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Mrs. Garces from Van Nuys, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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UTK Students Like to Build It!

Help me give my students learning materials to support their spatial reasoning and fine motor development. These Lakeshore Build It! sets are great learning tools for our Universal Transitional Kindergarten students.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Garces's classroom raised $444

This project is fully funded

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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

These Lakeshore Build It! Sets will support our young students with hands-on learning. These sets have visual instructions that our 4 year olds will be able follow and recreate.

This project will support our UTK students during STEAM activities as they develop their spatial reasoning, critical thinking skills and fine motor development.

The Blocks and Blueprints Learning Center materials are the perfect addition to our unit called "Buildings". Students can be the architect, using the blueprints to build structures, or creating their own designs. The Construction Planks set will challenge students to problem solve

Mrs. Garces Bassett Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Van Nuys, CA 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 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore I Can Build It! Construction Planks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98
Lakeshore I Can Build It! Architecture Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 2 $79.98
Lakeshore Blocks & Blueprints Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
Lakeshore Extra Wooden Blocks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Lakeshore Maker Space Wooden Shapes Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99

Materials cost

$299.93

Vendor shipping charges

$15.00

Sales tax

$27.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$376.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.51

Total project goal

$443.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$443.38

1 Donor

-$221.69

Donations toward project cost

-$188.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.25

match offer

-$221.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$188.43

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.25

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$0.00

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