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This step is crucial in their learning to write correctly before doing it on their own independently. \r\nI am very appreciative to have the supplies before school starts to ensure my students have them ready to go on day one! This will be a great way to start the year, having them learn to trace things!\r\nThank you so much for supporting my kindergarten classroom!","fullyFundedDate":1788181215014,"projectUrl":"project/whiteboard-work/10350284/","projectTitle":"Whiteboard Work!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pick","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2473963_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720465896370","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2473963"},{"teacherId":2473963,"projectId":10300213,"letterContent":"Thank you so much to everyone who supported this project to ensure it's fully funded! I am so thankful for every donation helping make this project possible!\r\nMy students have testing they get rewards for and having these readily accessible for when we begin beginning of the year assessments will be so helpful. I appreciate everyone's kindness and support to have fun rewards for my students to earn! \r\nThank you all for making my kindergarten classroom a fun place to be for my students, families, and I!","fullyFundedDate":1787055215602,"projectUrl":"project/iready-rewards/10300213/","projectTitle":"Iready Rewards!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pick","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2473963_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720465896370","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2473963"},{"teacherId":2473963,"projectId":10268151,"letterContent":"Thank you so much Windows of Hope for the new supplies for my classroom! I am so grateful to not need parents to provide pencils, markers, or journals because your kind donation has funded them for us! I am excited to have the necessary supplies readily available for the beginning of the year! Thank you for your kindness and support in helping myself, my students, families, and classroom have supplies to begin our year! \r\nI am so appreciative of your support and thank you for your kindness! 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They were beyond excited for the new books and argued over which we could read aloud first! \r\nThey want more school days to be able to read all of the books and even take them home because they love them so much! \r\nI am so thrilled to ensure the love of reading for my littlest learners! Finding good, funny books, will forever be engraved in their minds as something they learned in kindergarten! Thank you for making this possible. \r\nI am excited to have these books for years to come to add to my library collection. \r\n\r\nThank you again, and always!!","fullyFundedDate":1780786167094,"projectUrl":"project/kindergarten-book-favorites/10290985/","projectTitle":"Kindergarten Book Favorites!","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Pick","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2473963_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1720465896370","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/2473963"},{"teacherId":2473963,"projectId":10267179,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my classroom of wonderful students! I am so excited to offer my students an end of the year memory book filled with all their work throughout the year!\r\nThe crayons were used to color on their end of year memory pages to show their favorite memories, what they learned, what they want to be when they grow up, what they will do over the summer, and many more pages!\r\nThis is one of my favorite things to make for my students every year. 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About this school
Birney Elementary School is
an urban public school
in Tacoma, Washington that is part of Tacoma Public Schools.
It serves 447 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
Its teachers have had 133 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
Supporting this school will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.
Public School
Title 1
Data about Title 1 status comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
Grades Pre-K - 5
447 Students
29 Teachers
7627 S Sheridan AveContact info is sourced from our partners at MDR Education, and DonorsChoose updates our site ahead of each school year.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
55%
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.
Birney Elementary School Support on DonorsChoose
Last updated Aug 31, 2026
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Birney Elementary School
$50,008
raised using DonorsChoose
133
projects
funded
22
teachers
funded
254
donors
21
projects
for
basic supplies
13
projects for
technology
17
projects for
books
15
projects
for
art supplies
Birney Elementary School has received support from
182 individuals from Washington and
72 individuals out-of-state.
