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Ms. Leon from Chicago IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Last Minute Wishes!

Help me give my students last minute fidgets and scissors to help with final projects!

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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.

My Project

I want my students to engage more in the Spanish classroom by making materials more accessible and relevant to their lives. The basic supplies like scissors will allow my students to finish their projects as our class set of scissors have now gone dull!

It is my goal to foster a classroom community that teaches students the importance of understanding, respecting, and working with diverse groups of people.

A lot of my assignments are immersive and many of my students do not have the means to procure basic art supplies like scissors. Through my teaching style, having something that could help them fully focus on like a fidget toy, could help them with auditory learning styles. These fidget toys have helped in the past create a more focused environment and have caused little to no distractions to their peers as well. Using an interactive notebook, students are in need of gluing, cutting with scissors, and coloring in order to create their very own textbooks that they get to keep for their foreign language career! Styling and individualizing things is very key for their age group, so having materials for them to style and decorate their own versions of the notebooks lets them take ownership of the notebook and invest in their future passions. These notebooks are completely catered towards my students individually and truly help boost their confidence in tackling a new language.

It is imperative for our students to make their experience in our classrooms relatable to their own lives and help them make connections to foster more open and caring environments that are different from those within our city limits. By having all of these resources available soon, I believe my students can gain the first steps towards engaging in real-world learning.

Ms. Leon
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Slow Rising Stress Ball 24 Pack, Stretchy Fidget Ball for Anxiety Stress Relief, Hand Therapy Sensory Squishy Ball, Pull Stretch Fidget Toy for Students, Classroom Prize Box Toys • Amazon Business $31.30 2 $62.60
ECR4Kids Kraft Edgers with Rotating Hardwood Rack, Decorative Scissors, Assorted, 18-Piece • Amazon Business $36.48 1 $36.48
80 Packs Wacky Tracks Fidget 24 Links Finger Sensory Snake Toys Bike Track Chain Toy Chain Fidget Toys Bulk Fidget Toys Snake for Kid Adult Stress Relief Party Classroom Home Travel Multi Color • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
Saxhorn Kids Scissors 5"(School Teacher Bulk Classroom Pack, 5 Inch)- Soft Touch Pointed School Student Scissors, Blunt, Assorted Colors (36) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Westcott School Scissor Caddy and 5-Inch Blunt Safety Scissors for Kids, Assorted, 24 Pack (14756) • Amazon Business $26.59 1 $26.59
20 PCS Multicolored Quiet Fidgets Toys for Unique Fidget Experience, Anti Anxiety Sensory Toys Combine into New Shapes, Brain Imagination Tools, Relax Therapy Educational Toy for Kids Boys Adults • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
rytopt 24 Pcs Stress Balls Fidget Toys Adults, Ice Cube Squeeze Toys - Square Squeeze Ball Sensory Toys for Autism - Stress Relief Toy Age 3 to Adult, Nice Cube Fidget Cube Squishy Toys • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$214.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.74

Total project goal

$291.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$291.59

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$291.59

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