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Ms. Lee's classroom raised $321

Let's Hear It for the Boys

My students need a gas station, fire station, rescue center, parking lot and an airport to fuel their imagination.

Ms. Lee PS 251 Paerdegat

Brooklyn, NY Grades PreK-2

My Students

I am a pre-K teacher in a Title 1 school in Brooklyn. My students are young but very inquisitive and they want to show everyone what they can do.

The majority of my students come from working families.

Sometimes they do not even see their families too often because they are trying to provide the best that they can for their children. Often they see their child care providers more often than their parents. During this time, these children keep themselves amused and entertained with the computer or television. Very seldom do my students have the opportunity to express their creativity or use their imagination (outside of the technology world).

My Project

When parents and students are told to be creative, they automatically think "Draw a picture". I would love to expose my students, especially the boys, to a world where creativity doesn't mean doing only girl related activities, such as drawing pictures and painting. I want to bring back toys where they can create and use their imagination. Little boys have been and it seems will always be attracted to matchbox cars. Why not use that to our advantage and provide additional materials for them to create any community and city of their choice by have items that they see in a community combining structures such as hospitals, police stations, fire stations and parking garages around homes to make a community work. These buildings have places for cars to enter and exit. These products would help to get the thought processes moving in my students, but most importantly it would foster creativity with each new final product.

Your help will ensure that my students will develop and foster their creativity as they grow through each year of school.

They will also learn to feel confident in what they have to say and express to others. The fire station, police station, parking garage and hospital will be a great addition to the houses that we have in the classroom. It gives a three dimensional feel to their cities and towns, whether they include people, animals or dinosaurs.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

18 students impacted 1 donor

Project tagged as

Brooklyn, NY
Grades PreK-2
Civics & Government
Character Education
Traditional School
Supplies
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Ms. Lee PS 251 Paerdegat Grades PreK-2

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.

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More than three‑quarters of 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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Gas Station • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

Fire Station • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

Rescue Center • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

Parking Garage • Kaplan Early Learning Company $85.96 1 $85.96

Airport • Kaplan Early Learning Company $38.66 1 $38.66

Materials cost			$214.80
Vendor shipping charges			$25.78
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.22
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$278.80
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$41.66
Total project goal			$320.46
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$320.46
1 Donor			-$320.46
Donations toward project cost			-$278.80
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$41.66
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Let's Hear It for the Boys

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