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As always, it brings me so much joy getting to watch students be so excited to pick out a book to take home. When these see the books, their eyes light up and it is such a fun time for them to look through the choices. The fact that they don't have to bring it back to school and it's now their very own book is such an exciting thing for them. Thank you for gifting students these books! It encourages their excitement to read at home, not just at school.","fullyFundedDate":1767647849301,"projectUrl":"project/books-for-christmas/9850578/","projectTitle":"Books for Christmas","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Mykytiuk","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3311053_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1596393144308","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/kendraoberg"},{"teacherId":3311053,"projectId":9851070,"letterContent":"Thank you SO much for these books for my 5th grade students! 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Richard E Miller Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Phoenix, Arizona that is part of Washington Elementary School District.
It serves 390 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
Its teachers have had 234 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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83%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Richard E Miller Elementary School
$80,512
raised using DonorsChoose
234
projects
funded
33
teachers
funded
256
donors
14
projects
for
basic supplies
21
projects for
technology
70
projects for
books
4
projects
for
art supplies
Richard E Miller Elementary School has received support from
138 individuals from Arizona and
118 individuals out-of-state.