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Ms. Calzada Castillo from Pacoima, CA is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Outdoor FUNDays

My students need a variety of outdoor manipulatives to support making choices and peer interactions as well as opportunities for sharing, turn taking and communicating with peers.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Calzada Castillo's classroom raised $1,542

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Friendships are one of the best things about school, and one of the strongest reinforcements of school attendance. As a preschool special education teacher, it is of utter importance to help encourage friendships through contrived and natural social interactions.

My Pre-K (PAL) students look forward to outside play time.

We are fortunate enough to have a considerable amount of space where the children are able to ride bikes, have a sensory table and apparatus structure, and toss a ball around. There isn't much in terms of new/various equipment, but the students have found their own special ways of making the most of what is available to them.

Lately, I have noticed that some of my least-social students have enjoyed playing the same games and the same outside areas (stations) and not interacting with their peers. Having new/various equipment, that requires my students to interact and have a mutual goal with another peer, is a step closer to social interaction, and a step closer to forging a friendship. Having students with multiple disabilities and various social skills is a challenge; this would greatly help foster the skills we are trying to encourage in a school setting.

My Project

Unfortunately, I am unable to supply "new toys" for my students. These "toys" that my students have shown enthusiasm in playing do not belong to my classroom or Preschool for All Learners (PAL) program. They are brought for my students to play with during Adapted Physical Education (APE) time or they are old and tattered from previous years and used by other students. I am requesting various materials to be used during outside play such as a child sized basketball structure, a set of jumbo blocks, stamp pads and stamps, a parachute and 2 scooters. My students will learn how to share, take turns, and -- most importantly -- make friends with these new toys.

This project is important to not only myself, as a special education teacher, but for my students and their parents.

Some of the reasons why students are in our program is their lack of social and communication skills, among other disabilities. Parents are encouraged when they hear their children talk about their "friends at school" or "what they did at school." As an educator, I want to encourage the development of these social and communication skills, and I am more than confident that providing these toys made for sharing will help this cause.

Ms. Calzada Castillo Hillary Broadous Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Pacoima, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

45 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Smooth Rider 3-Wheel Scooter - Yellow (Set of 2) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $229.46 2 $458.92
EduBlock Set II (50 pcs.) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $203.96 1 $203.96
4 Ring Basketball Stand With Storage Bag • Kaplan Early Learning Company $161.46 1 $161.46
Jurassic Sensory Sands (Set of 4 - One Quart Each) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.46 1 $59.46
Small Soccer Pop Up Goal • Kaplan Early Learning Company $59.46 1 $59.46
Jumbo Stamp Pads (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $23.76 2 $47.52
Colorful Kidfetti (10 lb Bag) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $38.21 1 $38.21
Kinetic Sandtm - 11 lbs. • Kaplan Early Learning Company $38.21 1 $38.21
Jumbo Stampers (Set Of 48) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $37.36 1 $37.36
5" Mini Basketballs (Set of 2) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $16.96 2 $33.92
6' Rainbow Parachute with 8 Handles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $18.66 1 $18.66

Materials cost

$1,157.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $105.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,310.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$231.24

Total project goal

$1,541.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,541.62

10 Donors

-$1,281.10

Donations toward project cost

-$1,143.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$137.41

match offer

-$196.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$166.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$64.42

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