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

We're a charity that makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Your gift is tax-deductible.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Upload a classroom photo

Ms. Hughes’ Classroom Edit display name

  • Encore Academy
  • New Orleans, LA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6771113 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
Many of the kids that I work with come to me during times of stress or crisis. This calm corner would give them a place to sit, relax, and use the fidgets to calm down enough to a place that they would be ready to talk to me about what is going on at that moment. These fidgets that come as accessories are just the things that my young kids love to play with, as they speak to make them feel more comfortable. The bean bag will also be a place that they want to actually come and sit and talk to me as it can be kind of scary to come speak to the school social worker at times. This calm corner would help all of my kids to relax and speak with me about the issues that they are having at school and at home. Thank you all for any help you can give!

About my class

Many of the kids that I work with come to me during times of stress or crisis. This calm corner would give them a place to sit, relax, and use the fidgets to calm down enough to a place that they would be ready to talk to me about what is going on at that moment. These fidgets that come as accessories are just the things that my young kids love to play with, as they speak to make them feel more comfortable. The bean bag will also be a place that they want to actually come and sit and talk to me as it can be kind of scary to come speak to the school social worker at times. This calm corner would help all of my kids to relax and speak with me about the issues that they are having at school and at home. Thank you all for any help you can give!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6771113,"teacherId":6771113,"teacherName":"Ms. Hughes","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21478495,"followAbout":"Ms. Hughes' projects","teacherVerify":-1895907982,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Hughes","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6771113","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6771113","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":2},"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 Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.

Shop a kid-affirming book bundle

Browse bundles of books that prominently feature Black, Arab, Asian, Indigenous, Latinx, and Pacific Islander characters, and the LGBTQ+ community. With each ColorPop book bundle purchased, $5 is donated to our Book Donation Fund, which brings identity-affirming books directly into public school classrooms.

Shop book bundles