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Mrs. Spence from South Bend IN is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It's Good to Have Goals!

Help me give my students two sturdy indoor/outdoor soccer goals for our school.

  • $2,663 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

My students are creative, hard-working, and strive to be their best selves at school. I teach at a school with high poverty levels where 81.4% of students receive free or reduced-rate lunch students. We are culturally diverse and have had a Dual-Language Immersion program since 2007. In grades, kindergarten through second grade, students have the option to learn in an environment where 50% of classroom instruction is taught in Spanish and 50% in English. Dual Language Immersion (DLI) teachers practice language separation to support language development goals. Standards-based academic content in both Spanish and English is taught and assessed in two languages throughout the school year.

As a teacher, I can't control what happens when students go home but as a school, we can ensure safety and a sense of belonging within the school walls.

Thank you for your support in making a difference!

My Project

Over the past year, I've noticed more and more children playing soccer at our school. In fact, soccer has become so popular that our school has started its first club sport in years- a fusball team. The children play soccer with any soccer ball they can find at school or from home and teach each other the rules and tricks of the game. Currently, the students are playing soccer with two trash cans as one goal and the other goal is imaginary.

With two soccer goals, the fusball soccer team can practice teamwork and coordination.

These soccer goals are sturdy and are safe enough to use outdoors or indoors when needed.

Mrs. Spence
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kwik Goal 4 x 6 Deluxe European Club Soccer Goal • DICK'S Sporting Goods $1,099.99 2 $2,199.98

Materials cost

$2,199.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,262.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$399.35

Total project goal

$2,662.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,662.33

23 Donors

-$1,300.28

Donations toward project cost

-$1,157.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$142.54

match offer

-$1,300.28

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,105.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$195.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.77

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 $0.00

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