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Wildcat Mascot Increases School Spirit and Motivates Students!

Help me give my students a wildcat mascot costume so that we can be the best students we can be and have amazing school spirit.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Muller's classroom raised $488

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I work at the most amazing school and have the best students and coteachers as well as administrators. We work so hard to help our students be the best students that they can be. We run clubs, we mentor students, we have so many school functions to make school fun, we do a lot of community service, and we work so hard on academics as well. I thought what a great idea to get the students a wildcat mascot costume to raise school spirit and motivate students even more.

Our school logo is the wildcat and when we have announcements and morning messages, the principal screams the name of the school and everyone screams back “wildcats”.

We have great school spirit and I want to make it even better for the students.

A wildcat mascot costume will definitely push our students to be the best students that they can be. I can’t even imagine how excited the students from pre-k to seventh grade will be if we can get this funded. This wildcat mascot costume will be used for school assemblies, basket ball games, earth day, community service projects, back to school, open school nights, and so much more. With this mascot costume, we will be a better school than we already are if that’s possible.

The wildcat mascot costume will raise students' self confidence, cheer them up, and make them proud of who they are. Thank you so much for giving my students everything that they need to be the best students that they can be.

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Orange, NJ
Grades 6-8
Clubs & Activities
Social Emotional Learning
Traditional School
Classroom Basics
More than half of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Muller Heywood Avenue Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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

Fierce Wildcat Mascot Costume • Acemascot.com $379.00 1 $379.00

Materials cost			$379.00
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.68
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$414.68
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$73.18
Total project goal			$487.86
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$487.86
3 Donors			-$474.78
Donations toward project cost			-$412.56
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$62.22
match offer			-$2.50
Match offer toward project cost			-$2.12
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$0.38
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$10.58
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Wildcat Mascot Increases School Spirit and Motivates Students!

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Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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