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
Menu
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

Ms. Rix’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Roots International Academy
  • Oakland, CA
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4788045 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Due to a wide range of family scenarios, my students often have difficulty getting to school, let alone arriving with a healthy and fueled mind and body. Many of my students come hungry and although our school provides breakfast and lunch, my students often opt out. They rarely eat lunch because many of them do not have the means to bring food from home. Due to district-wide insufficient funds, our cafeteria is forced to serve low-quality and exclusively pre-packaged and processed food. My students often go without eating unless I can provide a snack/s throughout the day. I can usually encourage a few of them to get something for breakfast, but in these first few weeks of school, I have also been supplementing that with fresh fruit and/or granola bars out of my own pocket because I believe basic nutrition is foundational for success. Denying our bodies of proper nutrition only allows for disengagement, restlessness, anxiety, and possible outbursts of anger, all of which do not promote learning. My one wish for my boys is that they find success in life, whatever that means for them. Please consider donating to this project to help me provide my amazing students with healthy fuel for their minds and bodies!

About my class

Due to a wide range of family scenarios, my students often have difficulty getting to school, let alone arriving with a healthy and fueled mind and body. Many of my students come hungry and although our school provides breakfast and lunch, my students often opt out. They rarely eat lunch because many of them do not have the means to bring food from home. Due to district-wide insufficient funds, our cafeteria is forced to serve low-quality and exclusively pre-packaged and processed food. My students often go without eating unless I can provide a snack/s throughout the day. I can usually encourage a few of them to get something for breakfast, but in these first few weeks of school, I have also been supplementing that with fresh fruit and/or granola bars out of my own pocket because I believe basic nutrition is foundational for success. Denying our bodies of proper nutrition only allows for disengagement, restlessness, anxiety, and possible outbursts of anger, all of which do not promote learning. My one wish for my boys is that they find success in life, whatever that means for them. Please consider donating to this project to help me provide my amazing students with healthy fuel for their minds and bodies!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4788045,"teacherId":4788045,"teacherName":"Ms. Rix","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4788045_272x272.png?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1505403232924","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21002504,"followAbout":"Ms. Rix's projects","teacherVerify":331641316,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Rix","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4788045","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4788045","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":3,"numSupporters":29},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.