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Mr. Rutter from Chicago IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Is Not Just for Kids!

Help me give my students a KEVA Plank set to exercise their creativity in our school makerspace!

  • $519 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students attend an urban high school where 94% of students qualify for the federal lunch program. Many are first-generation Americans where English is not spoken in the home.

Our school motto is, "A block long and a worldwide." This speaks to the diversity of the student body and the idea that what they are learning has implications for our society as a whole and the world beyond.

Times are tough in urban education, and every penny donated will be put to good use.

This project seeks to fund a project for my Yearbook staff, who love to put their ideas into action.

My Project

High school students need to be able to move, create, and build. Often times, educators forget about the student experience. It is tough to sit all day and do purely academic work. Our school makerspace attempts to engage students in hands-on activities that spark their imagination.

Building gets students to think!

This KEVA Plank set of 1000 blocks for students will get them on their feet and activate their minds in a way that is different from the normal classroom routine. It will be a fun way to apply classroom learning (physics, engineering, math, and art) with an activity all students can do.

Mr. Rutter
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KEVA Maple: 1000 Plank Set with Bin • AKJ Education $404.96 1 $404.96

Materials cost

$404.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.83

Total project goal

$518.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $518.86

2 Donors

-$259.43

Donations toward project cost

-$220.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.91

match offer

-$259.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$220.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.91

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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