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Mr. Potrzeba from Orlando, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rocking Reading Back & Forth!

Help me give my students rocking chairs, Kagan strategies, and reading games to grow in reading!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Potrzeba's classroom raised $167

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

My students are amazing human beings! They are full of life and have endless potential to do so many wonderful things. My school is a Title I school in a poverty-stricken​ community.

Our school consists of a very large English language learner population.

All of our students receive free breakfast and free lunch. Many of our parents struggle to help meet the needs of school supplies and the needs of their children. Regardless of these circumstances, my students overcome! They are learning how to face challenges and grow stronger academically, socially, and emotionally, preparing them for the next level of life.

I believe that these students deserve every opportunity this world has to offer and I am determined to help them get it.

These students can change the world with their brilliant minds and can climb out of the cycle of poverty through the gift of education. They will learn that the world is theirs for the taking with hard work, dedication, and knowledge.

My Project

For our class, 2021 is about creating more of a student centered classroom. For me that means, asking what my students need, and making their vision our reality!

Let students create the environment they want to work in for 8 hours a day!

Do you remember having a teacher that would read to you in a rocking chair? I was lucky enough to and even remember the work! With these items, it'll give students that magical experience we had decades ago! In our classroom, we read daily and having that special chair, clock, and game would just add the magic the students experience every day!

Mr. Potrzeba Meadow Woods Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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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

63 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kagan Cooperative Learning MegaTimer (JMT) • Amazon Business $59.00 1 $59.00
The Gripper Non-Slip Omega Jumbo Rocking Chair Cushions, Seat Measures: 17x17x3 inches. Back Measures: 17x21x3 inches, Indigo • Amazon Business $37.99 1 $37.99
Edupress Classwords Game, Grade 4 (EP63752) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$109.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$141.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.99

Total project goal

$166.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$166.62

1 Donor

-$141.63

Donations toward project cost

-$141.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.99

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$0.00

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