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.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Gawlik's Classroom Edit display name

  • Smith Elementary School
  • Aurora, IL
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Gawlik a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Gawlik's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Gawlik a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Gawlik can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/3575415 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Change classroom photo
My students are full of enthusiasm and wonder. Many of them have a very difficult time sitting still during their learning. I began the year knowing this because I looped with them. This means I taught them in second grade last year. Since I knew this I decided to begin the year in a different fashion. I created an open classroom. This means there are not traditional desks for students. Instead there are comfy chairs, like you may find in your living room. There are beanbags, carpet squares, bar stools, wiggle chairs, papasan chairs,pillows, and benches throughout the room. The students choose their best learning style. Some lay down, some stand, some sit. It is their choice all day. This has been an amazing success! Many of my students come from poverty and have very difficult home lives. They come to school hungry, distraught , and tired. My room offers a safe haven for them. They can come in and feel safe, secure, and loved. It is much like a home for them.

About my class

My students are full of enthusiasm and wonder. Many of them have a very difficult time sitting still during their learning. I began the year knowing this because I looped with them. This means I taught them in second grade last year. Since I knew this I decided to begin the year in a different fashion. I created an open classroom. This means there are not traditional desks for students. Instead there are comfy chairs, like you may find in your living room. There are beanbags, carpet squares, bar stools, wiggle chairs, papasan chairs,pillows, and benches throughout the room. The students choose their best learning style. Some lay down, some stand, some sit. It is their choice all day. This has been an amazing success! Many of my students come from poverty and have very difficult home lives. They come to school hungry, distraught , and tired. My room offers a safe haven for them. They can come in and feel safe, secure, and loved. It is much like a home for them.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":3575415,"teacherId":3575415,"teacherName":"Mrs. Gawlik","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3575415_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1481815215080","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20762805,"followAbout":"Mrs. Gawlik's projects","teacherVerify":1129626870,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Gawlik","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/3575415","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=3575415","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":6,"numSupporters":27},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}