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Ms. Calzada Castillo from Pacoima, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Love Art!

Help me give my students the ability to use their different modalities to create their own art as well as use materials they are familiar with using in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Calzada Castillo's classroom raised $446

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 Students

"If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn" -Ignacio Estrada. I apply this thought daily in my classroom. My students are faced with the challenge of being unique learners. As a special educator, I am tasked with using whatever will motivate them to learn especially during this unprecedented time of COVID.

My students are children with varying abilities and challenges, ranging from moderate speech & language needs, to health & mobility impairments, to autism.

My goal is to give my students as many opportunities to learn and express themselves through art. My students are in a Preschool Special Education class which serves ages 3-5, they attend an early intervention preschool program on a public school campus, in Southern Ca. Our district has provided us materials to use in the classroom but my goal is to be able to send home Art supplies during this time of COVID19, things my students are familiar with that will still expand their learning and social emotional development through art.

My Project

As you all know we will be starting the new school year online. Unfortunately, most of the families I work with do not have the resources at home to help their children succeed and complete play-based projects. Having access to arts and crafts supplies, dot markers, activity books, scissors and foam shapes will allow my students to be creative while developing their art and fine motor skills.

My project will help my students receive the materials that we use in the classroom but they do not have at home.

Having access to this material will also take of the financial burdens off their parents.

These supplies will give my students access to resources that they would typically have in our classrooms. My students need one-on-one and hands-on teaching and through distance learning their parents have had to take over the job of teaching their children with the little resources they have at home. I would like to provide all my students with art supplies they can use at home. This will help their parents have as many resources as they can while we work together to give their children the best distance learning education possible.

Ms. Calzada Castillo Hillary Broadous 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.

Pacoima, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD279X Dot Learn Markers Set of 20 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $52.99 2 $105.98
DD325 Dot Learn Journal Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $57.99 1 $57.99
DD366 Dot Learn Alphabet Journal Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $47.99 1 $47.99
TS281Z EasySqueeze Scissors Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
GS454Z Safety Scissors Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
VR154 Squish Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC564 Felt • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LL918 Shimmer Shapes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$314.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$378.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.78

Total project goal

$445.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $445.22

5 Donors

-$334.20

Donations toward project cost

-$287.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.13

match offer

-$107.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$91.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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