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Mrs. Parins from Saint Paul, MN is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Are Emergent Readers!

My students need emergent reader books and a shelf to organize our new books!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Parins's classroom raised $1,019

This project is fully funded

My Students

My pre-K scholars are amazing! They are the only full day class in our school. They are eager to learn and love being in school. Our school is very diverse and takes pride in welcoming and engaging all scholars and families. We are committed to creating a school where kids feel safe, loved, and motivated.

As a school, we take pride in creating an environment where we celebrate diversity, discuss and study racial equity, and "inspire all scholars to reach high levels of social and academic achievement, and to become future leaders through a collaborative system of support" (our school's mission statement).

My Project

In Pre-K my scholars are Emergent Readers. We are practicing all of the skills needed to be readers. During our small group instruction, I use emergent reader books to help my scholars learn to use pictures as clues, to point to each word, and identify the difference between letters and words.

Having new, emergent reader books will allow my scholars to have the chance to practice early reading skills everyday independently and in small groups.

The vocabulary cards will not only help scholars to build vocabulary, they will also help by practicing words that start with the same sound.

The new book shelf and bins will help us to organize our books. It will be easy for my scholars to find books at their level because they can go right to the cart. The books will be on the cart ready for scholars to read. My hope is to promote early reading skills and a love for reading!

Mrs. Parins Obama Elementary School 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.

Saint Paul, MN 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 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT933 - Lakeshore Emergent Readers - Set of 20 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 6 $299.94
LC298 - Flex-Space Mobile Book Bin Storage Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $299.00 1 $299.00
DD560X - Vocabulary Development Photo Card Libraries - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $95.00 1 $95.00
TT836 - Flex-Space Book Bins - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.50 1 $79.50
AA248 - Building Language Photo Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$823.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$865.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$152.78

Total project goal

$1,018.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,018.56

4 Donors

-$695.70

Donations toward project cost

-$591.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$104.35

Matching donations from our partners

-$322.86

Match offers toward project cost

-$274.43

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.43

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$0.00

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