Help me give my students hot food for when they are hungry at school.
FULLY FUNDED! Mx. B's classroom raised $382
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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 Project
During Ramadan, we do not cook rice during class time because our peers are fasting! But ordinarily...
During computer science class in the late morning hours, students who may have skipped breakfast are often hungry.
In my classroom, students are allowed to cook rice for each other and eat it out of paper cups with spoons.
Inside the latched-lid rice container, they encounter a Chinese red envelope that welcomes continued prosperity into our lives. Because we have fewer than 5% Asian or API students, this encounter with a red envelope deepens students understanding of Chinese symbology: rice symbolizes freedom from hunger or want, and red symbolizes good fortune or luck. When we make rice for each other, we are celebrating what we have.
Students learn how to sate their hunger using just a rice cooker (a life / survival skill), and peers teach one another (communication skills) how to make the most perfect rice. They even wipe the countertops and wash the dishes (so they can make more rice).
This activity is allowed to commence when all students are logged in with a JavaScript programming activity open, so rice is an incentive for students to begin work promptly. The practice also familiarizes students with high technology workplace culture, which is designed to optimize intellectual performance by providing for the needs of knowledge workers.
This project includes rice, spoons, paper cups, forks, and also instant oatmeal which students can access quickly and independently, when there is no cooked rice. It also includes an upgrade to a AROMA® 20-Cup (Cooked) One-Touch Rice Cooker with a 20 cups cooked rice capacity, so students can make more rice at one time.
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
RACETOP 8 oz 500 Pack Disposable Paper Coffee Cups, Disposable Paper Cups, Hot Coffee Cups for Office, Party, Home
• Amazon Business
$28.49
2
$56.98
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream Variety Pack, Single Serve Packets, (44 Pack)
• Amazon Business
$19.60
2
$39.20
Authentic Royal - Naturally Aged Long Grain Indian White Basmati Rice - 15 lbs
• Amazon Business
$18.74
2
$37.48
Biocean Plastic Forks 1000 Count Extra Heavy Duty Disposable Fork Bulk Plastic Forks White Silverware Reusable Disposable Cutlery Plastic Utensils Study Flatware for Home Restaurant Party Picnic
• Amazon Business
$31.49
1
$31.49
Biocean Plastic Spoons 1000 Count Extra Heavy Duty Disposable Soup Spoon White Silverware Plastic Spoons Disposable Bulk Cutlery Plastic Utensils Study Flatware for Home Party Picnic
• Amazon Business
$31.49
1
$31.49
AROMA® 20-Cup (Cooked) One-Touch Rice Cooker and Food Steamer with Auto-Warm | 10 cups uncooked, 20 cups cooked (ARC-390NGP)
• Amazon Business
$28.96
1
$28.96
Materials cost
$225.60
Vendor shipping charges
$44.97
Sales tax
$20.64
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.38
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$324.59
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$57.28
Total project goal
$381.87
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$381.87
4 Donors
-$190.94
Donations toward project cost
-$162.30
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$28.64
match offer
-$190.93
Match offer toward project cost
-$162.29
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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