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Mr. Sarazen's classroom raised $636

This Means War!

My students need 11 chess sets, 11 timers, and I need 1 instructor chart.

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Mr. Sarazen H.B. Rhame Elementary School
Columbia, SC Grades 3-5

I teach 4th grade in a high-need community. Student test scores have been consistently low. Our school district is emphasizing literacy, and that is good. However, there is also a need to promote creative ways to improve ways to learn math. Students in my school have had few opportunities to do this apart from worksheets. Chess is a game of war where knights battle with queens and kings, just to name a few. It provides a high interest opportunity to learn at school and a game to play with their families at home.

Traditional schooling is steeped in worksheets. Where I teach students have had little opportunity to learn with games that promote critical thinking and problem solving. Students also come to me lacking the ability to concentrate for long periods of time. In a world of television and video games, chess offers a student the chance to learn a ageless game of concentration, strategy, pattern recognition, and competition. Chess offers students a learning opportunity beyond worksheets and gives them a life long skill. I ultimately want to start a chess club in my school and enter into community competitions.

I have 20 students. Eleven chess sets allows all students to play (with on extra set) at the same time. The instructional chart allows me to teach the whole class at the same time. The timers are used in competitions. A student must learn to play using a timer if he/she wants to go on beyond the classroom to community chess tournaments. This is absolutely a goal of mine.

Research shows that chess improves students' math skills, the ability to concentrate, and behavior. With your help, we can start something big in my classroom, in my school, and in my community. Let it be said that you helped lay the foundation for the success of this group of students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 4 donors
Mr. Sarazen H.B. Rhame Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Columbia, SC 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

20 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
2 PLAYER BASIC CHESS SET WITH 2" KING • Cannon Sports, Inc. $7.95 11 $87.45
TRAVEL CHESS TCHR BL/WH PLAS • Lab Safety Supply, Inc. dba Highsmith Inc $13.19 1 $13.19
DGTL CHESS TMR • Lab Safety Supply, Inc. dba Highsmith Inc $30.79 11 $338.69

Materials cost

$439.33

Vendor shipping charges

 $43.93

Sales tax

 $21.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$520.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.33

Total project goal

$635.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $635.15

3 Donors

-$635.15

Donations toward project cost

-$520.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.33

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