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Ms. Rodrigue from Austin, TX is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mastering the Basics of Chess

Help me give my students a fun engaging way to think strategically and foresee consequences. My students are curious learners and love challenges. Learning chess creates opportunities for young minds to think ahead and anticipate what might happen.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Rodrigue's classroom raised $240

This project is fully funded

My Project

Being part of the chess club provides opportunities for my students to strategize, collaborate, and connect in a playful way. The game is about weighing options and making decisions. The chess games will be used during inside playtime and on specially organized club days. The game itself brings students together across grade levels and units them in the common interest of socializing and competing in a fun instructional organized way. Chess just might be the perfect teaching and learning game of all time. Your young scholar will thank you for supporting a worthy cause.

Ms. Rodrigue Small Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Austin, TX View local requests 100 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Family Classics Chess by Pressman -- with Folding Board and Full Size Chess Pieces • Amazon Business $10.99 15 $164.85
Chess for Kids • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40

Materials cost

$171.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$203.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.97

Total project goal

$239.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $239.79

2 Donors

-$239.79

Donations toward project cost

-$203.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.97

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 $0.00

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