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These supplies will allow us to provide an original and new genius hour club that our students will really enjoy. Our students are very excited to have art supplies and professional drawing tools to use on their comic books. \r\n\r\nWith your contributions students will be making their own original comic books and sharing them with the student body at our school. We are so excited for this new form of authorship & opportunity for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1750778846412,"projectUrl":"project/comic-creations/9139173/","projectTitle":"Comic Creations","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Sellars","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1567724_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x180,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1659723892190","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/e-olguin"},{"teacherId":372735,"projectId":9307912,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the social emotional learning materials you've purchased for my \"Safe Place\" in the classroom. We have the most beautiful area set up and designed to allow for a break and an exploration of our feelings (and the feelings of others). The area has many books about friendship, feelings, and relating to peers. It also has a variety of sensory toys and materials to fidget with. 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Reginald Chavez Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Albuquerque, New Mexico that is part of Albuquerque Public Schools.
It serves 178 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
Its teachers have had 55 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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92%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Reginald Chavez Elementary School
$21,596
raised using DonorsChoose
55
projects
funded
9
teachers
funded
87
donors
4
projects
for
basic supplies
6
projects for
technology
11
projects for
books
9
projects
for
art supplies
Reginald Chavez Elementary School has received support from
49 individuals from New Mexico and
38 individuals out-of-state.