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With your support, I was able to make the transition to a much bigger room a lot more seamless. \r\n\r\nMy students were so excited when they saw supplies that they could use at their own desk. All students had access to their own box of crayons, glue sticks, and so much more. \r\n\r\nIt was so fun this year using the sentence strips on holidays to make crowns. The timer was extremely helpful during centers for students to have a visual. \r\n\r\nI appreciate your support!","fullyFundedDate":1753643121146,"projectUrl":"project/new-room-new-me/9461444/","projectTitle":"New Room, New Me!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Lucas","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8491846_orig.png?crop=557,557,x66,y137&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1689775070872","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8491846"},{"teacherId":1969422,"projectId":9931425,"letterContent":"I just wated to take this time to thank you again for your generous contributions! 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You have given my students the gift of fantastic math manipulatives to use during math centers. My students have become more confident in their math skills and abilities. My students' fraction skills have increased greatly due to your donations for this project. My students love when they get to use this program and hands-on learning during centers and small group math instruction. Thank you again for your kindness and generosity. 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I continue to be amazed at our wonderful teachers and staff members and I am very proud to be a part of this village dedicated to raise good humans. \r\nThe lice treatments I asked for and received, will alleviate at least a bit the challenges that my students' parents and guardians face each day. Instead of trying to explain about lice, I can just handout the packages. Thank you again for your generosity.","fullyFundedDate":1764687333297,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-hair/9923738/","projectTitle":"Healthy Hair","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Maja","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10361345"},{"teacherId":8621465,"projectId":9354491,"letterContent":"We are so grateful for our donated supplies! It really helped us start out our new school year. The folders were a great help to keep daily communication with parents. 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J Hampton Moore Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is part of Philadelphia City School District.
It serves 1,192 students
in grades K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
Its teachers have had 567 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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Grades K - 5
1,192 Students
60 Teachers
6900 Summerdale AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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84%
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J Hampton Moore Elementary School
$211,663
raised using DonorsChoose
567
projects
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73
teachers
funded
1,421
donors
73
projects
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basic supplies
39
projects for
technology
95
projects for
books
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projects
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art supplies
J Hampton Moore Elementary School has received support from
937 individuals from Pennsylvania and
484 individuals out-of-state.