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
Remember your first childhood friend and how much fun you had together? Do you remember how he or she made an impact on you for possibly the rest of your life? Now imagine you have a disability, and you have limited opportunities to make friends and develop meaningful relationships.
Many of my special needs students long for friendships with children of their own age but do not have opportunities to interact with typically developing children.
Students in my classroom have varying disabilities such as autism, intellectual disabilities, orthopedic impairments, and vision and hearing impairments. Most of my students are nonverbal and cannot express their feelings. But spend one minute with any one of these special children and you will no doubt know that they do have feelings, and they love interactions with other children.
My Project
What better way to get typically developing and special needs students together than with music and dance?! Every child loves music and can participate by feeling the beat. Music and dance is the perfect combination to bring children of all abilities together.
With this project funded, we will be able to have one hour of professional dance instruction from DJ Ron Howard. He is a local music enthusiast who teaches simple yet interactive dance steps that include all children. Some dances will be with a partner, some with the whole group, but all the dances are designed to promote inclusion, no matter the children's abilities.
Funding this project will help my students engage in physical activity in a fun and interactive way.
They will also have opportunities to develop inclusive friendships with their same age peers as dance buddies. These buddies help provide positive role models and peer modeling for my students with disabilities. Dancing with DJRon will benefit not only my students but the whole school as this project promotes friendships among all children, no matter their abilities.
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
Ron Howard
(DJ Ron Howard is a special education enthusiast who loves to teach dance steps to special needs students. Ron will come spend an hour with both our 20 special needs students and our 20 general education students in our Junior Buddy club to promote inclusion and foster friendships as he teaches these children fun and interactive dances. )
$150.00
Visitor cost
$150.00
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.25
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$182.25
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$32.16
Total project goal
$214.41
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$214.41
5 Donors
-$107.21
Donations toward project cost
-$91.13
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$16.08
match offer
-$107.20
Match offer toward project cost
-$91.12
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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