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The items were used at the end of last year and have moved us into the new school year. The paints helped create many prop pieces for our 5th grade music program. They will continue to be used this year with more prop pieces. The students are anxious to start working on them for our upcoming music program. \r\n A big thank you for the colored paper as well. Having our choir notes, music program notes, and classroom brag bands printed on colored paper just adds an extra pop of color! It helps students notice the papers going home and it makes our brag bands (for recorder playing and secret musician) so much more fun to look at.\r\n Lastly, I want to thank you for the sticker mosaic. I have been using this in my classroom for the last two years now and the students LOVE it. I took a photo of the completed one from last year and our newest one ready to go for this year. The students have already started trying to figure out what the image is! 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About this school
Tonganoxie Elementary School is
a town public school
in Tonganoxie, Kansas that is part of Tonganoxie Unified School District 464.
It serves 887 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
Its teachers have had 47 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Public School
Grades Pre-K - 5
887 Students
54 Teachers
1180 East StContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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11%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Tonganoxie Elementary School
$16,949
raised using DonorsChoose
47
projects
funded
17
teachers
funded
139
donors
5
projects
for
basic supplies
2
projects for
technology
6
projects for
books
2
projects
for
art supplies
Tonganoxie Elementary School has received support from
94 individuals from Kansas and
45 individuals out-of-state.