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Mrs. Polo Oates from El Paso, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning the Alphabet!

Help me give my students Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs and their storage rack, please!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Polo Oates's classroom raised $297

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

My school has five hundred and twenty-seven students and is a Title I school!

My first graders are full of energy and are ready to learn!

My students are always eager to want to know and learn more! They ask many questions, they talk a lot, they are curious and so much more! We are discovering, learning manners, social skills, academics, and tons more!

Most of our students are English language learners and the majority of our students qualify for the free or reduced-price lunch program.

My Project

Learning the alphabet and its sounds is a huge part of learning how to read, new vocabulary, and write! I have many English Language Learners in my classroom and as an English Language Learner myself, I know the importance of being able to interact with a visual in order to know what something is and build vocabulary.

Having hands-on materials is extremely important for young learners!

Hands-on materials are essential in order to learn because they help with interacting and learning new vocabulary while learning the letter sounds and letter names.

I want to be able to provide my students with many hands-on materials as possible in order to help them learn the alphabet.

These teaching tubs will help my students identify and sort a variety of miniatures, play memory games and build vocabulary skills.

Mrs. Polo Oates Herrera Elementary 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.

El Paso, TX View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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
LC856 Alphabet Sounds Teaching Tubs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 1 $159.00
LA627 Teaching Tubs Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$218.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.52

Total project goal

$296.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$296.79

3 Donors

-$208.55

Donations toward project cost

-$188.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.03

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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