're now expanding our centers so students can choose tasks more freely, supported by the structure these organizers provide.","fullyFundedDate":1746563831889,"projectUrl":"project/getting-organized-for-success/9321398/","projectTitle":"Getting Organized for Success","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4257952_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1486054662454","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4257952"},{"teacherId":4257952,"projectId":9481374,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring our Compassion Campaign to life. With the creative materials you provided, our 3rd–5th graders have been designing posters, decals, and T‑shirts that spread messages of empathy and kindness throughout our school.t. Their conversations showed a deepening understanding of what it means to truly see the world through someone else's eyes.\r\n\r\nStudents were thrilled when they first saw the materials—ideas poured out instantly. During weekly empathy circles, they listen to stories from diverse perspectives and reflect in their journals about how others might feel and what support they might need. Those reflections now guide their projects. Some students have even interviewed staff and peers about times when kindness made a difference, turning those stories into posters displayed around the school.\r\n\r\nOur next steps include designing additional personalized kindness T‑shirts. 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The Super Teacher Worksheets site provided a variety of activities to support my students in various areas of learning.\r\n\r\nThe Easycbm allowed me to monitor my students' reading and math progress, identify gaps in their learning, and target my instruction to best help them move toward mastery aligned with their literacy and math goals. My students enjoyed this assessment format, and it helps prepare them for state assessments.\r\n\r\nAgain, thank you so much for providing engaging resources to help keep my students engaged!!","fullyFundedDate":1739574464685,"projectUrl":"project/digital-resources-to-enhance-and-instruc/9090368/","projectTitle":"Digital Resources to Enhance and Instruction III","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4257952_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1486054662454","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4257952"},{"teacherId":4257952,"projectId":9645270,"letterContent":"My students and I are incredibly grateful for your generous donations! They can be quite picky, but they were so excited to see all the boxes filled with snacks that they enjoy.\r\n\r\nOften, our students arrive late, missing breakfast, and lunch isn't until after11. It was truly a blessing to provide my students with snacks when they were late and/or hungry. Daily snacks helped fill their hungry bellies and kept them focused and energized at school.\r\n\r\nAgain, we're so thankful for your support! You're the best!","fullyFundedDate":1756501086123,"projectUrl":"project/tasty-snacks-for-all-students-part-3/9645270/","projectTitle":"Tasty Snacks for All Students Part 3","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4257952_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1486054662454","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4257952"},{"teacherId":4257952,"projectId":8376524,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generous donations and for your support in helping us bring this project to life. My students didn't know what to think at first, but they began to smile once they realized what the Boogie Boards were for. TJ said it was better than the whiteboard.\r\n\r\nUsing Boogie Boards, students worked collaboratively, shared their thought processes, and received immediate feedback from their peers and teachers. There was no cleaning involved, only the click of a button. Students also noticed that you have to be careful with mistakes because you have to clear the board each time and start over. Again, we really appreciate your thoughtfulness.","fullyFundedDate":1715050548567,"projectUrl":"project/no-more-white-boards-boogie-boards-to-th/8376524/","projectTitle":"No More White Boards Boogie Boards to the Rescue!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Townsend","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4257952_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1486054662454","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4257952"},{"teacherId":5234010,"projectId":9725194,"letterContent":"My students were very excited to see me bringing boxes into my classroom. They knew that when they see boxes, that means that donors like you, have reached out once again to help me provide more needed resources and supplies for them. At my school, I have become the go-to place for many things ranging from clothes to hygiene and even food. I am happy that with ongoing support from this site, I can continue to be a community outreach point. Thank you for always showing up for me and my scholars. You rock!","fullyFundedDate":1765990806490,"projectUrl":"project/confidence-starts-with-comfort/9725194/","projectTitle":"Confidence Starts With Comfort","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Chisholm","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5234010_orig.jpg?crop=758,758,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1570027222192","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5234010"},{"teacherId":6638091,"projectId":6469380,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the supplies and the materials that you provided for this essential project. Your generosity and kindness and supporting education and social emotional growth in our inner city schools is amazing and very much appreciated.\r\n\r\nThese materials helped create a beautiful sign that you see and we're also used in other social emotional projects in our building. On behalf of the administration and the students we thank you and applaud your generosity.\r\n\r\nMay you continue to always be on the giving end and use your money wisely and to help others.","fullyFundedDate":1656451816646,"projectUrl":"project/its-cool-to-be-kind-sel-project/6469380/","projectTitle":"\"It's Cool to be Kind\" SEL Project","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Fertig","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6638091_orig.jpg?crop=364,364,x143,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1606409952765","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/6638091"},{"teacherId":5262530,"projectId":8141101,"letterContent":"Thank you for allowing me to provide a secure, caring and safe space for my students to have access to personal hygiene products. With in urban schools most students families are unable to provide them with basic supplies for self care. 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Thank you for bring care, joy and empathy to my girls and so many others.","fullyFundedDate":1705348362234,"projectUrl":"project/pride-and-dignity-emergency-kits/8141101/","projectTitle":"Pride and Dignity Emergency Kits","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. McCurn","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5262530_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1679456553380","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/5262530"},{"teacherId":8934688,"projectId":9473463,"letterContent":"Your generous donations have created a beautiful learning environment that promotes engagement, collaboration, and academic growth. Our day begins with our SEL Calming Corner where my students discuss and explore their feelings and kind ways to communicate. We then move into our classroom centers where we build ELA, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and Science skills using quality materials provided by you! \r\nI cannot tell you how \"cool\" my students think their new classroom is! I'm proud to walk into school every day with an attitude of gratitude and the motivation to grow young minds!\r\n🙏🏽❤️","fullyFundedDate":1753949297949,"projectUrl":"project/funds-for-fun-essential-supplies-for-ex/9473463/","projectTitle":"Funds for Fun: Essential Supplies for Exceptional Learners","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Johnson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8934688_orig.jpg?crop=285,285,x0,y24&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1714967340099","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8934688"},{"teacherId":4273801,"projectId":9058778,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your wonderful donation. My students and I were so over the moon to see the boxes come in. The students loved determining the best methods for organizing and creating order in the classroom.\r\n\r\nWe were able to create safer storage for classroom snacks as well as organization for student task folders immediately.\r\n\r\nThe next steps for the classroom is to create another project for organizational ideas for the next school year and a project for some additional sensory items to be made accessible in the classroom. Again thank you for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1743697338253,"projectUrl":"project/classroom-organization-and-task-boxes-pa/9058778/","projectTitle":"Classroom Organization and Task Boxes Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Sturdivant","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4273801_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1486674949854","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4273801"},{"teacherId":4273801,"projectId":8978574,"letterContent":"Thanks so much for your wonderful donation. 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About this school
Mary B Martin STEM Academy is
an urban public school
in Cleveland, Ohio that is part of Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
It serves 221 students
in grades Pre-K - 9 with a student/teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
Its teachers have had 318 projects funded on ǿմý.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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97%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Mary B Martin STEM Academy
$132,598
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318
projects
funded
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teachers
funded
600
donors
28
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62
projects for
technology
14
projects for
books
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for
art supplies
Mary B Martin STEM Academy has received support from
312 individuals from Ohio and
288 individuals out-of-state.