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Students will independently access the text by listening with CD players and will increase background knowledge and vocabulary on animals and their habitats.\r\n\r\nStudents will be excited to read these books on ponies, ants, dinosaurs and more and share what they have learned with their partners. 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It's essential for developing readers to find books they actually want to read and are excited to take home. Sometimes they are reluctant to take books home, but many students were excited about these books!\r\n\r\nThanks for helping get high quality books into the hands of our families and our community!","fullyFundedDate":1771948003904,"projectUrl":"project/books-and-reading-buddies-to-share-with/10088075/","projectTitle":"Books and Reading Buddies to Share with Community!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Yeager","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7064396_orig.jpg?crop=860,860,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1586714219136","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7064396"},{"teacherId":8975343,"projectId":9586167,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for all your help. Behaviors in the classroom have been decreasing significantly! They love earning all their rewards for their positive behavior! \r\n\r\nThe variety has helped students who have food allergies and has made the rewards highly desirable. They look forward to working hard and earning their daily rewards! It has even helped with social situations where students want to share with their peers. All around the students have thrived with the opportunities of being able to earn such awesome rewards!","fullyFundedDate":1758295854511,"projectUrl":"project/lets-reward-those-awesome-behaviors/9586167/","projectTitle":"Lets Reward Those Awesome Behaviors!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Beldon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8975343"},{"teacherId":7064396,"projectId":9767709,"letterContent":"Thanks for funding this project for Lakeshore magnetic writing boards. This provides another tool for my first graders to develop their literacy skills. 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About this school
Palm River Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Tampa, Florida that is part of Hillsborough County Public School District.
It serves 406 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
Its teachers have had 126 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Grades Pre-K - 5
406 Students
49 Teachers
805 Maydell DrContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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84%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
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Last updated May 21, 2026
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Palm River Elementary School
$52,171
raised using DonorsChoose
126
projects
funded
46
teachers
funded
735
donors
4
projects
for
basic supplies
8
projects for
technology
15
projects for
books
4
projects
for
art supplies
Palm River Elementary School has received support from
532 individuals from Florida and
203 individuals out-of-state.