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As the art teacher, I see several different groups of students so I am constantly being exposed to all sorts of maladies.","fullyFundedDate":1764198955002,"projectUrl":"project/cure-our-colds/9832668/","projectTitle":"Cure Our Colds","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Campos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3911012_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1474128113883","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-vcampos"},{"teacherId":10057955,"projectId":9546639,"letterContent":"By being able to print out the math vocabulary words for my students and my lessons on the printer that I received through donors choose and laminate them on the laminator that I also received from donors choose provided me the opportunity to post the vocabulary words around the room as well as other numerical, posters and things that help the students to learn the material. \r\n\r\nBy having these items posted around the room, they are always visible.So the students can refer back to them.\r\n\r\nThank you again for providing me with the tools that I needed and requested for my students to succeed.","fullyFundedDate":1755521951653,"projectUrl":"project/math-in-motion-numbers-that-move-and-c/9546639/","projectTitle":"Math in Motion: Numbers That Move and Change the World!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Marzouka","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10057955_orig.jpg?crop=686,686,x0,y52&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1754503642210","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10057955"},{"teacherId":3911012,"projectId":9850674,"letterContent":"Thank you so much providing these new tools for my classroom. Jumbo sized supplies really help students learn how to grip and glide to make marks. Jumbo crayons are also harder to break and they last longer. These super-sized crayons are also easier to differentiate from other crayons when I do art on a cart. With the volume of students I see in the art room I constantly need to restock my consumables. These new supplies will.be put to good use. They will help with fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. 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It has been such a blessing to provide my studebts with new activities to keep them engaged.Thanks again for making my job just a little easier.","fullyFundedDate":1764438428593,"projectUrl":"project/sights-and-sounds-for-special-needs-stud/9754546/","projectTitle":"Sights and Sounds for Special Needs Students","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Campos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3911012_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1474128113883","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-vcampos"},{"teacherId":3911012,"projectId":9909127,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for helping our classroom with these brand new supplies. Your generosity really means a lot to us. These jumbo sized crayons and pencils really help students ñearn how to grip and glide to make marks. My classroom is now well stocked for all the students I service. I see a lot of special needs students that will especially benefit from these materials. 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Studebts learn how to communicate and problem solve as a team. They learn intrapersonal skills. These puzzles are great for our classroom centers.","fullyFundedDate":1764870858124,"projectUrl":"project/perfectly-puzzled-in-self-contained-clas/9753003/","projectTitle":"Perfectly Puzzled in Self-Contained Classrooms","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Campos","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3911012_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1474128113883","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/ms-vcampos"},{"teacherId":3911012,"projectId":9747705,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity and support for our classroom. These new sensory aides will really help students stay focused and engaged. I have several non-verbal and selective mute students that prefer to write or draw to communicate rather than speak. 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We were playing UNO on Monday and a kid said, \"This is our last game\", and tears began to well up in my eyes. It really was. There were days that I literally had to pass out the stress balls and the squeeze toys, all while teaching both classes. We played a great deal of UNO, Connect Four, Trouble. Playdoh Magnets & paper. I would assemble students that did not particularly hang out with one another and gauge the interaction to use as a teaching moment, and shift the players around all games. I played UNO each time and they enjoyed me playing. I kept reiterating that they had to practice sharing and getting along. Some days I had kids who were over stimulated and I did not allow them to play right away. However, I would give them the Social Emotional Learning cards and stress toys. Sometimes it was eight kids and rotate to four more.They had to assemble the cards and explain to me what was going on in the pictures. 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About this school
Elementary School 26 is
a suburban public school
in Paterson, New Jersey that is part of Paterson Public Schools.
It serves 479 students
in grades Pre-K - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
Its teachers have had 197 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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97%
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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Elementary School 26
$114,799
raised using DonorsChoose
197
projects
funded
39
teachers
funded
420
donors
16
projects
for
basic supplies
45
projects for
technology
17
projects for
books
8
projects
for
art supplies
Elementary School 26 has received support from
286 individuals from New Jersey and
134 individuals out-of-state.