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
Menu
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.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Medina’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Parkview Elementary School
  • Lamar, CO
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Medina a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Medina's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Medina a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Medina can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2129040 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
A few years ago I was looking for ways to get kids excited about reading and trying to increase parent involvement at our school. I was looking through Pinterest and saw the board for a Reading Fair. After researching and reading about this idea, I presented the idea to my administration about trying to have our own Reading Fair. Reading is fun and seeing kids getting excited about reading is amazing! For this project the students have to read a book of their choice and create a display board to present their book to their class, school, and community. These boards are then judged by members of the community and surrounding areas and awarded prizes. This idea started small but has grown over the past few years. In the first year we had around 120 students participate and this last year we had over 300 students participate! The excitement about this idea has grown and spread through our school and it's wonderful to hear students and parents talk about how much they love this project. I was even asked to help get this project started in a neighboring community. To complete this project students must read a book that is at their level and then put the important information about the book on the presentation board. Things that must be included are a summary of the book, brief description of the main characters, and other important information. These books would help me to start a library that the students can check out to help them complete their project.

About my class

A few years ago I was looking for ways to get kids excited about reading and trying to increase parent involvement at our school. I was looking through Pinterest and saw the board for a Reading Fair. After researching and reading about this idea, I presented the idea to my administration about trying to have our own Reading Fair. Reading is fun and seeing kids getting excited about reading is amazing! For this project the students have to read a book of their choice and create a display board to present their book to their class, school, and community. These boards are then judged by members of the community and surrounding areas and awarded prizes. This idea started small but has grown over the past few years. In the first year we had around 120 students participate and this last year we had over 300 students participate! The excitement about this idea has grown and spread through our school and it's wonderful to hear students and parents talk about how much they love this project. I was even asked to help get this project started in a neighboring community. To complete this project students must read a book that is at their level and then put the important information about the book on the presentation board. Things that must be included are a summary of the book, brief description of the main characters, and other important information. These books would help me to start a library that the students can check out to help them complete their project.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":2129040,"teacherId":2129040,"teacherName":"Mrs. Medina","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-1_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":345012,"followAbout":"Mrs. Medina's projects","teacherVerify":1444407856,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Medina","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2129040","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=2129040","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":3},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.