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Mrs. Schemm from Greenville, SC is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Future Engineers

Help me give my students playstix, 3-D magnetic builders, gear builders and other hands-on STEM manipulatives for our kindergarten classroom!

  • $568 goal

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Mrs. Schemm has another project! Donate to Every Child Counts: Multicultural Dolls for Kindergarten Hearts to help her classroom.

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Help Mrs. Schemm

Mrs. Schemm has another project! Donate to Every Child Counts: Multicultural Dolls for Kindergarten Hearts to help her classroom.

$305 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I teach in a high poverty school where a majority of our students receive free lunch and everyone receives free breakfast. Our population is very diverse and has changed considerably over the past ten years with an influx of lower-income and immigrant families. Housing in the area ranges from rental mobile home parks to luxury homes. Therefore, my students come from all different backgrounds, nationalities, and socio-economic levels, but in our classroom, we are all one big happy family! My students overcome obstacles every day from language barriers to essential needs, but they still come to school with a smile on their face.

My students walk into our classroom full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them!

We are a team and work together each and every day. My students are full of questions and great ideas and love hands-on learning! They make teaching so much fun! It is a blessing to spend each day with them! I want to make their kindergarten year as special as possible. To do that, I need your help!

My Project

Kindergarteners are hands-on learners. In a world of testing and sitting at desks; it’s easy to forget that they are five year olds! My children need these basic items for STEM bins in our classroom. These items will teach them to create by giving them tasks, such as building a bridge with playstix, creating a car with starbuilders, or building a tower with waffle builders. Children will improve the fine motor skills needed for learning to write. They will also be able to use their natural creativity to better their problem solving skills—all while having fun and working together! All of these things are necessities in a successful kindergarten classroom!

Mrs. Schemm Lake Forest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Greenville, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

22 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT185X - Lakeshore Manipulative Library 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
RA468 - 3-D Magnetic Builders - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $54.99 1 $54.99
DG546 - Magna-Tiles® - Starter Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $52.99 1 $52.99
BR569 - Clip & Create Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
TT127 - Gear Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
XW683 - Zoob® Building Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99
DB251 - Playstix® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$416.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$482.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.16

Total project goal

$567.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $567.74

13 Donors

-$482.74

Donations toward project cost

-$410.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.40

Matching donations from our partners

-$85.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$72.25

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.75

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