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I used to play hockey when I was younger and we have a hockey rink funded by the LA Kings down the street by our school. There are kids from our school who play there afterschool but their equipment is used or their sticks look like toothpicks. These sticks were used immediately as well as the the protective equipment such as the elbow pads and helmets. \r\nRoller hockey is really fun but the students needed these replacement blades and gear to keep them safe.","fullyFundedDate":1782442850658,"projectUrl":"project/hockey-in-ela/10338329/","projectTitle":"Hockey in ELA","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Yokoyama","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp258948_orig.jpg?crop=2040,2040,x105,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1574044923327","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/yokoyama"},{"teacherId":258948,"projectId":10332897,"letterContent":"Thanks to Dick's Sporting Goods and the FIFA world cup, soccer is huge at our school. 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About this school
Gates Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Los Angeles, California that is part of Los Angeles Unified School District.
It serves 454 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
Its teachers have had 3,410 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Grades Pre-K - 5
454 Students
31 Teachers
3333 Manitou AveContact 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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96%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Last updated Aug 22, 2026
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Gates Elementary School
$1.3 million
raised using DonorsChoose
3,410
projects
funded
69
teachers
funded
3,063
donors
432
projects
for
basic supplies
610
projects for
technology
319
projects for
books
231
projects
for
art supplies
Gates Elementary School has received support from
1,980 individuals from California and
1,083 individuals out-of-state.