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Ms. Mextorf from Falls Church VA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Fidgeting Our Way to Focused

My students need books, fidget toys and a Cricut Machine to keep our room organized.

  • $560 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 an excited bunch who are always eager to learn new things.

While they all come from very different backgrounds and home lives, they are all the same in their dedication to school and learning.

My school resides in a neighborhood where many of the families are immigrants, and speak languages other than English. Many of my students enter school speaking little to no English, but are excited to learn the language. Their different cultures help to make my classroom a diverse learning space for all.

My Project

My students need to experience the wonderful things that have been accomplished by others. By providing them with well written, meaningful biographies, my students will explore this genre.

The Cricut Machine will allow my students an organized, functional and well-planned work environment.

The items that the Cricut can make will provide my students with a work space that can help them be as successful as possible.

The fidget toys will help my students stay focused during whole group and small group lessons. By allowing them an appropriate outlet, students will be receptive to new information, while still being stimulated in a way that they need.

Ms. Mextorf
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Explore Air 2 Machine • Amazon Business $199.99 1 $199.99
Satechi 7-Port USB Charging Station Dock for iPhone X, 8 Plus, 8, iPad Pro, Air, Mini, Samsung Galaxy S8, Nexus, HTC and more (Black) • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Charles Leonard Dry Erase Lapboard Class Pack, Includes 12 each of Whiteboards, 2 Inch Felt Erasers and Black Dry Erase Markers (35036) • Amazon Business $19.85 2 $39.70
H-Partner Relieves Stress and Increase Focus Bundle Sensory Twisted Squeeze Fidget Toys Set- Fidget Chain/Cube, Infinity Magic Cube/Ball, Liquid Motion Timer Ferrofluid Bottle (15 PACK) • Amazon Business $22.90 1 $22.90
Classic Fidget Sensory Toys Pack Set of 4, Office Stress/Anxiety Relief Stim Toys • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
I am Jim Henson (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.51 1 $12.51
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
I am Sacagawea (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.01 1 $12.01
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
I am Helen Keller (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece • Amazon Business $11.02 1 $11.02
I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
I am Harriet Tubman (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $9.47 1 $9.47
Rosa Parks: My Story • Amazon Business $5.34 1 $5.34

Materials cost

$439.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$475.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.98

Total project goal

$559.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$559.89

6 Donors

-$534.89

Donations toward project cost

-$454.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.23

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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$0.00

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