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Memories That Will Last a Lifetime

Help me give my students a way to remember their Pre-K year and how far they came by providing them with individual scrapbooks.

  • 5 donors
  • $255 still needed

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  • 5 donors
  • $255 still needed
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Mrs. Hilse Hillcrest Elementary School
Somerset, NJ Grades PreK-2

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

This will be my 30th year teaching and although every year I may do things a little differently the one thing that I have always done is take photographs of my children in action. I love documenting and displaying all of the fun, creative ways that we learn in my preschool classroom. I enjoy displaying pictures of my children all over our classroom and outside our door on bulletin boards. At the end of the year I sort all of these pictures by child and place them into scrapbooks for them. This project takes me months to complete but is so worth it. The families love looking at our year through pictures and the children love seeing their accomplishments throughout the book. I enjoy watching them share stories about the moments captured in the pictures with their families, their eyes light up and you can hear the excitement in their voices.

A picture is worth a thousand words!

Unfortunately printing pictures has become very expensive, even when using coupons. I am hoping that by using my own photo printer I will be able to print pictures at a moments notice. The color card stock will help me to back some of their masterpieces and photos. Then I will hang in the classroom before I place them into their scrapbooks. With your help I will be able to create a book for each child that will document and celebrate their growth and accomplishments.

Please help me make our end of the year celebration extra special by helping me document memories that will last a lifetime. It will allow my students to leave preschool knowing how proud I am of them!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

16 students impacted 5 donors
Mrs. Hilse Hillcrest Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Somerset, NJ View local requests

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

16 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pioneer Photo Albums Pioneer Leatherette Postbound Album, 12-Inch-by-12-Inch, Navy • Amazon Business $14.99 15 $224.85
KODAK Dock 4x6” Cartridge Refill, 80 Sheets, Dock Plus & Dock Era | Compatible with Dock Plus & Dock Era, Water, Fingerprint, Fade Resistant • Amazon Business $29.99 2 $59.98
Astrodesigns/Creative Collection Starter Kit Cardstock, 12" x 12", 65 lb/176 gsm 18-Color Assortment, 72 Sheets (46408-03) • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94

Materials cost

$304.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.88

Total project goal

$399.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $399.22

3 Donors

-$135.00

Donations toward project cost

-$114.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$10.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $254.22

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