My students need a classroom kitchenette! This will allow us to learn Spanish from food demonstrations by bringing Hispanic women from our community into the classroom to share their culture.
Our school offers one language; Spanish. Our hopes are to make our limited language offering the best and most authentic experience possible. Our school serves students in grades 9-12 and provides rigorous academics and excellent teachers who do their best to teach the target language for real life application.
Mis estudiantes love hands-on activities and games for authentic learning.
They like unique learning environments that keep them on their toes. Our students are from a wide variety of economic situations, and many receive free and reduced lunches.
My Project
Our classroom is in need of a classroom kitchenette for cultural demonstrations. I love to bring in local Hispanic women from our community to teach our students (in Spanish!) how make famous and delicious Hispanic cuisine.
What do you remember about your high school language courses - the food!
These class days are not only important for our students, but they are also very beneficial for the Hispanic women, whom are parents of students within our community. It's beneficial for them to share their culture and gain confidence in our community. Since beginning these events, our school has seen an increase in participation from Hispanic community members. I believe they're more comfortable entering a school where they don't speak the language because they now have familiar faces to greet and guide them.
Our students have an obvious benefit of learning something new about an unfamiliar culture and hearing a native speaker during these lessons.
These items will complement our classroom mini fridge and together make the space more of a classroom kitchenette. The cart will be used next to the mini fridge to store the supplies for demonstrations like salt, pepper, Tajin and other ingredients. The molcajete, lime squeezer and garlic press will be used to make famous Hispanic dishes like guacamole and salsas. Lastly, the calavera skull will be used as a wall decoration to make it look like a more authentic Hispanic kitchen.
ECR4Kids 3-Tier Metal Rolling Utility Cart - Heavy Duty Mobile Storage Organizer, Turquoise
• Amazon Business
$49.99
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$49.99
IMUSA USA MEXI-2011M Granite Molcajete 8-Inch, Gray
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$24.03
1
$24.03
OXO Good Grips Soft-Handled Garlic Press
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$15.99
1
$15.99
1 X Day Of The Dead Clock Skeleton Flowers Halloween Mexican Tradition Artwork
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$15.23
1
$15.23
Tajín Clásico Seasoning 14 oz (pack of 2)
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$12.58
1
$12.58
G Kitchen Premium Stainless Steel Salt & Pepper Grinder Set of 2-Pepper Mill and Salt Mill-Salt & Pepper Shaker-Ideal Gift-Spice Grinder with Adjustable Coarseness, Easy to Fill-Brushed Stainless
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$10.00
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$10.00
New Star Foodservice 42849 Enameled Aluminum Lime Squeezer, Green
• Amazon Business
$7.00
1
$7.00
Tajin Classico Seasoning To Go Packets x 25 Sachets 25g
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$4.47
1
$4.47
Tajín Habanero Seasoning 1.6 oz
• Amazon Business
$3.69
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$3.69
Materials cost
$142.98
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.14
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$175.12
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$30.90
Total project goal
$206.02
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$206.02
7 Donors
-$192.52
Donations toward project cost
-$163.64
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$28.88
match offer
-$13.50
Match offer toward project cost
-$11.48
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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