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Mrs. Seow from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring Creative Thinking With Legos

My students need legos to inspire creative and critical thinking skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Seow's classroom raised $271

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school serves students from K-5 in a low income neighborhood, where funds are limited not only in the school budget but also in our families' budgets. The majority of the students we serve are of African-American descent, with a growing population of those classified as special needs. They strive to be the best and work hard with limited supplies.

In our school we learn to be flexible and to work with our limited resources.

Our students deserve more and deserve the same opportunities as their peers throughout the nation.

My Project

This donation of Legos will be used in our after school program. The Legos will be used as part of a Lego Quest Challenge that we would like to join.

When building with Legos it will promote good Listening, Reflection, Self-Expression, and Critical-Thinking Skills.

This program is meant to happen at least once a week with our 2nd graders. Not only will it promote the above skills but will also help with some fine motor skills, communication, and promote sharing among the students.

The Lego Quest Challenge has students once a week complete a challenge for 51 weeks. They request a scenario such as Create a Car, Earth day, and then they would share what they have built and we would add in a writing section to describe what they have built.

Mrs. Seow Thurgood Marshall Lower School Grades PreK-2

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 • Amazon Business $55.99 2 $111.98
LEGO Young Builders Bricks & More Set #10682 Creative Suitcase • Amazon Business $84.69 1 $84.69

Materials cost

$196.67

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$229.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.52

Total project goal

$270.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$270.14

4 Donors

-$256.62

Donations toward project cost

-$229.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.52

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$0.00

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