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Ms. Maraio from New York, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cooking Up Social Skills Part 2

My students need a refrigerator for our cooking social group.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Maraio's classroom raised $237

This project is fully funded

My Students

Every child is gifted, they just unwrap their packages at different times. “If you've met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism,” Dr. Stephen Shore.

This is true of my students.

My six students are all on the autism spectrum and have many different needs concerning communication, behavior, and sensory. My goal is to teach my students how to communicate to the best of their ability and to socialize with their peers while focusing on academics and daily living skills. I push them to be as independent as they can be in all aspects of their lives.

My Project

This project combines social skills, health education, speech and language activities, math skills, daily living skills, and home economics. This refrigerator will be used in conjunction with materials my students received from the first part of this project, Cooking Up Social Skills, which included cooking utensils, an oven, and griddle. We will be cooking for members of our school staff and need the refrigerator to store food items once they are purchased from the store. The students will create menus, go shopping, cook, deliver food, and collect money for breakfast food ordered by the staff in our school.

By donating to this project you will be giving my students the opportunity to build on their social skills as well as their communication and money skills.

Making my students as independent as possible is the goal of my classroom.

Ms. Maraio P138M @ P380M Grades 3-5

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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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More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Danby Compact 3.1-Cubic feet 2 Door Refrigerator • Quill.com $168.29 1 $168.29

Materials cost

$168.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$200.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.44

Total project goal

$236.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $236.25

3 Donors

-$235.36

Donations toward project cost

-$200.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

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 $0.00

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