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Ms. Berrospi-Kish from Huntersville, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Berrospi-Kish's classroom raised $288

Living On My Own

My students need one electrical toaster oven for cooking essential meals and one hygiene kit to learn about personal care.

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Ms. Berrospi-Kish North Mecklenburg High School
Huntersville, NC Grades 9-12

The Simplest Things Make a BIG Difference. I teach in North Carolina and work with high school students pursuing a high school diploma through the Occupational Course of Study. This course of study is not intended for students who are college-bound, but for those who will enter the world of work right after high school.

Part of the Occupational Course of Study curriculum requires students to learn about personal hygiene, safety in the home environment, cooking and making meals, temperature and other skills that most people take for granted or don't have difficulty learning. My students learn most of these skills through books, handouts and games, but they also need to have direct hands-on contact with these concepts to understand them better. To most of my students, showing them how to do something will mean nothing unless they do it themselves --with lots of supervision of course.

In order for me to make the teaching of these cooking and personal hygiene more meaningful and relevant to my students, I need access to an electrical toaster oven, small enough that I can store it after use, but spacious enough to cook more in less time, and I need to have access to appropriate tangibles to teach, show and assess my students about personal hygiene. Since these skills are part of what I teach, I will use class time to cook with my students and to practice good hygiene habits. For most of my students, I -as their teacher- am their resource for finding solutions to these kinds of obstacles as there isn't always an adult available to help them with these things at home.

Your contribution will allow us to use a real-life device for cooking real food, not just to pretend-play. It will also allow me to make teaching safety when cooking and personal hygiene more interesting and fun for my students, instead of simply using handouts, look-alike manipulatives, or abstract examples. We have been wanting to find an electrical toaster oven for our cooking activities for a while now. This is our opportunity! And even though my students don't like to talk about or show me good hygiene habits, with this kit practicing such skill will become less embarrassing and more exciting to them -and to me. You can make these practices become the real-deal for my students as they will practice these skills with actual tools -just as seen and used by regular people. Thank you.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

15 students impacted 4 donors
Ms. Berrospi-Kish North Mecklenburg High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Huntersville, NC 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

15 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hygiene Training Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $131.40 1 $131.40
TOASTY PLUS TOASTER OVEN/SNACK MAKER -- Toasty Plus Toaster Oven/Snack Maker • Quill $64.79 1 $64.79

Materials cost

$196.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.62

Sales tax

 $8.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$236.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.82

Total project goal

$287.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $287.91

3 Donors

-$143.95

Donations toward project cost

-$118.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.91

match offer

-$143.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$118.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.91

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