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Ms. Kahalehoe from Waianae, HI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Community Built On Kindness, Safety, and Responsibility

Help me give my students the opportunity to express and demonstrate their learning through building and playing while collaborating with each other.

  • $709 goal

This project expired on June 27, 2024.

This project expired on June 27, 2024.

My Project

Our school is a trauma-informed school, and COVID-19 has been especially tough on our families. Some families rely on our school for basic living needs, like providing meals and clothing, and providing our children with guidance and consistent love and support. Our school has since been working tirelessly to provide the needed guidance and support, and to rebuild a sense of belonging for all our students and ensuring all students' needs are being met. Every day, we are teaching our kids the importance of positive interaction, cooperation, how to problem solve, and how to consider the needs and feelings of others - not only of ourselves - and that they are very important PART of a WHOLE.

Throughout the year, our class has been following the theme of "How to mālama ourselves, so that we can better mālama our earth and community." I want my students to know that their ideas matter, and that they are a vital component to any community, especially OUR community.

Through this project, they will build a physical model of a community that will demonstrate their understanding of what we need to make the best community while also meeting the needs and overall health and well-being of the people living in that community. It will also reflect what they would like to see in our own community. Students will use collaboration and reflection to decide what will be included and ensures that EVERYONE in that community will feel healthy, safe, welcomed, and valued. This project will allow students to use their creativity and thinking skills to build a thriving community. It will create a sense of pride and care in what they build together and hopefully instill these values of pride and care into the communities they/their families live, work, and play in.

Ms. Kahalehoe Nanaikapono Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Waianae, HI View local requests

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

Never Before Funded 50 students impacted

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Tubes • Amazon Business $174.95 1 $174.95
LEGO Education BricQ Motion Essential Set 45401 • Amazon Business $149.95 1 $149.95
LEGO - Classic Creative Houses Building Toy 11035 • Best Buy Education $54.99 2 $109.98
LEGO - Classic Creative Vehicles Car Building Toy 11036 • Best Buy Education $54.99 1 $54.99
LEGO Classic Gray Baseplate Square 48x48 Stud Foundation to Build, Play, and Display Brick Creations, Great for City Streets, Castle, and Mountain Scenes, 11024 • Amazon Business $11.29 2 $22.58
LEGO Classic White Baseplate, Square 32x32 Stud Foundation to Build, Play, and Display Brick Creations, Great for Snowy and Winter Landscapes, 11026 • Amazon Business $7.97 2 $15.94
LEGO Classic Blue Baseplate 11025 Building Toy Set for Preschool Kids, Boys, and Girls Ages 4+ (1 Pieces) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98

Materials cost

$540.37

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$602.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.28

Total project goal

$708.54

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