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Our year is off to a great start and I have been busy replacing pads and cork on all of our clarinets, getting them ready for our newest musicians. With your help, I have all of the supplies I need to make sure that all of our clarinetists have working instruments to use, free of charge. We are looking forward to a year filled with beautiful music. 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Now, they are hungry for more songs and sheet music, so your gift comes at the perfect time. I am also excited to have a new filing cabinet to hold all of our favorite songs, instead of just having piles of music throughout my room (!). This is so wonderful to be able to easily find a piece of music for a student who has lost their copy. All of these gifts make our band class so much better. We can spend quality time together, learning and making new music. Thank you so much for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1746787294382,"projectUrl":"project/hungry-for-new-music/9125354/","projectTitle":"Hungry For New Music!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Love","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3856085_orig.png?crop=786,786,x558,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1667221603213","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/clove"},{"teacherId":3856085,"projectId":9122841,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for replenishing our clarinet swab and reed supplies. These are great to have at the end of the school year, and perfect for the start of the new school year as well! With these swabs our clarinet players will be able to take good care of their instruments so that they will last for many years to come. And the reeds will keep our supply replenished and ready so that are students always have what they need to play, free of charge to the. 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August Boeger Middle School is
an urban public school
in San Jose, California that is part of Mount Pleasant Elementary School District.
It serves 398 students
in grades 6 - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
Its teachers have had 256 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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90%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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August Boeger Middle School
$174,615
raised using DonorsChoose
256
projects
funded
32
teachers
funded
532
donors
20
projects
for
basic supplies
34
projects for
technology
21
projects for
books
16
projects
for
art supplies
August Boeger Middle School has received support from
326 individuals from California and
206 individuals out-of-state.