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Mrs. Torres from Sacramento, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kinder Essentials - Easel and Letters!

Help me give my students an easel and magnetic letters for more engaging, hands-on learning experiences!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Torres's classroom raised $599

This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

What happens in Kindergarten... lasts a lifetime! Kindergarten is where children develop the primary skills that form the foundation of reading, computations, and social and emotional learning. It is important to create and build optimal environments for learning and growing!

My students love being in charge of their own learning and are eager to grow!

I teach at a low-income, Title I school with diverse populations; the school is also one of the most diverse schools in the nation! They come to school every morning eager to learn and always give their best effort.

My Project

As the year has just begun, I quickly noticed that my classroom is lacking an awesome easel! Our current easel that was in the room previously has broken wheels and broken hinges so the easel won't open. The students and I will be using this easel and magnetic letters to model letters and have students actively engaged in word building. This also plays a role in building their phonemic awareness, phonics skills, and sight word recognition. The easel will also be used to hold big books that are read to the class in whole group and small group for guided and shared readings. The whiteboard can also be used for solving math problems and modeling writing for my students.

This easel will increase student engagement and academic achievement in all content areas!

By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement! The easel and letters will . not only reach this year's students, but many many years of students to come.

Mrs. Torres American Lakes School Grades PreK-2

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.

Sacramento, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LM520 - All-Purpose Mobile Teaching Easel - Elementary • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
LC926 - Classroom Magnetic Letters Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $44.99 1 $44.99
LC177 - Giant Magnetic Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
LC176 - Giant Magnetic Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$432.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.84

Total project goal

$598.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$598.91

2 Donors

-$545.07

Donations toward project cost

-$509.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$53.84

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$0.00

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