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Mrs. Veloz from Paterson, NJ is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Springsteen went to Kindergarten

Help me give my students Language Development Activities, Wipe Boards and Journals for these are the tools that build their foundation.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Veloz's classroom raised $531

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 diverse as the candy Skittles. We may differ in culture, ethnicity, religion, academic, social and language abilities we all share the same passion for the desire to learn and to succeed.

We are a class full of students.

We may all be from different backgrounds with different abilities but we really are all the same. We all have the same goal. We all want to learn and be the best we can be. We all want to make our family proud. We all want to please. We all believe that we can and we will.

This is my class. A class full of passion, with intellect, with motivation and humor. It is my job to support their belief and make it their reality. I believe in them for I see the potential of our tomorrow.

Shakespeare wrote the tragedies. Arther Miller gave us the plays and Bruce Springsteen he writes from the soul. These great writers all had a dream and it all started in Kindergarten. Their little heads have great stories inside just waiting to burst out.

My Project

It is important for my students to be able to put their thoughts into words (correctly) and to illustrate their passion. We are a poor and culturally diverse district in flux but what is constant is the energy and desire to learn at the kindergarten level. They have passion as Springsteen. They have motivation as did Arthur Miller. They have inspiration and desired focus as Shakespeare has his imagination and drama. What they need are the tools to make those stories and dreams their reality and for the ability to write (correctly) a constant and become their second nature. Their little heads have great stories inside just waiting to burst out.

My project (materials) will enable students clearly express their thoughts, ideas and stories using correct grammar.

They will learn the tools of the writing trade which they will take with them beyond school.

Mrs. Veloz Elementary School 15 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.

Paterson, NJ View local requests

More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP245X - Match & Sort Language Quickies - K-Gr. 1 - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
RR630 - Draw & Write Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 2 $69.98
PP894 - My First Sight-Word Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 2 $65.98
JJ386X - Double-Sided Learn to Print Write & Wipe Board - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $57.99 1 $57.99
PP749 - Lakeshore Write & Wipe Answer Boards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
PP580 - Giant Magnetic Early Writing Page • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
DD338 - Write & Wipe Thin-Line Markers - Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 1 $27.99
RR423 - Write & Wipe Lapboard Erasers - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$414.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$450.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.52

Total project goal

$530.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$530.15

4 Donors

-$421.00

Donations toward project cost

-$391.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.40

match offer

-$69.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.71

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$0.00

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