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My students are able to explore, build, create, and fully participate in our spring projects, which helps them strengthen important skills while having fun learning together.\r\n\r\nFor many of my students, access to these materials would not be possible without the generosity of donors like you. Your support helps create engaging learning experiences and shows our children that people care about their education and success.\r\n\r\nThank you for believing in our classroom and for helping make learning more meaningful and memorable for our students.","fullyFundedDate":1656858205113,"projectUrl":"project/spring-classroom-supply-collaboration/6359051/","projectTitle":"Spring Classroom Supply Collaboration","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Mitchell","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8127194_orig.jpg?crop=659,660,x0,y268&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1643735242728","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/8127194"},{"teacherId":8127194,"projectId":6123243,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting our classroom and helping provide snacks for our students. 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These resources help create an organized, productive, and positive learning environment where students can focus on growing academically and socially.\r\n\r\nWe sincerely appreciate your generosity and partnership in helping us create a successful and rewarding school year for our students.\r\n\r\nThank you again for your continued support.","fullyFundedDate":1769177101537,"projectUrl":"project/supplies-class-success/9963348/","projectTitle":"Supplies = Class Success!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Morris","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp4689978_orig.jpg?crop=593,593,x91,y77&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573487658536","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4689978"},{"teacherId":10272251,"projectId":10075826,"letterContent":"In our kindergarten classroom, students are developing independence not only in their daily routines, but also in their use of technology. 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About this school
Lucian Adams Elementary School is
a rural public school
in Port Arthur, Texas that is part of Port Arthur Independent School District.
It serves 628 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
Its teachers have had 311 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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91%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
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Lucian Adams Elementary School
$186,623
raised using DonorsChoose
311
projects
funded
74
teachers
funded
250
donors
40
projects
for
basic supplies
49
projects for
technology
34
projects for
books
7
projects
for
art supplies
Lucian Adams Elementary School has received support from
131 individuals from Texas and
119 individuals out-of-state.