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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Glass Giving For All!

Help me give my students glass plates, paper bowls, and mod podge, to create beautifully designed plates for their families.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Melissa Smith's classroom raised $547

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are amazing! They surprise me each and every day and keep me learning more for them. We seriously have some of the best students in our small-town elementary school.

My students are always ready to try something new and because of that, I want to be a better teacher every day.

I want to grow with them!

Our school is over 60% free or reduced-price lunch recipients, but together our community, parents, and staff work to get us everything we need. I am so grateful to have wonderful people like you also partnering with us to help get our students everything they so deserve.

My Project

Our students are ALL artists, they love to create! Our students are also very giving, and would give a gift every week if they could.

We have 75 third grade students who would like to create a gift for their families this year.

Every year we try to do this project, but in recent years the glass plates have gotten very expensive. We would love to continue to do this project because giving is a wonderful life skill for our students to learn.

These glass plates are fun and exciting to create. Each plate is covered with tissue paper that our students pick out. Some are multi-colored while others are single colored. We love how each plate is unique and has a different pattern. If you look at my picture, you'll see these designs. Our students are so creative! I also love as they talk to each other and praise each other for their awesome designs.

This project lights up our students eyes and is a perfect gift to give to their families during the holiday season. These plates are simply amazing to see! By donating you are not only allowing our students to be creative and giving, you are also giving a wonderful gift to their families. It is a practical way for our classroom to connect to our community.

Mrs. Melissa Smith Spooner 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.

Spooner, WI View local requests

More than half 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

75 students impacted 35donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Anchor Hocking 10-Inch Presence Dinner Plate, Set of 12 • Amazon Business $39.99 8 $319.92
Plaid Mod Podge Gallon Gloss Finish Decoupage • Quill.com $65.46 1 $65.46
Notions Mod Podge Extreme Glitter Finish 8 Oz. • Quill.com $7.73 3 $23.19
Dixie Ultra Pathways Heavy-Weight Paper Bowl 12 oz., 125/Pack (SXB12WS) • Quill.com $11.89 1 $11.89
Plaid:Craft Mod Podge Large Mod Mold, 7 1/2" x 3 3/4", Alphabet • Quill.com $7.64 1 $7.64

Materials cost

$428.10

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$464.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.97

Total project goal

$546.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$546.49

30 Donors

-$444.87

Donations toward project cost

-$441.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.30

match offer

-$27.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$22.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$74.62

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$0.00

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