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The folders have helped organize my intervention block, ensuring that no minutes are wasted! \r\n\r\nThank you again for choosing to support our classroom- my students and I are very grateful!","fullyFundedDate":1755911770403,"projectUrl":"project/supply-restock/9524837/","projectTitle":"Supply Restock!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Crittendon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3677267_orig.jpg?crop=3024,3024,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1581197806583","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3677267"},{"teacherId":4535530,"projectId":9702330,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping us bring merchandise to our new \"SHINE\" store. The idea behind it is that our students receive shine notes for working hard, including others, showing kindness, etc. Students save their shine notes to use as cash to purchase a variety of items in our store once a month. 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The idea behind it is that our students receive shine notes for working hard, including others, showing kindness, etc. Students save their shine notes to use as cash to purchase a variety of items in our store once a month. The only way we can keep this awesome idea going is through donations. Your donation brought adorable mini dolls, slime, play-doh, and bracelet kits to our store. We have 6 classrooms in each grade (1-4). 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With your support we were able to add cute fruit/animal top pencils, stackable crayons, slime, mini coloring books, play-doh, and gel ink pens. The smiles I saw that day melted my heart. Every month we hope to open our store to all students but this can only be possible with support from the community.","fullyFundedDate":1760802409556,"projectUrl":"project/reward-prizes-for-school-store-part-1/9817027/","projectTitle":"Reward Prizes for School Store Part 1","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bonilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4535530_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625165525303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4535530"},{"teacherId":4535530,"projectId":9817814,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation. Your donation helped my school receive items for our school wide \" SHINE\" store. This is where students will use the \"SHINE\" notes they receive when showing kindness and respect to purchase items. We were able to include bouncy balls, coloring books, fidget toys, and animal building kits to the store. Having 6 classes for each grade ( 1- 4) only means we have to keep up with the demands of replacing merchandise. With your help we were able to get the store ready for our grand opening. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.","fullyFundedDate":1760703896409,"projectUrl":"project/reward-prizes-for-school-store-part-2/9817814/","projectTitle":"Reward Prizes for School Store Part 2","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bonilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4535530_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625165525303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4535530"},{"teacherId":6890138,"projectId":9491885,"letterContent":"Our new rug has arrived and it is BEAUTIFUL!! 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This is definitely my DREAM rug and our class also loves it!!\r\n\r\nThank you donors!","fullyFundedDate":1760546982915,"projectUrl":"project/no-rugrets-helping-us-out/9491885/","projectTitle":"No Rugrets Helping Us Out","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Teixeira","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6890138_orig.jpg?crop=324,324,x0,y72&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1571026322661","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-teixeira"},{"teacherId":4535530,"projectId":9698497,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your support with my new classroom idea. I wanted to reinforce positive behaviors in my classroom and I felt this would be a great start to my vision. This classroom \"shine\" note reward store has been a huge success so far. Kids are excited to receive shine notes so they can purchase items. The organizer has been a life saver. Everything is organized and priced for easy access. 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I am so grateful for your support and feel very fortunate in being able to provide these simple but essential materials for my students. Thank you for believing in public education and making sure our students have everything they need. There is no I in team.","fullyFundedDate":1746481690528,"projectUrl":"project/colored-pencils-whiteboard-erasers-and/9288113/","projectTitle":"Colored Pencils, Whiteboard Erasers, and Pencils","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bonilla","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4535530_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1625165525303","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4535530"},{"teacherId":4535530,"projectId":9174541,"letterContent":"Words can not describe the faces of my 3rd grade students when they received the 2nd book in the Stella Diaz series. In my classroom we encourage and promote a love for reading. Reading should be fun and enjoyable. 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South Lawrence East Elementary School is
a suburban public school
in Lawrence, Massachusetts that is part of Lawrence Public Schools.
It serves 666 students
in grades 1 - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
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South Lawrence East Elementary School Demographics
95%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
95%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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South Lawrence East Elementary School
$245,112
raised using DonorsChoose
550
projects
funded
62
teachers
funded
1,442
donors
113
projects
for
basic supplies
61
projects for
technology
80
projects for
books
19
projects
for
art supplies
South Lawrence East Elementary School has received support from
648 individuals from Massachusetts and
794 individuals out-of-state.