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Ms. Ahern from Lawrence, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Ahern's classroom raised $555

Cooking Up Some Learning

My students need a visual cookbook, the Look and Cook curriculum for individuals with special needs, a blender/food processor and a mini-kitchen.

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Ms. Ahern North Commons Educational Complex
Lawrence, MA Grades 9-12

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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.

Our class is a small, intensive classroom for high school students with multiple or significant disabilities. We currently have five students, with a variety of physical, medical, developmental and communication challenges. These students might have autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome or a rare chromosomal disorder. They are bussed from two states to receive highly specialized educational and therapeutic services to meet their special needs.

Our current classroom does not have a sink or access to any kind of kitchen, yet cooking activities are some of our favorite things to do. Cooking can teach how to follow directions, math and reading skills, safety skills, socialization and is an important life skill. However we are limited to small, no cook projects that aren't very messy because we do not have the equipment we would need for larger activities.

If our classroom had a mini kitchen (with a small stove and microwave), a food processor and recipe and cooking curriculum designed for students with disabilities we could use cooking more in our week. Through cooking we could learn about science (heat and cold, liquids and solids, states of matter), social studies (recipes from different cultures), math (measuring and time), reading (by following recipes), patience, safety, and so much more!

Your donation would put a mini-kitchen, a food processor and curriculum designed for special needs students to learn through cooking into our classroom. With these items you will make it possible for students with significant special needs to learn a plethora of skills.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

5 students impacted 6 donors
Ms. Ahern North Commons Educational Complex Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lawrence, MA View local requests 5 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mini Kitchen • Nasco $152.33 1 $152.33
Oster Blender and Food Processor • Nasco $68.85 1 $68.85
Look n Cook Package • Nasco $148.50 1 $148.50
Visual Recipes: A Cookbook for Non-Readers • Nasco $19.75 1 $19.75

Materials cost

$389.43

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.94

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$455.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.88

Total project goal

$554.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.88

4 Donors

-$535.29

Donations toward project cost

-$455.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.59

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 $0.00

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