You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end?
Purchase account credits now, and choose projects later!

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Purchase account credits now, and choose projects later!

For direct assistance with credits or anything else, please call The DonorsChoose Scholar Society at (646) 556-9941.

Time is running out! Make your 2025 tax-deductible gift before midnight on December 31.

Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Carrie from Blackfoot, ID is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Carrie is requesting

Watch'em Grow

Help me give my students the opportunity to see lady bugs and butterflies go from larve to adults.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Carrie's classroom raised $249

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am a teacher in a high poverty school district. Many of my students are being raised by single parents or struggling families. The students I teach are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Not only are my students faced with poverty, but they also have special needs. I am looking to provide them with creative, yet meaningful experiences.

My students are energetic, creative, and spontaneous.

They deserve to receive love and lots of positive attention. From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their abilities and potential. I want them to experience life and have some of the opportunities they may not be afforded in their everyday lives. I want to do this in a creative and positive way. My focus is to inspire learners of all abilities to believe they can achieve what they dream.

My Project

Providing our youngest learners with experiences in math, science, engineering and technology (STEM), will help set the stage so students can continue to develop their own love of these fields as they grow.

Studying living things in our preschool classroom and using the kid-friendly resources from the IF/THEN Collective, students will become thoughtful, inquisitive scientists at a young age.

These experiences will help lead students to explore the world around them and to better understand the interdependent relationships between all that they observe. They will be able to observe the life cycles of two very different insects.

Ms. Carrie Vaughn Hughie ECC 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.

Blackfoot, ID 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

27 students impacted 4donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Carrie is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Butterflies in the Classroom Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $67.45 1 $67.45
Ladybugs in the Classroom Demo Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $42.16 1 $42.16
Ladybug Amazing Bugs Kit (with prepaid coupon) • Carolina Biological Supply Company $33.39 1 $33.39
Ladybug Life Cycle Stages Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $8.95 1 $8.95
Bottle, Polyethylene, Widemouthed, 250 mL • Carolina Biological Supply Company $2.02 1 $2.02

Materials cost

$153.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.40

Sales tax

 $9.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$211.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.24

Total project goal

$248.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $248.24

1 Donor

-$124.12

Donations toward project cost

-$105.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.62

match offer

-$124.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.62

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Carrie and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"ID","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/watchem-grow/5233610/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":27,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Carrie","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"398178923","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Blackfoot","teachersOnPage":[2506188],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":5233610,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":104096,"schoolName":"Vaughn Hughie ECC","authorIds":{"2506188":{"owner":"Ms. Carrie","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[5233610],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp2506188_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1511304126345","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":20469285,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":2506188,"schoolCounty":"Bingham","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"ID","name":"Idaho"}}