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

Ms. Nelson's Classroom Edit display name

  • Bernice Mathews Elementary School
  • Reno, NV
  • 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 her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Nelson 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 Ms. Nelson's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Nelson 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 Ms. Nelson can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4459041 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
I teach a group of high energy and motivated first graders. I teach at a title 1 school in Reno, NV. 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch, many of my students receive backpack food on the weekend. Despite many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. Our school has a strong focus on literacy. Being from a low-income environment often makes reading very difficult, since many of them do not have exposure to much text or high level vocabulary before they enter school. Some students come into my classroom without knowing any letter sounds, but they focus and work hard on their decoding skills to become strong readers by the end of the year. We give them the tools to do this, but they do the hard work! I am so proud of the students that come through our school. They want to do well in school and learn all they can so they can be successful one day.

About my class

I teach a group of high energy and motivated first graders. I teach at a title 1 school in Reno, NV. 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch, many of my students receive backpack food on the weekend. Despite many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. Our school has a strong focus on literacy. Being from a low-income environment often makes reading very difficult, since many of them do not have exposure to much text or high level vocabulary before they enter school. Some students come into my classroom without knowing any letter sounds, but they focus and work hard on their decoding skills to become strong readers by the end of the year. We give them the tools to do this, but they do the hard work! I am so proud of the students that come through our school. They want to do well in school and learn all they can so they can be successful one day.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4459041,"teacherId":4459041,"teacherName":"Ms. Nelson","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4459041_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1494711674800","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20936831,"followAbout":"Ms. Nelson's projects","teacherVerify":-634605867,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Nelson","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4459041","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4459041","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":7},"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.