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Mrs. Johnson from Dallas TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Inspiring Independent Kindergartners

My students need the cubby storage unit to independently store their materials necessary for learning daily.

  • $488 goal

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I am a kindergarten teacher and I teach all content areas. Our school is predominantly minority, consisting of students classified as 51% Hispanic and 48% African American and 1% other. We are also urban, low socioeconomic, 100% free lunch, and a priority school because of past low test scores.

Many of the students have experienced various difficulties in their life.

Additionally, most students entering my class have not been exposed to any formal education. We have a school-wide initiative to develop the mindset that "Excellence Begins with Me!" The first step to changing the students' mind-sets is helping them to realize college begins in kindergarten and no matter who you are you are college material.

My Project

One of my leading goals as a kindergarten educator is to encourage and develop independence. Our school is a relative old school with limited space and storage. It is my job to empower and assist my kindergartners to become independent young learners. The addition of the cubby storage unit will add the needed space for student to store their personal learning materials.

In developing independent learners, students learn to take control of their learning as well as their materials.

This very multipurpose unit makes it a possible to store students’ materials needed for learning in the classroom. The shelving unit will make it super easy for student to reach Have the cubby storage unit will allow the student to independently take charge of their learning materials for all subjects on a day to day basis. In addition, the cubby shelf will assist with developing a student-centered learning environment. The cubby storage unit will be place in a central location so that students will have accessibility from anywhere in the classroom.

Mrs. Johnson
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ166 - Classic Birch 20-Cubby Storage Unit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 1 $379.00

Materials cost

$379.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.18

Total project goal

$487.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$487.86

6 Donors

-$324.64

Donations toward project cost

-$281.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.35

Matching donations from our partners

-$156.93

Match offers toward project cost

-$133.39

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.29

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$0.00

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