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Our lunch is early and they get hungry in the afternoon, so this helps fill up their bellies to get us through the rest of the day.\r\n\r\nI enjoy providing my students healthy snacks to show them that they can be just as delicious as the other snacks they get. Thank you again for your donation to help out my classroom. My students and I appreciate it so much.","fullyFundedDate":1746787150735,"projectUrl":"project/healthy-snacks-to-fuel-our-body-and-brai/9317883/","projectTitle":"Healthy Snacks to Fuel Our Body and Brain","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Walczak","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7730866_orig.jpg?crop=720,720,x0,y120&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1611355131970","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/7730866"},{"teacherId":10074194,"projectId":9453657,"letterContent":"All of the supplies that I ordered are being put to good use. The amount of snacks that were purchased are definitely the groups favorite. 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It is incredible to hear them ask about the famous people who have made such impactful changes to our world. \r\n\r\nAgain, thank you for supporting my classroom and helping us blossom into 2025!","fullyFundedDate":1752688953252,"projectUrl":"project/help-us-blossom-into-2025/9453657/","projectTitle":"Help Us Blossom into 2025!","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. P","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-8_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10074194"},{"teacherId":3855699,"projectId":9201961,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity! Without your donation, I would be spending unnecessary monies replacing damaged books and my students were able to choose a new bookmark to start their school year off right!\r\n My students absolutely loved the bookmarks and were so excited to start using them. When promoting reading, small tokens like these help immensely! The book covering supplies were also extremely helpful. I got the first paperback books of the year and covered them immediately. This will surely make our books even longer. I also started the school year with a box of damaged books from last year. The book tape and hinge tape helped me to repair these books and be ready for the students when they came back! Therefore, I was able to purchase new books for the students, in lieu of simply replacing the old, damaged books.\r\n Thank you again for your generous donation! 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All of this thanks to you and your generosity. \r\n\r\nYou our special friend are the real rock star in all of this and we can not thank you enough or be more grateful than we already are! \r\n\r\nAll our best to you!","fullyFundedDate":1746531796228,"projectUrl":"project/champion-test-takers-deserve-rewards/9145333/","projectTitle":"Champion Test Takers Deserve Rewards","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Anderson","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4541399_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516846428484","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/4541399"},{"teacherId":4541399,"projectId":9304610,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for supporting my students and their mission to spread joy and fight hunger for the elderly ! Our project was supported by you and loved by the elderly who received care bags from the students. \r\n\r\nThe students made care notes and had so much fun adding snacks and happy notes to the pacages. 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When the the students saw the tools, they were over taken with joy. I expressed to them that something from around the world cared about them and wanted to help out. They were so grateful they started smiling and jumping up and down. We are learning to be grateful and thankful for everything our class is gifted with. We wanted to thank you for everything!","fullyFundedDate":1737130980729,"projectUrl":"project/dream-team-rewards/8828758/","projectTitle":"Dream Team Rewards","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Hunt","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/9710361"},{"teacherId":7730866,"projectId":8909428,"letterContent":"Thank you so much for your generosity of donating to my class project. The students were excited to see the lap animals and the noise canceling headphones. They are being put to good use.\r\nThe students are enjoying the lap animals when they need to calm down. 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Thank you for teaching this awesome learning lesson to my students.\r\n\r\nWe are grateful for you generosity and we deeply appreciate your kindness!\r\n\r\nSending Smiles!\r\nMrs. Gordon' Kindergarteners!","fullyFundedDate":1738169604065,"projectUrl":"project/snacks-for-brain-power/9081759/","projectTitle":"Snacks for Brain Power","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Gordon","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8914422_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1747914136652","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/gordonkinders"},{"teacherId":6492894,"projectId":9155415,"letterContent":"I am grateful for your incredible support of our classroom project. Your generosity has significantly boosted enthusiasm in our learning environment. The students are thrilled with their new folders and supply boxes, which have helped them become organized and ready to learn. 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About this school
Brass Community School is
an urban public school
in Kenosha, Wisconsin that is part of Kenosha Unified School District 1.
It serves 326 students
in grades Pre-K - 5 with a student/teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
Its teachers have had 341 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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Source: the National Center for Education Statistics
65%
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.
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Last updated Dec 5, 2025
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Brass Community School
$120,365
raised using DonorsChoose
341
projects
funded
59
teachers
funded
643
donors
47
projects
for
basic supplies
27
projects for
technology
31
projects for
books
13
projects
for
art supplies
Brass Community School has received support from
333 individuals from Wisconsin and
310 individuals out-of-state.