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Students are EXCITED to read, and I am excited to see their happiness. To have middle school students arguing over who gets to \"borrow the book first\" is amazing! Thank you for making all of this possible for our classroom! We appreciate your generosity more than you can ever know. Thank you!!!","fullyFundedDate":1773257536235,"projectUrl":"project/books-books-books/10129824/","projectTitle":"Books, Books, Books!","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. Sardarian","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3380078_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1450659597915","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sardarian"},{"teacherId":3380078,"projectId":10136843,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the incredible support you've given to my students with the funding of this project! These new items and supplies will make such a huge difference for all of them. 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Aloysius L Fitzpatrick Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is part of Philadelphia City School District.
It serves 906 students
in grades Pre-K - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Its teachers have had 1,834 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Aloysius L Fitzpatrick Elementary School Demographics
95%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
54%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Aloysius L Fitzpatrick Elementary School
$656,499
raised using DonorsChoose
1,834
projects
funded
64
teachers
funded
3,767
donors
270
projects
for
basic supplies
325
projects for
technology
276
projects for
books
87
projects
for
art supplies
Aloysius L Fitzpatrick Elementary School has received support from
1,140 individuals from Pennsylvania and
2,627 individuals out-of-state.