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

Mr. Patros' Classroom Edit display name

  • Cajon Valley Middle School
  • El Cajon, CA
  • Nearly all 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 his classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mr. Patros a DonorsChoose gift card he can use on his classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send him a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mr. Patros' classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mr. Patros a DonorsChoose gift card he can use on his classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send him a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mr. Patros can use on his next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4220865 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
My name is W.P. and I am a teacher offering a new gaming club at my middle school (which is also my Alma Matter). Go Cougars! This club will allow my students (many lower income, single parent households and various ethnicities) a place that they can come to be supported in their growth to challenge their minds, be in a safe environment, learn about new cultures, and experience new games outside of technology. My students deserve the experience of these things before technology overcomes their lives. Many of my students have never seen or been taught traditional strategic board and card games. I want to give them that experience of not only learning something new, but also using their minds more than they ever could in front of a TV or computer. This club and the games I will teach my kids will give them ways to interact with others face to face instead of across a screen. The students will also be taught the history behind those games such as the country's origins and the people that played it. We live in a melting pot and the best way for students to see that is through the games that we experienced!

About my class

My name is W.P. and I am a teacher offering a new gaming club at my middle school (which is also my Alma Matter). Go Cougars! This club will allow my students (many lower income, single parent households and various ethnicities) a place that they can come to be supported in their growth to challenge their minds, be in a safe environment, learn about new cultures, and experience new games outside of technology. My students deserve the experience of these things before technology overcomes their lives. Many of my students have never seen or been taught traditional strategic board and card games. I want to give them that experience of not only learning something new, but also using their minds more than they ever could in front of a TV or computer. This club and the games I will teach my kids will give them ways to interact with others face to face instead of across a screen. The students will also be taught the history behind those games such as the country's origins and the people that played it. We live in a melting pot and the best way for students to see that is through the games that we experienced!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4220865,"teacherId":4220865,"teacherName":"Mr. Patros","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4220865_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1485933576291","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20899141,"followAbout":"Mr. Patros' projects","teacherVerify":1460526338,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mr. Patros","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4220865","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4220865","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":7,"numSupporters":67},"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.