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In addition, the school had a school parade and the best three costumes were able to win a basket with goodies. Due to your donations, I was part of donating some prizes that provide a big smile to the winners. Lastly, at the end of the day, our school, hosted a trick-or-treat school event, in which my sixth grade team were able to hand out goodies such as lollipops, sticky hands, erasers, and stickers for students to have a memorable day.","fullyFundedDate":1787194910433,"projectUrl":"project/stem-activities-for-halloween/10494284/","projectTitle":"STEM Activities for Halloween","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4904101_orig.jpg?crop=1025,1025,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583989631504","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4904101"},{"teacherId":10517688,"projectId":10655564,"letterContent":"Thank you for your donation. This past month, I was teaching my students of the importance of keeping our bodies healthy through the use of the Twig Science curriculum. One of the topics was the importance of eating healthy foods to keep one's teeth and gums healthy. As a result, with your donation, I was able to provide each of my students with a toothbrush and toothpaste. These two items will help my students put their new knowledge into practice to brush their teeth every night in order to keep their dental health.","fullyFundedDate":1790820908143,"projectUrl":"project/show-your-bright-smile/10655564/","projectTitle":"Show Your Bright Smile","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10517688"},{"teacherId":4904101,"projectId":10589105,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding my project. You are enabling me to motivate my students not to miss a day while they are learning different standards as they enter a raffle every Friday. My goal is to raffle at least two prizes, such as LEGO boxes and slime kits, for students to be motivated to come to school. Last month, I had a success when it came to perfect attendance; therefore, with your assistance, I needed to maintain my treasure box full of prizes so students do not miss a day in order to enter the weekly raffle.","fullyFundedDate":1789185507080,"projectUrl":"project/raffle-for-fun-fridays/10589105/","projectTitle":"Raffle for Fun Fridays","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4904101_orig.jpg?crop=1025,1025,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583989631504","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4904101"},{"teacherId":10517688,"projectId":10600410,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding my project. The idea behind the project was for my students to have hands-on activities when learning about the human body. But before they engage in hands-on activities, students must have visuals and models, such as posters and an interactive human body figure. Therefore, thanks to your generosity I was able to provide my students with visuals. In addition, my students are able to recreate a human hand with the use of cardboard, hot glue guns with glue sticks, zip ties, straws, and tape.","fullyFundedDate":1789479257533,"projectUrl":"project/explore-learn-and-create/10600410/","projectTitle":"Explore, Learn, and Create","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10517688"},{"teacherId":10517688,"projectId":10596430,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity in funding my project. You provided my students with motivation not to miss a day while they are learning different standards and having the chance to enter a raffle. For this month, I have been raffling off prizes every Friday as students participate in classroom discussions and come to school every day. The raffle prizes include LEGO boxes, slime, and goodie bags. My goal is for students to be engaged in my lessons and for them to be happy to come to school every day.","fullyFundedDate":1788755299729,"projectUrl":"project/incentives-for-student-engagement/10596430/","projectTitle":"Incentives for Student Engagement","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-5_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10517688"},{"teacherId":10517688,"projectId":10530221,"letterContent":"Thank you for your generosity in funding my project. You provided my students with incentives to motivate them to try their best when taking the i-Ready assessments. Every trimester, my students take the i-Ready assessments to showcase their growth throughout the school year. Therefore, my idea behind this project is to have incentives such as LEGO boxes, coloring books, diaries, and mechanical pencil sets for students who show one-year growth at the end of trimester one. In order for my students to make a growth, I assign my students every week 4 lessons a week. 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The future fundraiser for my Student Council Committee is selling Halloween Grams.","fullyFundedDate":1788759055532,"projectUrl":"project/student-council-committee-being-pro-acti/10589533/","projectTitle":"Student Council Committee Being Pro Active","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mendez Navarro","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4904101_orig.jpg?crop=1025,1025,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1583989631504","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4904101"},{"teacherId":10517688,"projectId":10596099,"letterContent":"Thank you for funding my project. You are helping me promote reading for all 6th-grade students. The idea behind this project is to promote reading in all 6th-grade classes, as the top three readers for trimester one will earn a trophy. In addition, the students who reach their reading goal of 40 points will earn a reading medal with a gift box that will have goodies inside. 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About this school
Fremont Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Salinas, California that is part of Alisal Union School District.
It serves 707 students
in grades Pre-K - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Its teachers have had 250 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
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Grades Pre-K - 6
707 Students
35 Teachers
1255 E Market StContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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99%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Fremont Elementary School
$101,285
raised using DonorsChoose
250
projects
funded
36
teachers
funded
224
donors
32
projects
for
basic supplies
42
projects for
technology
28
projects for
books
17
projects
for
art supplies
Fremont Elementary School has received support from
158 individuals from California and
66 individuals out-of-state.