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Ms. Chmelecki from Portland ME is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Now Is the Time, the Time for Kids

Help me give my students a Time for Kids subscription and a new language, art, and play materials to help keep students engaged in our hybrid learning model.

  • $572 goal

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My Students

My students are young, enthusiastic, motivated learners who show up to school each day with a smile and readiness to learn. Our school is in an urban district with a majority of low-income families. Many of my students are English Language Learners who strive to meet the needs of both their families and teachers.

My students have a strong will to learn despite their economic hardships and challenges, and they are truly inspiring.

My students encourage me to be a better person daily. They maintain a positive attitude, open mind, and willingness to try new things every single day. I am in awe of them, always.

Our school contains grade levels K-5. We are established in an urban, low-income area. Our staff strives to build our school community and encourage family involvement. We are continuously hosting school BBQs, family ice cream night, movie night, roller skate night, and so on. These efforts have gone a long way with our school families and help them feel important and like an appreciated member of our community.

My Project

I have been wanting to give my students a Time for Kids subscription since the very beginning of my teaching career. If there was ever a time to gift them this amazing resource, the time is now. Each student will have access to 4 new magazines per month! I plan on using 2 in school and sending 2 home for students at home learning days.

In order to maintain social distancing guidelines on in-person learning days, students have to engage in all hands-on learning activities by themselves.

The materials they use have to be cleaned overnight and a different student can use it the next day. This means, as of right now, we only have so many options for students per day. I am finding students are losing interest in the materials we have because we simply do not have enough learning tools to provide variety throughout the day.

I want to provide my students with more variety and still be able to maintain our safety precautions. If we have more to use, play with, learn from, touch... students will absolutely remain engaged and motivated to do their best learning, every day.

Ms. Chmelecki
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TIME For Kids - K-Grade 1 with Teacher's Guide • TIME for Kids $4.50 20 $90.00
LC107 Magnetic Designer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 4 $79.96
PP319 Arts Crafts Supply Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
HH238 Treehouse Imagination Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
HH866 BuildItYourself Woodworking Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC1639 Magnetic Story Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
LC360 People Colorssupsup Crayon Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 4 $27.96
BR281 Honeybee Tree Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
EV212 Regular Dot Art Painters Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
TS997 Kwik Stix Tempera Painters Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 1 $11.99
LC1340X NylonBristle Paintbrushes Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$427.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$21.39

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.70

Total project goal

$571.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$571.35

4 Donors

-$391.94

Donations toward project cost

-$336.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.04

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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