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Thanks to your support we are starting to use our new whiteboard markers (so many of ours were dried out and stopped working!) The students absolutely are in shock as to all of the new supplies and are so eager every time they sit down to use them! Thank you!","fullyFundedDate":1788284533430,"projectUrl":"project/back-to-school/10503040/","projectTitle":"Back to School!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Brown","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7460183_orig.png?crop=887,887,x885,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720554872506","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7460183"},{"teacherId":8263057,"projectId":10379541,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donation. It was used to purchase homework supplies: scissors, glue, pencils, pencil box, crayons, etc. for every student in my first grade class. 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About this school
Bahia Vista Elementary School is
an urban public school
in San Rafael, California that is part of San Rafael City Elementary School District.
It serves 511 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
Its teachers have had 604 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
511 Students
21 Teachers
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99%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Bahia Vista Elementary School
$389,171
raised using DonorsChoose
604
projects
funded
50
teachers
funded
969
donors
64
projects
for
basic supplies
87
projects for
technology
130
projects for
books
49
projects
for
art supplies
Bahia Vista Elementary School has received support from
794 individuals from California and
175 individuals out-of-state.