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

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Representation Matters

Help me give my students resources that promote diversity and equity in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mendoza's classroom raised $998

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

My Pre-K students love coming to school to learn and interact with their friends. Although the majority of them come from low-income families, they come to school every day with a smile on their face.

Each child comes to school eager and ready to be challenged and learn!

We are on the move in our classroom. We are constantly mixing things up throughout the day. Large group, small group, partner work, and individual work opportunities are utilized daily. Finding the best way for everyone to learn is my goal.

My Project

These materials will allow my students to feel represented and welcomed in their classroom. The books included all focus on different aspects of our world. Different jobs, foods, cultures, languages, and families. With these books, I will able to teach my students about how the world is different than what they know.

Providing equity instruction and having diverse materials to promote social justice starts with our youngest learners.

Exposing the students to the differences in the world at a young will make a better tomorrow.

At this age students learned by playing and self-expression. That is why we need materials that promote diversity in the classroom for equity instruction. The multicultural markers, crayons, paper, and painting supplies will be used in the art center and students will be able to use materials that represent them. To include diversity in our blocks center we have the family inclusions set, homes around the world, food puzzles, children around the world, and the wooden village people.

Ms. Mendoza De Chaumes Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Houston, TX 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Family & Friends Puppets - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $109.76 1 $109.76
14" Lots to Love Babies with Different Skin Tones and Poseable Bodies - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $71.96 1 $71.96
Wooden Village People - 42 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $64.76 1 $64.76
Real Image Cultural Food 12 Piece Puzzles - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $56.66 1 $56.66
Homes Around the World Wooden Blocks - Set of 15 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $47.66 1 $47.66
Traditional Stories in Spanish Book Set - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $43.16 1 $43.16
Bilingual Children's Paperback Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $42.26 1 $42.26
Bilingual Concept Books - Set of 9 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $41.36 1 $41.36
Family Diversity Blocks to Encourage Diversity Awareness and Inclusion • Kaplan Early Learning Company $41.36 1 $41.36
Kaplan Kolors Multicultural Paint 16 oz. - Set of 8 Colors • Kaplan Early Learning Company $39.56 1 $39.56
Crayola(r) Multicultural Markers Classpack (80 count, 8 colors) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $38.66 1 $38.66
Bilingual: English/Spanish Books - Set of 5 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $35.06 1 $35.06
Spanish Career Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $34.16 1 $34.16
Children Around the World Wooden Figures - Set of 17 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.66 1 $29.66
Water Pots - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $13.46 2 $26.92
Spanish Family Board Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.02 1 $25.02
Kaplan Kolors Washable Multicultural Paint - Set of 8 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.76 1 $19.76
La Frontera: My Journey with Papa - Bilingual Hardcover • Kaplan Early Learning Company $17.09 1 $17.09
Multicultural World Construction Paper 12" x 18" (50 Sheets) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $6.26 2 $12.52
Abuelita Fue al Mercado - Paperback • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.09 1 $8.09

Materials cost

$805.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$847.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.56

Total project goal

$997.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$997.08

7 Donors

-$938.26

Donations toward project cost

-$805.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.24

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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