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Ms. Torres from Baldwin Park, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Celebrating My Students Through Snail Mail

Help me give my students a sense of community and connection with personal letters sent through the mail! I am asking for paper, envelopes, and stamps to continue communicating and celebrating my students!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Torres's classroom raised $293

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 are largely low income and immigrants. Our school is a Title I school, which speaks to the degree of my students' poverty, where over 90% of my students receive free or reduced-price lunch.

As a teacher in a high poverty, largely Latinx, public urban school, I have the added challenge of developing and fostering a high learning environment in my classes with students who may have been conditioned to believe they can't achieve because of our community's poverty.

One of the hardest parts of this new (distance) learning situation is the lack of constancy. We left school on a Friday, thinking we would be back in a week, and had distance learning for months. And now we will continue distance learning for the next semester. I'm starting the school year, not ever seeing or knowing my students in person. As a teacher, I need to provide my students with as much stability as I can even in these uncertain times. I truly believe its my job. Especially with all of the uncertainty of the last and next few months.

My Project

My students are special and I want them to always feel that way. So much of teaching is about relationship building and celebrating students on a daily basis! This is hard to do when we are social-distancing and learning virtually! Every one of my students learns in a different way, and each of them is profoundly unique. They may be grouped in the same classroom, but they are not the same. I really want to get to know them better, thereby establishing a personal rapport through letter writing. Letter writing during this time allows me the opportunity to connect with them. These materials allow me to send letters, and a birthday celebration.

Snail mail will be especially important for celebrating their special days and birthdays during this time of social distancing and quarantine.

Ms. Torres Sierra Vista High School Grades 9-12

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.

Baldwin Park, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Military Working Dogs U.S. Postage Stamps Sheet of 20 Forever Postage Stamps Scott 4508B $17.99 4 $71.96
Holiday Wreaths Book of 20 Forever US First Class Postage Stamps Christmas Tradition Celebration (20 Stamps) $17.95 4 $71.80
100 Pack A4 Envelopes - 4.25 x 6.25 Inches - Square Flap Photo Envelopes - Invitation Envelopes for Wedding Invitations - 100GSM, Assorted Colors $11.99 2 $23.98
American Greetings Single Panel Blank Cards with Envelopes, Rainbow (200-Count) - 5503990 $15.45 1 $15.45
Neenah Creative Collection Specialty Cardstock Starter Kit, 12" x 12", 65 lb, 18-Color Assortment, 72 Sheets (46408-02) $7.29 2 $14.58

Materials cost

$197.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$248.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.91

Total project goal

$292.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $292.75

3 Donors

-$145.06

Donations toward project cost

-$125.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.51

match offer

-$145.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.29

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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