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Using The Post Office For Communication

My students need magnetic dry erase boards, dry erase markers, a mailbox and a post office for our communication center. We also need a circle time teaching easel.

  • $529 goal

This project expired on August 27, 2012.

This project expired on August 27, 2012.

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Ms. Quinones Donald A Quarles Elementary School
Englewood, NJ Grades PreK-2

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.

My Students

Imagine being a kid and having your communication center turned into a post office? Wouldn't that just grab your attention.

I am a Pre-K Dual Language teacher teaching 33 kids.

We have two classes which we integrate throughout the day. My students spend an equal amount of time in both classes immersing themselves in both languages. Throughout the day they are partnered with a native Spanish speaker working to become proficient in both languages. Through this program they are able to learn about different cultures from their peers and they are able to appreciate firsthand the diversity within our community. We are a very diverse community in New Jersey, serving low-income families. My students come to school each day looking forward to engaging themselves in activities and working with materials that are not always available to them at home.

My Project

I started to notice that my students are not as interested in our communication center as they used to be. I want to bring life to the communication center. We have been learning about community helpers and they learned all about the mailman. Wouldn't it be great if my students would be able to dress up as the mailman and deliver the mail from the mailbox into the post office. I think that would inspire my students to want to go to the communication center and write more letters to our friends. It makes them feel important. They are playing the part, but they are also learning in the process. We need the magnetic white boards and dry erase markers so that they can go around the classroom and write down the words that they would like to bring back to the center so that they can write them in their letters. These boards and markers will also be used for small group literacy instruction with our magnetic letters.

This project will have a huge impact on our classroom because it will inspire my students to write.

These materials will not only be used in the communication center but they can be used to create activities for the library and for dramatic play as well.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

33 students impacted
Ms. Quinones Donald A Quarles Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Englewood, NJ View local requests

More than half 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

33 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR393 - Circle Time Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning $169.00 1 $169.00
EE427 - Classroom Post Office • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
LA215 - Classroom Mailbox • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95
BOARD MAGNETIC DRY ERASE UNLINED 9X12 PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $58.85 1 $58.85
MARKER DRY ERASE EXPO LOW ODOR CHISEL ASST PACK OF 16 • School Specialty Inc. $18.90 1 $18.90
ERASER STUDENT CLASS PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $12.34 1 $12.34

Materials cost

$398.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.01

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$448.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.23

Total project goal

$528.21

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