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A Student who didn't want to do her work, did her work willingly so that she could play the game again. \r\n\r\nSome of my students are very anxious to play games with peers, I look forward to using these games to help 'break the ice' between these classmates and help them become friends.","fullyFundedDate":1762266318694,"projectUrl":"project/games-for-social-skills-practice/9821332/","projectTitle":"Games for Social Skills Practice","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Kathleen","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7666364_orig.jpg?crop=2274,2274,x164,y153&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1690866778720","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7666364"},{"teacherId":7666364,"projectId":9695037,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generous donations. We have used our new calculators every day since they arrived. 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Pleasant Grove Spectrum Academy - STARS Campus is
a suburban public school
in Pleasant Grove, Utah that is part of Spectrum Academy.
Its teachers have had 72 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Pleasant Grove Spectrum Academy - STARS Campus Demographics
31%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: US Census Data for the surrounding geographic area
8%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Pleasant Grove Spectrum Academy - STARS Campus
$29,595
raised using DonorsChoose
72
projects
funded
24
teachers
funded
117
donors
7
projects
for
basic supplies
5
projects for
technology
4
projects for
books
5
projects
for
art supplies
Pleasant Grove Spectrum Academy - STARS Campus has received support from
99 individuals from Utah and
18 individuals out-of-state.