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Mrs. Aguilar from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Courageous Kids

My students need the circuit resources, post-its, game boards and card stock to enhance their parent involvement in their education.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Aguilar's classroom raised $920

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

Our school consists of over 700 students in preschool through fifth grade. Almost 90% of our population is considered low income and qualifies for free lunch. Our school represents a wide range of cultures.

My students are newcomers from another country and struggling readers that come to the learning center on a daily basis to receive extra support in language development and reading.

Although they struggle to read independently, they enjoy read-alouds and shared readings where they are able to engage in rich discussions that lead towards making connection, partner sharing, retelling stories or sharing newly learned knowledge with their peers through different collaborative groupings.

My Project

For the last two months, I have been trying to motivate my students to become active learners because they had pretty much given up on themselves. Therefore, I had students read about “Courageous kids” such as Iqbal, a Pakistanian slave, who spoke against child labor and Alexandra Scott, a four year old who began a lemonade stand to raise money to find a cure for cancer. After completing the unit, my students were inspired! As they compared themselves to the children, they felt empowered and also wanted to make a difference. Therefore, my project will focus on the following: In class we started our parent engagement project where they’re writing about what they will be advocating for, how they will fundraise and how will their parents support them in this project. I will use the binding combs to create a book with their written work. Students will take them home and use the sticky notes to write about their experience. I will ask them to take pictures so that in class we can add them to the book and use the Cricut to make designs for each page that they fill.

This project is important because my students will apply what they learn in class to real life skills.

More importantly, their parents will be involved as they help them reach out to the community, build anything they might need, help them create flyers to get in contact with local leaders and get others involved in advocating for what their children find important. Currently, some of the projects consist of finding homes for pets, feeding the homeless, and feeding birds.

Mrs. Aguilar Ricardo Lizarraga Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Explore Air 2 Machine Bundle Vinyl, Transfer Paper, Designs & Guide • Amazon Business $269.99 1 $269.99
HP 305A Black Toner Cartridge (CE410A) • Quill.com $74.99 2 $149.98
Darice GX220002 Coordination Value Cardstock, 8.5 by 11-Inch, Black Cat, 50-Pack • Amazon Business $8.65 5 $43.25
Oracal 651 Starter Pack 61 Glossy Self Adhesive Vinyl Sheets, 12" x 12" • Amazon Business $36.00 1 $36.00
Post-it Super Sticky 4" x 4" Line-Ruled Rio De Janiero Notes 6 Pads/Pack • Quill.com $11.30 3 $33.90
Post-it Super Sticky 4" x 4" Line-Ruled Recycled Bali Notes 6 Pads/Pack • Quill.com $11.30 3 $33.90
Post-it 3" x 5" Line-Ruled Cape Town Notes 5 Pads/Pack • Quill.com $11.04 3 $33.12
Metallic Marker Pens Set of 10 Assorted Brilliant Colors Value Set for Adults and Kids. • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Cricut Decorate! Celebrate! Cartridge • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Post-it Super Sticky 8" x 6" Line Ruled Assorted Rio De Janiero Meeting Notes 4 Pads/Pack • Quill.com $14.44 1 $14.44
Post-it 3" x 3" Line-Ruled Cape Town Notes 6 Pads/Pack • Quill.com $11.04 1 $11.04
Fellowes Plastic Comb Binding Spines, 1/4 Inch Diameter, Black, 20 Sheets, 100 Pack (52366) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Fellowes Plastic Comb Binding Spines, 3/8 Inch Diameter, Black, 55 Sheets, 100 Pack (52325) • Amazon Business $4.65 1 $4.65

Materials cost

$679.23

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $62.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$781.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.92

Total project goal

$919.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $919.49

1 Donor

-$5.00

Donations toward project cost

-$5.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$913.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$776.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$137.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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