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

Mrs. Hart Smith’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Hart Smith 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. Hart Smith's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Hart Smith 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. Hart Smith can use on her next classroom project.

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/mrshartsmith

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
I teach only writing, and I try to incorporate technology as often as possible in my classroom. We usually write with iPads, but any time I ask students to take out their pencils, the hands go up. "I need a pencil." I will never refuse my students a pencil, even though I will likely not get that pencil back. Anything I can do to ease the burden of students' daily life contributes to their success. Sometimes a pencil is the only thing that my students need to start class, but other times the need runs deeper--a hug, a private conversation, or food. As educators, we must meet our students' needs in order to reach them academically. Even a pencil, something that I think nothing of in my daily life, has the ability to move students out of a learning gap and into success.

About my class

I teach only writing, and I try to incorporate technology as often as possible in my classroom. We usually write with iPads, but any time I ask students to take out their pencils, the hands go up. "I need a pencil." I will never refuse my students a pencil, even though I will likely not get that pencil back. Anything I can do to ease the burden of students' daily life contributes to their success. Sometimes a pencil is the only thing that my students need to start class, but other times the need runs deeper--a hug, a private conversation, or food. As educators, we must meet our students' needs in order to reach them academically. Even a pencil, something that I think nothing of in my daily life, has the ability to move students out of a learning gap and into success.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6922278,"teacherId":6922278,"teacherName":"Mrs. Hart Smith","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6922278_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1576709122638","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"mrshartsmith","teacherChallengeId":21520269,"followAbout":"Mrs. Hart Smith's projects","teacherVerify":-2105355127,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Hart Smith","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/mrshartsmith","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6922278","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":4,"numSupporters":15},"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.