You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Doden from Oakland, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Doden is requesting

Stations Galore!

My students need card stock, clip boards, self-adhesive labels and 3 beanbag chairs.

  • $349 goal

This project expired on April 17, 2010.

This project expired on April 17, 2010.

Classroom photo
Mrs. Doden Lighthouse Community Charter School
Oakland, CA Grades 6-8

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.

The bell rings and I close the door. I don't have to worry about kids being tardy, everyone is already in class, sprawled across my floor. We're doing learning stations. Within five minutes, music plays, signaling that the warm up is over, and stations have begun. Students grab their materials and choose their activity...some on the floor, some with a friend, and some with me. In the constant change and challenge of today's global economy, it is vital for students to become flexible and self-directed learners. I have undertaken the challenge of creating learning stations that will guide students to interact with the world around them in relationship to mathematic skills. My goal is the help students to realize their own potential through success in whatever form that takes.

My greatest challenge in teaching sixth and seventh grade math lies in the great diversity of my learners. My students range in their ability levels, from special education children with specific needs, to recent immigrants who have knowledge, but are not yet able to communicate due to the language barrier, to general education students, to gifted and talented individuals who need a challenge. This poses quite a feat to one teacher. My solution has been to create learning stations, allowing each child to process material at his or her own pace. This also frees me up to give extra support to those kids who need it.

The stations I currently run involve using computers, games, discussion forums, and conferencing methods. I need card stock, clip boards, self-adhesive labels and three bean bag chairs to enhance the self directed experience of middle school math learning stations. These supplies will help me to complete the stations and continue to build more. Since the students are able to work independently the bean bags and clipboards will foster comfort and utility within my classroom.

Thus far, my students have been excited about participating in the learning stations. The independence fostered by this style of teaching prepares students for a lifetime of success. Just yesterday a group of kids gathered outside of my classroom and peered in to check out the stations. Later they came back and asked if they could switch into my math class. That's what learning math is all about! Kids should be excited about coming to class! Math is fun! There's something sweet in the groans I hear each day as the dismissal bell rings!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

120 students impacted
Mrs. Doden Lighthouse Community Charter School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, CA 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

120 students impacted

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Doden is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
#65 CARDSTOCK, 8-1/2" X 11" -- Wausau 65-lb. Astrobrights Card Stock; Gamma Green • Quill $15.38 1 $15.38
Bean Bag Lounger Royal Blue • Lab Safety Supply, Inc. dba Highsmith Inc $54.60 3 $163.80
9X12.5 HARDBOARD CLIPBOARD -- Saunders Hardboard Clipboard; Letter Size • Quill $1.43 25 $35.75
#65 CARDSTOCK, 8-1/2" X 11" -- Wausau 65lb. Astrobrights Card Stock; Cosmic Orange • Quill $15.38 1 $15.38
AVERY WHITE SHIPPING LASER LABELS, 5-1/16"X 7-5/8", 50/BX -- Avery Laser Printer Label; 5-1/16"x 7-5/8", Matte White • Quill $17.99 1 $17.99

Materials cost

$248.30

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.83

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$285.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.75

Total project goal

$348.60

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Doden and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":349,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/-/339795/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":120,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Doden","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"467903906","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Oakland","teachersOnPage":[90182],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":339795,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":3902,"schoolName":"Lighthouse Community Charter School","authorIds":{"90182":{"owner":"Mrs. Doden","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[339795],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":49174,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":90182,"schoolCounty":"Alameda","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}