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Mrs. Heystek from Kalamazoo MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making the Cut With Cricut!

My students need a Cricut Maker machine to inspire creativity in our classroom!

  • $582 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. In light of this, I am looking to keep things simple and provide students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

"Look what I did!" is one of the phrases heard most in our classroom.

The joy that the children feel when they accomplish something makes every minute of every day worth it.

I would love to be able to provide the students with the opportunity to learn in many ways.

My Project

As a preschool teacher, I spend a lot of time planning projects and bulletin boards. It would be amazing to have the Cricut Maker machine available to help me with all of the cutting - especially small pieces and letters or words.

My class loves doing crafts, but the prep work can be extremely time consuming.

Through having the Cricut Maker machine, we would be able to do a lot more art projects and inspire more creativity. My students are very eager to express themselves through art!

I look forward to the opportunity to brighten up our classroom and our hallways, and especially the lives of preschool aged kids.

Mrs. Heystek
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maker Ultimate Bundle • Amazon Business $457.42 1 $457.42

Materials cost

$457.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.23

Total project goal

$581.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $581.51

1 Donor

-$581.51

Donations toward project cost

-$494.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.23

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 $0.00

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