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Ms. Smirk from Brooklyn, NY is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Meeting All Kinds of Friends

My students need a class visit from NYC Kids Project to help them learn about what makes different people special.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smirk's classroom raised $573

This project is fully funded

My Students

Four and five year olds rarely judge people by what they see but they always have questions about it.

There are 18 energetic three and four-year-old children in my class.

Our school includes students from Pre-k to eighth grade. It is in a high poverty area, and about 95% of the students in the school receive free lunch. Our school is in a low-income neighborhood, where the budget cuts have left no hope that materials will be purchased in the near future.

My Project

I’d like to bring a NYC Kids Project puppet show about Making Friends to the PreK and kindergarten classes at my school. NYC Kids Project is a social justice organization that provides performances and classroom experiences using puppets, sign language, and adaptive equipment while focusing on character development, anti-bullying issues, and the experiences children with disabilities and differences go through on a daily basis.

The NYC Kids Project will teach my students about children with disabilities and the things they use to help them live a full life.

Our school has a new special education program in our building. Some of the students in this program are dealing with severe handicaps and I hope this class visit will help our students understand the students in that program better.

Project tagged as

Brooklyn, NY
Grades PreK-2
Character Education
Early Development
Traditional School
Virtual Visitors
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Ms. Smirk PS 181 Brooklyn Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

136 students impacted 42donors

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Visitor Total

NYC Kids Project (During the class visit they will discuss what makes people with disabilities special and about bullying.) $450.00

Visitor cost			$450.00
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$6.75
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$486.75
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$85.90
Total project goal			$572.65
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$572.65
32 Donors			-$395.00
Donations toward project cost			-$373.40
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$21.60
Matching donations from our partners			-$143.35
Match offers toward project cost			-$121.85
Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$21.50
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$44.29
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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