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Mrs. Bletzer from Mattapan MA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Embrace the Mess!

My students need paper trays, bins, and craft organizers to help contain the mess during arts and crafts.

  • $458 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My classroom is full of students who are emergent bilingual learners. All of my students are learning English. My emergent bilingual learners are either recent arrivals or brand new to the country. My students bring a wide variety of cultures, languages, and experiences to the classroom in order to create a diverse learning environment.

In addition to learning English, my students are expected to expand their knowledge in order to reach the 2nd grade Common Core curriculum state standards.

My school is a small inclusive public school that is part of a large urban district where over 75% received free or reduced-price lunch.

My Project

A large part of our week is a time called studios. During studios, students have a choice of working at a discovery studio, research studio, writing and storytelling studio, building studio, and art studio. This is a critical time for my students to explore and deepen their learning in a creative and unique way.

Studios is also an important time for my emergent bilingual learners to develop their oral language and for all of my students to develop their social emotional learning by engaging with each other.

However, the art studio can get a little messy and the clean up time can detract from our learning time. If we have a more organized system with paper trays and craft organizers, my students will be able to keep track of their materials and clean up faster!

Mrs. Bletzer
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BX532 - Easy-Clean Craft Trays - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 5 $84.95
TG166 - Extra-Large Messy Mats - Set of 5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 5 $84.95
LM118 - Collage Center Trays - Set of 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 4 $79.96
Fun Express Classroom Storage Baskets with Handles • Amazon Business $21.99 2 $43.98
LL112RD - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112YE - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112RG - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112VT - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112GR - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL112BU - Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
LL131RD - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99
LL131RG - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99
LL131VT - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99
LL131YE - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99
LL131BU - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99
LL131GR - Lid for Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$353.72

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$389.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.65

Total project goal

$457.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$457.68

4 Donors

-$427.68

Donations toward project cost

-$363.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.15

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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$0.00

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