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Mrs. Cyr from Van Buren, ME is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Back to Reality Escape Room Fun!

Help me give my students the tools to create and experience interactive lessons that will keep them engaged and excited about learning. The locks and combinations are all part of the escape room fun!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Cyr's classroom raised $341

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is one that is small-knit but in a high-poverty community. Many of my students have so many strikes against them, and education is vital for them to break the cycle and be successful in school and in life.

School is supposed to be a safe place for learning, but keeping them engaged is a struggle when they have other, more important issues on their minds.

Finding activities that engage students while they learn at the same time is important to keeping them in school, bringing attendance up, as well as helping them show proficiency in specific standards. Please help my students have fun learning.

My Project

These supplies, color printer, padlocks, and lock boxes, will help to create team-building activities that will get them all working together. This class has struggled with cooperation and collaboration, so working together as a team to get to the ultimate goal will hopefully help to strengthen those skills and rebuild their sense of community in the classroom.

Students will need to solve clues together and progress to the next steps in order to solve the mystery that creates the Escape Room.

The activities are themed for specific purposes, such as the beginning of the year collaboration and strengthing their skills in math, language arts, health, science, and geography. After all is said and done, students will have worked together as a team, solved multi-step problems themed in the area of the curriculum that they are working in, and will have learned something while having fun.

Mrs. Cyr Van Buren Elementary School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than 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 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon TS5120 Wireless All-In-One Printer with Scanner and Copier: Mobile and Tablet Printing, with Airprint(TM) and Google Cloud Print compatible, Black • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Jssmst 14–Inch Portable Tool Box Small, Multi-Purpose Durable Metal Toolbox Black, JS-TB 14 • Amazon Business $18.40 2 $36.80
Invisible Pens Come in 3 INK COLORS! - Kids Party Toy Markers - Disappearing Ink Pens with UV Dark Light on Keychain - Awesome Stuff for Secret Message Writing - A Magic Secret Agent Spy Pen! • Amazon Business $9.98 2 $19.96
Vaultz Medicine Case with Combination Lock, 8.25 x 5 x 2.5 Inches, Black (VZ00361) • Amazon Business $9.84 2 $19.68
Wordlock PL-004-BK 5-Dial Combination Padlock, Black • Amazon Business $9.30 2 $18.60
Master Lock 653D Set Your Own Combination Padlock, 1 Pack, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $8.91 2 $17.82
Master Lock 1500iD Set Your Own Directional Combination Padlock, 1 Pack, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $7.98 2 $15.96
Invasion of the Overworld: Book One in the Gameknight999 Series: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure • Amazon Business $6.64 2 $13.28
Small Cash Box with Key Lock, Decaller Portable Metal Money Box with Double Layer & 2 Keys for Security, Blue, 6 1/5" x 5" x 3", QH1502XS • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Master Lock Padlock, Covered Aluminum Lock, 1-9/16 in. Wide, Blue, 142DCM • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Decaller Small Cash Box with Key Lock, Portable Metal Money Box with Double Layer & 2 Keys for Security, Pink, 6 1/5" x 5" x 3", QH1506XS • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
TaoTronics Black Light, 12 LEDs 395nm UV Blacklight Flashlights Detector for Pets Urine and Stains with 3 Free AAA Batteries • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
American Lock Lockout Hasp, Vinyl Coated Steel Hasp, 1 in. Jaw Clearance, ALO80 • Amazon Business $3.43 2 $6.86

Materials cost

$243.22

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$12.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$289.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.01

Total project goal

$340.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$340.04

1 Donor

-$171.00

Donations toward project cost

-$145.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.65

match offer

-$169.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$143.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.36

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$0.00

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