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Mrs. Pereira from Holualoa, HI is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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1st Graders Returning to Hands-on Learning

Help me give my students quality classroom resources and materials to make an easy transition from distance learning to in-person, hands-on, student-centered learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Pereira's classroom raised $985

This project is fully funded

My Students

First grade is such a special grade, especially this year. Think back to your first grade teacher, your first grade classroom, and your first grade peers. It's a school year that sticks with us through the years, and impacts the way that we learn for the rest of our lives. These first graders have never had a "normal" year due to the impact of COVID-19. They started kindergarten in the midst of a global pandemic, and that is all they have ever had the chance to know.

My 1st graders are eager to jump into learning, but these special circumstances have created special needs.

These kids deserve all of the best materials and resources to help make up for lost time. They deserve a special space where they can take risks and get lost in the magic of learning. Many of my students families have been impacted by the global pandemic. They have had to live through financial and medical crisis. Many of my students' parents lost jobs or were forced to choose between staying home with them to help with distance learning, or going back to work. Providing these resources to my students will help to close the gap.

My Project

Our students have been through so much in the past two years. These first graders have never been able to experience a "normal" year. They have been deprived of a typical in-person learning environment. They have had to sit in their homes on a computer using GoogleMeet, online programs, and doing basic paper and pencil activities for the first year of their formal schooling.

These resources will help our students transition from distance learning to in-person learning as we return to a hands-on student-centered classroom.

My students do not yet know the joy of sitting around the carpet to do morning meetings or listen to a read aloud story. They have not yet had the opportunity to use STEM bins to create and engineer things of their imaginations, with the help of a classmate. They are adjusting to sitting in plastic chairs with limited wiggle room for a full school day. They are learning to write on a worksheet for the very first time. These resources will help provide our students with everything they have missed during our time in distance learning. They will also support our students in adjusting to being back in school. We can anticipate some anxiety and uncertainty in our students as these first graders have never gone to in-person school. These items will help alleviate some of that anxiety and make our classroom welcoming and exciting.

Mrs. Pereira Holualoa Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

25 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP309 - Calming Colors<sup>&reg;</sup> A Place for Everyone Carpet for 30 Kids - 9 x 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
LC511GR - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97
LC362 - The Butterfly Nursery • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
SE581 - Rainbow Liquid Sensory Viewers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
DB251 - Playstix<sup>&reg;</sup> • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
TH4530 - Pattern Blocks Design Cards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99

Materials cost

$765.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$836.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.66

Total project goal

$984.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $984.38

1 Donor

-$984.38

Donations toward project cost

-$836.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$147.66

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