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
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!

Dr. Pelafigue from New Orleans, LA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Dr. Pelafigue is requesting

Writing Help to Make it Right!

My students need 6 See & Write machines and batteries to make our writing center more enjoyable!

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pelafigue's classroom raised $396

This project is fully funded

My Students

Everything I needed to learn, I learned in Kindergarten. I never really understood how true that really is until recently. Kindergarten is the learning foundation, the building block for all learning. ABC's & 123's start the learning!

I teach at a school where children are haunted every day by the terrors of their past, be it Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or the crime and turmoil they see and hear every day.

Our students are fighters. They work hard to achieve goals that others may think are too much for them, they strive to do the right things in life and to be the change our society needs. This year, I'm teaching Kindergarten. The children in kindergarten this year are the babies that were born just after Hurricane Katrina. They are fresh, eager minds. Most of what they've seen in their short lives so far is turmoil and devastation; It's my job to make them accomplished learners! As an added challenge, due to the size of our school building, we have had to move our entire school, for the second summer in a row. We now have a much larger, more safe, inviting school for our students.

My Project

Writing is hard. It is hard to know how to pick up the pencil, it's hard to know how to hold it, it's hard to know how to form the letters- well, it may not be SOOO hard, but what is VERY hard is to watch students become so frustrated with trying to write that they nearly quit before they start! In my classroom, I have several students who seem to have never been exposed to a pencil or crayon before. Writing is frustrating for them. Six See N' Write machines and batteries could make all the difference in my class. They could provide one-on-one, individualized instruction for my struggling students to reinforce the skills I teach them everyday. Can you imagine not even being able to write your name then finally being successful? That is what I envision happening if we had these machines!

You could be the change we need to make our kindergarten class a class full of writers.

Your donations will essentially put new teachers in my classroom, teachers who don't do paperwork, don't take lunch breaks and don't deal with discipline. They only deal with writing! You could be the person who provides that last little push to get my kids writing! Please help us become successful writers in kindergarten!

Dr. Pelafigue Pierre A Capdau Charter Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

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.

New Orleans, LA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

26 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 Dr. Pelafigue 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
See N' Write • Kaplan Early Learning Company $42.96 6 $257.76
Alkaline Batteries AAA 4-Pack • Kaplan Early Learning Company $2.54 6 $15.24

Materials cost

$273.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$335.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.29

Total project goal

$395.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $395.28

2 Donors

-$344.11

Donations toward project cost

-$335.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$51.17

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 Dr. Pelafigue and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"LA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"their","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/writing-help-to-make-it-right/627135/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":26,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Dr. Pelafigue","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-139959532","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"New Orleans","teachersOnPage":[330831],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":627135,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":17106,"schoolName":"Pierre A Capdau Charter Elementary School","authorIds":{"330831":{"owner":"Dr. Pelafigue","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[627135],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp330831_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1516151615441","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":45905,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["NjM3Njk1","MzMwODMx"],"teacherId":330831,"schoolCounty":"Orleans","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"LA","name":"Louisiana"}}