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Ms. Downs from Georgetown, DE is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Handwriting is Important!

Help me give my students these neat items to improve our handwriting skills!

  • $299 goal

This project expired on October 1, 2025.

This project expired on October 1, 2025.

My Project

Each year I get a handful of students who are ready to begin their school life journey. They start off in my room getting familiar with new faces and begin meeting new friends. Then we move onto learning about our classroom rules and touring the center! This is where the fun begins! Every center has slowly been getting enhanced from fellow donators who contribute to projects here on donors choose. I appreciate everything and everyone who has helped build my classroom over the years. Now onto why I have chosen these items. Our writing center is very tiny. It actually does not exist in my room. This current/past school year my students have not visited the center once. They neglected it. Of course the size of the center is tiny. Its just a small shelf area with some paper and a few alphabet flash cards.

This coming school year, I want a writing center that encourages the child to want to come over and engage with a friend or two!

I am asking for a double sided table top easel. One side of the easel is a dry erase board that's magnetic for those letters that usually stick on a refrigerator door. On the other side is a flannel board. This would be beneficial because we could velcro some vocabulary words to encourage writing! Another item I have asked for is a letter construction set (mainly trying to get the boys to enjoy the writing center just as much as the girls)! This set will encourage students to "build" the letters using straight lines and curvy lines.

I want to see my children thrive, and I feel like these items will encourage them to want to explore the writing center. Thank you and have a great summer!

Ms. Downs Howard T Ennis School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Georgetown, DE View local requests 15 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Learning Resources Double-Sided Tabletop Easel, 19-3/4"H, Magnetic Whiteboard (LER7286) • Quill.com $58.99 1 $58.99
Construct-A-Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
hand2mind Magnetic Activity Tray Dry-Erase Whiteboards, 9.5" x 13", 6/Set (96157) • Quill.com $34.91 1 $34.91
Crayola Jumbo Crayons - Set of 16 • Blick Art Materials $6.59 5 $32.95
Trace & Write Alphabet Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$206.83

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$253.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.80

Total project goal

$298.68

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