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Ms. Saraceni from Flushing, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We LOVE Healthy Cooking IN Our Kindergarten Classroom!

My students need Cooking supplies for our Kindergarten Classroom, including Help-Yourself Pitchers, Kid-Sized Bowls, Rolling Pins and Nutrition-focused Books.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Saraceni's classroom raised $350

This project is fully funded

My Students

Hands-on, Cooking in Kindergarten = FUN LEARNING! Help us educate our students about important life lessons and skills by making healthy food in our Kindergarten classroom! We will utilize a literacy-based approach to Nutrition that aligns with our school's teaching process for all subject areas.

We are a Title I, NYC Public School in Queens, where nearly 60% of our students qualify for free / reduced lunch.

As a successful Early Childhood School in New York City, we provide a nurturing, yet rigorous community of learning. Our Pre-K through Grade 3 Students are encouraged to think critically and explore through a hands-on, process–based curriculum. LITERACY IS INTEGRATED INTO ALL CURRICULUM AREAS. Our commitment to differentiated instruction supports Students of all ability levels in every classroom by integrating: ● English Language Learners (ELL students) ● ● English as a Second Language (ESL students)● ● Students with Special Needs ● ● General Education students ● Our community is quite international with almost 70% of our Students coming from homes where English is spoken as a second language. One-fifth of our Students receive extra support for learning English. We also provide communications to Parents in 4 home languages [English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean].

My Project

To teach our kids about Nutrition in an effective way that will keep them INTERESTED and INVOLVED, we are requesting (10) Books, Lakeshore Kid-sized Pitchers, Bowls, Rolling Pins, Cutters. Our Literacy-based approach includes BOOKS featuring the foods of many diverse cultures we have in our class and focuses on the critical concept of healthy eating [i.e. Good Enough to Eat]. We want to educate our students about the importance of a balanced diet and good nutrition, so these books will lead directly into HANDS-ON COOKING LESSONS in our Classroom to MAKE HEALTHY FOOD! Classroom cooking experiences will advance their learning in many ways: 1) unique, hands-on opportunities in our class - following written/verbal directions, measuring, counting, fine motor skill practice 2) critical early childhood education about nutritional choices, which students may then teach to their families 3) important life skills including working together to prepare recipes, teamwork, precision and patience

Collaborative projects like this are valuable for team-building and fostering a more integrated, learning community for our Kindergarten students.

They will gain confidence in their own ability to contribute and create healthy recipes in our classroom "kitchen." With your support and the generous efforts of FEED USA, we will educate our Kindergarten students about healthy eating. These lessons can have a positive impact for the rest of their lives. Let's learn WHY and HOW to cut the junk food!

Ms. Saraceni PS 242 Leonard P Stavisky 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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
RE995 - Cultures of the World Theme Book Library • Lakeshore Learning $35.50 1 $35.50
RE974 - Food & Nutrition Theme Book Library • Lakeshore Learning $35.50 1 $35.50
SJ212 - Help-Yourself Pitchers - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95
FF855 - Kid-Sized Bowls • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 6 $77.70
739RP - Rolling Pins - Set of 3 • Lakeshore Learning $6.99 10 $69.90
RA188 - Lakeshore Dough Cutters Bucket • Lakeshore Learning $19.95 1 $19.95

Materials cost

$258.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$297.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.48

Total project goal

$349.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $349.86

7 Donors

-$85.47

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.72

match offer

-$254.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$216.63

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.53

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 $0.00

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