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Ms. Baldyga from Hartford, CT is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I See My Students

Help me give my students the most incredibly important gift of knowing that they are seen.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Baldyga's classroom raised $351

This project is fully funded

My Project

I love the eclectic group of students that I am lucky enough to work with in my school. My students come from so many different backgrounds, in so many different towns, and bring so many different cultures with them.

I see my students, and I want them to know that they are seen.

These decorative wall-hangings, from the Radical Tea Towel company, will help beautify and personalize our classroom, will serve as a visual notice to my students that they are seen. When we read articles and essay prompts that make reference to these famous ideas, events and people, now I can point to the Radical Tea Towels and use them as a visual connection in our lessons. When my students walk into or past my classroom and can make a connection with these ideas, events and people, they will know that they are entering a safe space where they are seen as individuals with unique backgrounds. Please help me decorate our classroom so that my students are more culturally comfortable.

Ms. Baldyga University High School Science & Engineerng Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Hartford, CT View local requests

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

400 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LGBTQ+ Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
W.E.B. du Bois Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
John Muir Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Mahatma Gandhi Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Cesar Chavez Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Confucius Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Nelson Mandela Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Mary Wollstonecraft Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
A Woman Registered to Vote Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Feminism Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Desmond Tutu Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00
Maya Angelou Tea Towel • Radical Tea Towel $22.00 1 $22.00

Materials cost

$264.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$297.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.58

Total project goal

$350.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$350.54

2 Donors

-$340.54

Donations toward project cost

-$289.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.08

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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$0.00

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