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We are very appreciative of your donation.","fullyFundedDate":1760191573500,"projectUrl":"project/our-middle-school-lounge/9659864/","projectTitle":"Our Middle School Lounge","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pena","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/mchern"},{"teacherId":377237,"projectId":9735763,"letterContent":"I want to thank all of you for you generosity, and for supporting our school's music program. Your donations have gone towards purchasing valuable resources that will be used on a daily basis in our general music classes (for nine grade levels), and our two after school music ensembles.\r\nBecause of the Philadelphia school budget crisis, we have several over-sized classes at our school, so it's difficult to provide every student with instruments/resources. But now, thanks to you, I will be able to! 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The chart paper, markers, and tape from your donations, made these projects more visible to the students on the third floor. \r\n\r\n Beyond the immediate academic gains, your donation sent a powerful message: that people outside our school care about their education and want them to succeed. This has boosted their confidence and inspired them to work even harder.","fullyFundedDate":1755987720290,"projectUrl":"project/science-is-not-silent/9624325/","projectTitle":"Science is Not Silent","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Julio","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp3093122_orig.jpg?crop=572,572,x507,y104&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1574700277106","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/3093122"},{"teacherId":1643650,"projectId":9747003,"letterContent":"Thank you again for your generous contributions. We are eagerly awaiting our school facilities office to adhere the sound tiles to our classroom walls. In addition, we are expecting our Time for Kids magazines to arrive any day now. \r\nThe students are very happy when the see something new on our table when the arrive at their seats. We are using our pouches to keep our alphabet letters organized. We also use color pencils and having individual pouches means they do not have to wait their turn to use a color or share. Everyone can use their own pouch. \r\nThe hands on supplies are helping students use their muscle memory when forming letters. The large write and wipe magnetic board means the students are close to the lesson and can also participate with hands on practice. The alphabet books are great quality and the students enjoy listening to them. In conclusion, we use these products daily and are so appreciative of your support. 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Thanks again","fullyFundedDate":1761593244101,"projectUrl":"project/football-fun/9809166/","projectTitle":"Football Fun","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Aguanno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8123678"},{"teacherId":8123678,"projectId":9684204,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for the kind and generous donations. The students have been able to begin their physical education class quickly and safely because we have these floor blowers. We share the gymnasium with the cafeteria and the floor needs to be marked every day. Since it remains wet for so long, the students cannot use that half of the gym to engage in movement games. The blowers have given us the gift of rapid drying, and the students are involved so much faster. We are so grateful to have donors like you take interest in our school. Thanks again.","fullyFundedDate":1760553801407,"projectUrl":"project/blow-dry-play/9684204/","projectTitle":"Blow, Dry, Play","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Aguanno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8123678"},{"teacherId":2722287,"projectId":9589046,"letterContent":"We cannot thank you enough for your generosity towards our school and our students in the 8th Grade. Although we haven't yet been able to utilize all of the resources, we have started on our path to instilling solid writing fundamentals and basics.\r\n\r\nThe photo is students completing a close read and then drawing what they've read to display comprehension but also to display how everyone has their own interpretation of writing and how they view things from the novel 'Lord of the Flies'.\r\n\r\nStarting in January, the students will begin to develop their own voice and write their own narrative. We, again, can't thank you enough for your generosity and support.","fullyFundedDate":1755701027143,"projectUrl":"project/writing-basics/9589046/","projectTitle":"Writing Basics","teacherDisplayName":"Mr. O'Karma","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-4_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2722287"},{"teacherId":9065764,"projectId":9518576,"letterContent":"A new book is: a new adventure, a new problem to solve, a new friend to meet and thank to you my students will be busy reading and learning throughout the year. Books in this collection help students see themselves and learn about people who are not like them or the people they may know in every day life. Books broaden a student's perspective and introduce new ideas. Establishing a love of books at an early age sets the tone for a joy of reading...hopefully for life!\r\nBecause not all of my students have equitable time and access to books outside of class, being able to provide a diverse, current and engaging selection of books for my students to take home (or read at our dedicated reading time during class) is my responsibility as their teacher and you have made it possible!\r\nThe books added to our classroom Lending Library include those that help students build social skills, explain neurodiversity, understand bullying, identify feelings inj addition to some other class favorites. \r\nWith your generous donation, our class was also provided clear book bags to transport and keep their Lending Library books safe.","fullyFundedDate":1757528541513,"projectUrl":"project/please-touch-learning-through-hands-on/9518576/","projectTitle":"Please Touch! 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I have seen the scooters used as trains, as transporters ,as a store that they made in so many other imaginative games.\r\nThe stands make it so easy to store and to transport in and out of a full closet.\r\nThanks again","fullyFundedDate":1758217482513,"projectUrl":"project/scootering-around/9719084/","projectTitle":"Scootering Around","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Aguanno","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-10_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8123678"},{"teacherId":8123678,"projectId":9551061,"letterContent":"Thank you, thank you thank you! We have finally been able to maximize the use of our full gym! \r\nWe have divided the room with the tape, marked off floor spots with the tape, made new goals with the tape so instead of two teams playing I can now have four teams playing at one time. These items that seem small too many are dealbreaker for a physical education teacher. 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Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is part of Philadelphia City School District.
It serves 548 students
in grades Pre-K - 8 with a student/teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Its teachers have had 248 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School Demographics
95%
of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
45%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School
$187,043
raised using DonorsChoose
248
projects
funded
38
teachers
funded
1,078
donors
9
projects
for
basic supplies
16
projects for
technology
32
projects for
books
12
projects
for
art supplies
Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School has received support from
704 individuals from Pennsylvania and
374 individuals out-of-state.