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The kids love them and they look so great performing in them. Every character has its own color- Simba and Nala are Tennessee orange while Sarabi and Mufasa are Texas orange. Rafikis are red. Pumbaa is a dark brown while Timon is sand. It looks so great and creates a professional presence while being cost effective.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for your donations to this project. My students are so excited to perform their very first musical and I am so thrilled for them!","fullyFundedDate":1726710285193,"projectUrl":"project/the-lion-king-kids-tee-shirts/8767650/","projectTitle":"The Lion King Kids Tee Shirts!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Bell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp687946_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689298401749","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mrs-bell"},{"teacherId":687946,"projectId":8549365,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your donations to this project! 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Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 is
an urban public school
in Indianapolis, Indiana that is part of Indianapolis Public School District.
It serves 241 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 7.8:1.
Its teachers have had 310 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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76%
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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Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58
$127,835
raised using DonorsChoose
310
projects
funded
54
teachers
funded
821
donors
19
projects
for
basic supplies
16
projects for
technology
39
projects for
books
10
projects
for
art supplies
Ralph Waldo Emerson School 58 has received support from
423 individuals from Indiana and
398 individuals out-of-state.