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Dr. Pelafigue from New Orleans, LA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning To Read Starts With A B C...

My students need Alphabet Machines for Literacy Centers and Listen & Learn Letter Sounds for our Listening Center.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pelafigue's classroom raised $424

This project is fully funded

My Students

Can you imagine walking into a big, bright, beautiful kindergarten classroom on the first day of school and imagining all the possibilities for the year to come? That's what my students and I do every day. Outwardly, my classroom provides the safety, comfort and ideal setting for student learning!

Beyond our beautiful classrooms, the issues turn up.

Our school, still displaced in a temporary location following Hurricane Katrina, was never able to replace the materials we lost in the storm. The students entering my classroom never knew what school was like before August 29, 2005. The students coming in now enter with open minds and possibilities of the dreams they have of coming to school. They are eager and willing to learn. Their parents are engaged and want to be a part of their learning experience. I, as their teacher, want to provide them with the most effective, engaging, memorable kindergarten experience that I can! Unfortunately, my school district and I cannot do it alone. With budgeting downfalls, our children do not have the materials they need to be successful. That's where you come in!

My Project

Thanks to the generosity of others my students have a listening center in our classroom with headphones that enables them to listen and learn! Unfortunately though, we don't have anything new to listen to. For the past few years I've used Rock & Learn to teach my children specific skills at the listening center. Well that isn't working anymore and we need help! The Listen & Learn Letter Sound kit we are requesting will give my students interactive learning that would have them listening and writing. By using these skills together my students are sure to learn something new, fun, and exciting! They would be so energized and engaged at the listening center each and every day! We are also requesting Alphabet Machines to use in centers with the students who need even more intervention with learning their letters and sounds. Without these foundational skills it is very difficult to teach students to read. These tools could put us even closer to our ultimate goal!

They say it takes a village to raise a child.

I say it takes an exciting activity and an engaging classroom to teach a child. Be a part of our village! Help us to have meaningful activities in our classroom to promote reading and writing each and every day!

Dr. Pelafigue Pierre A Capdau Charter Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

New Orleans, LA 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

25 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ZZ432 - The Alphabet Machine • Lakeshore Learning $19.99 5 $99.95
JJ131 - Listen & Learn Letter Sounds Activity Program • Lakeshore Learning $199.00 1 $199.00

Materials cost

$298.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$359.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.46

Total project goal

$423.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $423.05

1 Donor

-$423.05

Donations toward project cost

-$359.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.46

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