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Thank you for making these resources possible for my students and for supporting our classroom.","fullyFundedDate":1759611968270,"projectUrl":"project/sharpening-mental-math-supporting-menta/9610135/","projectTitle":"Sharpening Mental Math, Supporting Mental Health","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Lucero","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10181807_orig.jpg?crop=971,971,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1755319759407","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10181807"},{"teacherId":8494896,"projectId":9680813,"letterContent":"Thank you for helping bring our students' big ideas to life through foldable science portfolios. When the large paper and portfolio materials arrived, students were excited to see that they would be creating something much bigger than a traditional worksheet or notebook page. 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Harvest Preparatory Academy - Yuma is
an urban public school
in Yuma, Arizona that is part of Arizona Department of Education.
It serves 1,161 students
in grades K - 12.
Its teachers have had 283 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
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Grades K - 12
1,161 Students
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Harvest Preparatory Academy - Yuma
$242,590
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projects
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teachers
funded
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donors
69
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Harvest Preparatory Academy - Yuma has received support from
119 individuals from Arizona and
99 individuals out-of-state.