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Ms. Richardson from Buffalo, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning with Our Hands!

Help me give my students hands-on materials and activities that will help support their learning with a Color-Changing Light Center and a Light Table Manipulative Center!

  • $619 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students have proven in the past years that they are resilient and hard-working learners. We have seen our students go through many changes and hardships at school, home, and throughout their community, but that has not stopped them from continuing to learn and grow with us.

Though our school is diverse and we have many different cultures represented, many of our students are students of color from a low socioeconomic community.

I want our students to feel safe, loved, and comfortable with us and I am working hard on building a classroom just for them!

My Project

For many of my students, this year is their first time being in a classroom due to Covid. Previous to this most students have either had to learn at home through the computer or did not have satisfactory learning experiences for various reasons. We want to make up for this and give our students a Kindergarten experience they won't forget!

Many students' favorite experiences in Kindergarten are when they are able to use their hands to manipulate items which students can do with items such as a light table or sensory bin!

Research has shown that students of all ages are able to learn and understand concepts better when they are doing a hands-on activity. I want to support my students as much as I can to set them up for future academic success!

Ms. Richardson Buffalo Academy of Science 2 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.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Buffalo, NY View local requests

More than half 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA803 - Play Explore Color-Changing Light Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 1 $379.00
LC590X - Light Table Manipulative Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $109.00 1 $109.00

Materials cost

$488.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$525.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.70

Total project goal

$618.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $618.02

7 Donors

-$518.02

Donations toward project cost

-$440.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.70

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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 $0.00

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