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Ms. McRobbie-Soovajian from Springfield, MA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. McRobbie-Soovajian's classroom raised $555

Inspire Us!

My students need a Premium Royal Inspiration Station.

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Ms. McRobbie-Soovajian Edward Boland Elementary School
Springfield, MA Grades 3-5

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Morning meeting starts the day off on just the right foot! My 4th grade students with autism love participating in morning meeting; it helps them develop social interaction skills, promotes turn-taking, and sensitizes them to the feelings of others, in addition to teaching them academic material and making them feel successful.

A year and a half ago, I was blessed with the job of teaching a self-contained classroom of 4th graders with autism. Unfortunately when I was given the job, I inherited very little in the way of materials. I also must share the room and any supplies with the 5th grade teacher and her students. When I was studying to be a special education teacher I had great visions of a daily morning meeting and stimulating group times. With the beat up, non-magnetic, white-board easel I inherited, my hopes were almost dashed. Of course, I still try to hold a morning meeting, it is just not to the level I imagined it would be. I have even found it to be a struggle to use this easel during small and large group academic time since it is so limited and not very attractive. I started to think, "How can I excite my students and myself?" and I began to peruse the teacher catalogs. Imagine my amazement when I saw the variety of white-boards available; imagine my disappointment when I was told by administration that purchasing one was not in the "budget".

This is unfortunate, because I fell in LOVE with the Premium Royal Inspiration Station. It is INCREDIBLE! It has a large magnetic, white-board and an additional slide-out magnetic, white-board. It has giant hooks for chart paper and telescoping hooks for pocket charts. The Inspiration Station has wheels and brakes - who says I have to stand in one place to teach all day? It has tubs to organize much-needed classroom materials; this would save so much time as I wouldn't have to run to my desk or the bookshelf - everything I need would be at my fingertips! It even has a rack and magnets to keep my Big Books in place! I could go on and on with the ways my students would benefit from this one piece of furniture. It is like a classroom on wheels! No more stalled morning meetings while we erase something to write something else - just pull out the slide-out white board. No more sticky hooks to hold chart paper on - the hooks always fall off anyway. No more taping things to the board - we can use magnets! No more pauses in our reading because we dropped the Big Book or lost our page. No more holding up pocket charts or trying to find a way to fasten it to the easel. It is a miracle!

Your generosity would save my morning meeting and enhance my academic group times. My students and I would be INSPIRED to teach and learn from one another!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

9 students impacted 13 donors
Ms. McRobbie-Soovajian Edward Boland Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Springfield, MA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

9 students impacted 13donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Premium Royal® Inspiration Station • Nasco $399.95 1 $399.95

Materials cost

$399.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$454.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.87

Total project goal

$554.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.82

12 Donors

-$552.62

Donations toward project cost

-$454.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$97.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.20

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 $0.00

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