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This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Vazquez-Garcia from Chicago, IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Vazquez-Garcia is requesting

Tune Out the Distractions and Zoom Into Remote Learning

Help me give my students the most successful remote learning kickoff with essential supplies like noise canceling headphones, notebooks, and post-its for the school year!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Vazquez-Garcia's classroom raised $783

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 students live in the vibrant Gage Park neighborhood and they bring their best effort daily. They have so many stories to share ranging from how they are in a bike group to how their parents are opening up a small restaurant in the community. I love that my students remind me of myself as a student also attending their elementary school and living in their same neighborhood. They always want to know how our school and community has changed since I was a kid.

They have robust personalities which makes for great, invigorating conversations.

My students are inquisitive, smart, and assertive.

My Project

Every student will receive a tote with noise canceling headphones, a word study composition notebook, lined Post-its, dry erase markers, and hear-myself-read phones for their independent reading and fluency building skills. These materials are essential for successful engagement and participation in virtual learning.

These materials will make a huge difference in my students' remote learning experience and these supplies will help them all have access to high quality virtual instruction.

Students will engage in synchronous and asynchronous learning with these headphones on a daily basis and participate using Post-its, white easels and markers, notebooks and online platforms as well.

Ms. Vazquez-Garcia Sawyer Elementary School - Spaulding Building 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 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

30 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP116 Sort Store Book Totes Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.59 8 $172.72
EE539 Hear Myself Sound Phone Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $56.99 3 $170.97
Classroom Headphones-Bulk 10-Pack, Student On Ear Color Varieties- Comfy Swivel Earphones for Library, School, Airplane, Kids-for Online Learning and Travel-Noise Reducing, HQ Stereo Sound 3.5mm Jack • Amazon Business $55.95 2 $111.90
Classroom Headphones-Bulk 10-Pack, Student On Ear Color Varieties- Comfy Swivel Earphones for Library, School, Airplane, Kids-for Online Learning and Travel-Noise Reducing, HQ Stereo Sound 3.5mm Jack • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
Oxford Composition Notebooks, College Ruled Paper, 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", Black Marble Covers, 100 Sheets, 12 per Pack (63796) • Amazon Business $19.46 2 $38.92
EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Markers, Chisel Tip, Assorted Colors, Box of 12 • Amazon Business $9.35 3 $28.05
Sticky Notes with Lines Lined Sticky Notes 3x3 Bright Multi Colors 14 Pads 80 Sheet/Pad (14) • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Oxford Composition Notebooks, College Ruled Paper, 9-3/4" x 7-1/2", Black Marble Covers, 100 Sheets, 12 per Pack (63796) • Amazon Business $19.46 1 $19.46

Materials cost

$625.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$665.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.41

Total project goal

$782.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$782.75

11 Donors

-$631.93

Donations toward project cost

-$560.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.54

match offer

-$123.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$104.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.35

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$0.00

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