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Mrs. Cosans' Classroom

  • Barack Obama Elementary School
  • Richmond, VA
  • 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

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  • Headphones Help Us Focus! Pt. 2

    Funded Jan 29, 2025

    We are so grateful you chose to support our project and help provide students with the headphones they need to succeed in school! Headphones are a material that we use in school literally every day, but they are often not the best quality and fall apart. With your generosity, over 300 pairs of earbuds have been distributed to students throughout the district. That's amazing!

    These headphones have been essential in accessing district testing, completing class assignments, participating in audio-guided assessments, and experiencing interactive learning tasks on Chromebooks. With your generosity, I now have a reserve of headphones to support students not only this year, but for years to come! Your support created a more equitable and welcoming learning environment for all our students, and we are deeply grateful. Please know that when you support classrooms like ours through DonorsChoose, you are making a real impact on our lives. We are SO appreciative of you and this community.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Headphones Help Us Focus!

    Funded Jan 9, 2025

    Thank you so much for helping students get the headphones they need through your generous support of this project! With your kindness, students re now able to fully engage in their learning. These headphones have been essential in accessing district testing, completing class assignments, participating in audio-guided assessments, and experiencing interactive learning tasks on their Chromebooks.

    By February, headphones are in short supply. With your generosity, I now have a reserve of headphones to support students not only this year, but for years to come! Your support created a more equitable and welcoming learning environment for all our students, and we are deeply grateful. Thank you once again for making such a positive impact!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Strategize & Snack!

    Funded Mar 25, 2025

    Thank you so much for your generous support of our class project for strategy games, logic puzzles, and snacks! Your kindness has helped provide my students with the tools they need to stay energized and engaged throughout the day. With the addition of challenging logic puzzles and nourishing snacks, my students will have the opportunity to sharpen their critical thinking skills while keeping their minds and bodies fueled.

    Your support is so important to classrooms like ours. The logic games such as Cats & Boxes will help my students develop crucial skills such as planning, strategizing, and critical thinking. Snacks will help my students stay focused during our long school days. Please know that your contribution has made a real difference, and we are so grateful!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 5 other donors.
  • Snack While Strategizing! Pt. 2

    Funded Feb 8, 2025

    ​Happy Saturday to you! Thank you SO MUCH for helping us get new logic games and snacks for my students! Because of you, my students will have the opportunity to strengthen their critical thinking skills through engaging logic puzzles while also staying sharp with much-needed snacks. Our school day is long and students get hungry! Your support of my project will make a distinct impact in our classroom. Without your support, my students would not be fueled and focused!

    We are truly grateful for your generosity and can’t wait to put these new resources to use! Please know that when you choose to donate to projects on DonorsChoose, you are directly impacting students and classrooms like mine and that it genuinely means the world to us.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Let's Go Pentominoes!

    Funded Mar 15, 2024

    Thank you so much for making this project a reality. I am incredibly grateful for your generous support in funding this spatial reasoning project for a class set of pentominoes! Thanks to your kindness, my students now have access to pentominoes and the necessary storage materials to keep them organized.

    These resources have already made a tremendous impact in our classroom. My students are eager to explore the challenges of spatial reasoning, and the pentominoes have provided the perfect hands-on tool to develop their visualization and problem-solving skills. It's so lovely and encouraging to see their excitement as they manipulate and fit the pieces together, building confidence in their strengthening spatial reasoning skills.

    Your generosity has helped create a nurturing and engaging learning environment where my students can push their thinking, overcome challenges, and grow as learners. Thank you for believing in our mission and making a difference in their education. Your support for our classroom truly means the world to us!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Snack While Strategizing!

    Funded Feb 6, 2025

    Thank you for your generous support of our classroom project request for logic games and snacks! Because of you, my students will have the opportunity to sharpen their critical thinking skills through engaging logic puzzles while also staying fueled and focused with much-needed snacks. Your support of my project will make a distinct impact in our classroom. Without your support, my students would not have access to these amazing materials.

    We are truly grateful for your generosity and can’t wait to put these new resources to use! Thank you so much.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Where'd My Pencil Go?

    Funded Feb 5, 2025

    Wow! Thank you so much for funding this project for pencils! We use pencils in our classroom for students to show their thinking, brainstorm, draw models during engineering tasks, solve logic puzzles, and SO much more. High-quality pencils are such a game changer - they don't break nearly as easily as the cheap ones and last forever! Thank you for helping us acquire an item we use literally every day. We appreciate your support more than we can express in words!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Code and Create With Evo Ozobots!

    Funded Jan 15, 2025

    Thank you so much for funding our project! Your generosity will allow my students to explore coding and robotics in an exciting and hands-on way with the Ozobot Evo Entry Kits. These tools will not only support their growth in computer science, engineering, and STEAM subjects but also nurture critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

    I’m thrilled to provide my students with exciting and challenging learning experiences that will inspire their love of learning and prepare them for bright futures. Your support makes this possible, and we are so grateful for your belief in our vision.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

  • Cultivating Compassion Within Our School Community!

    Funded Sep 18, 2024

    Thank you so much for your generous support of our project to foster empathy and compassion in our classroom and broader school community. The card-making kits, children's books, and small treats you helped provide were used to show kindness to those in need.

    The idea of a Compassion Club came about when a few students came to my class upset by what their peers had said or done. Teachers work incredibly hard to help students practice skills of all types, but social-emotional learning is something that requires much more time than is allowed in the school day. Compassion Club was started as an opportunity for students in upper grade levels to practice, think, and talk about the skills of compassion, kindness, and empathy. I have been so excited by the response. Students ask me every single day if they can come to Compassion Club. They love listening to read-alouds with lessons about kindness, inclusion, and empathy as they eat their lunches. Students love making cards for peers, teachers and school staff to let others know how much they appreciate them and care for them. Creating cards and pairing them with thoughtful treats will teach my students how small acts of kindness can have a big impact. The engaging books and reflective activities help them see the world from different perspectives, nurturing their empathy over time.

    Your generosity is helping to build a classroom environment where compassion and understanding thrive. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of my students and our community!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community & an Anonymous Partner and 9 other donors.
  • Back to School Boost!

    Funded Sep 3, 2024

    Thank you so much for your generosity in helping to provide essential supplies that helped make our classroom a clean, comfortable, and engaging space for learning. Items like Lysol wipes, a new rug, snacks, and bulletin board decorations may seem simple, but they make a world of difference in creating an environment where students feel welcomed, excited, and ready to dive into their projects.

    Items requested in this project were used every single day. Students gather on the carpet for puzzles, station work, and class conversations. The bulletin board paper and border will last this year and many years to come - students get so excited to see their work and projects highlighted in our classroom! Students also loved having a snack while they worked on their puzzles and projects; the school day is long and we all can used a snack sometimes. By removing barriers to learning, you are helping students focus and get the most out of our class.

    Your kindness and support have truly made a lasting impact on our classroom. Thank you for believing in my students and helping them succeed!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Cosans

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Gates Foundation and 5 other donors.
These classroom supplies, including a meeting area rug, classroom library books, pencils, and dry erase boards will help provide students with necessary materials to learn and grow this school year. A new classroom rug will foster a comfortable and inclusive space where students can gather for mini-lessons and to enjoy our new classroom books. Organizational tools included in this project, such as pocket charts and a wall folder organizer, will eliminate the need for bulky organization on surfaces and allow information to be displayed on the walls that will keep my fourth graders, school personnel, and students' families aware of what is going on in our classroom. With these materials, we can jump right into meaningful learning instead of scrambling for basic supplies. Students need tools to learn. Our classroom being well-equipped with learning materials will allow my class to do just that - learn! These materials will be readily accessible for my students to use to make their fourth grade year meaningful.

About my class

These classroom supplies, including a meeting area rug, classroom library books, pencils, and dry erase boards will help provide students with necessary materials to learn and grow this school year. A new classroom rug will foster a comfortable and inclusive space where students can gather for mini-lessons and to enjoy our new classroom books. Organizational tools included in this project, such as pocket charts and a wall folder organizer, will eliminate the need for bulky organization on surfaces and allow information to be displayed on the walls that will keep my fourth graders, school personnel, and students' families aware of what is going on in our classroom. With these materials, we can jump right into meaningful learning instead of scrambling for basic supplies. Students need tools to learn. Our classroom being well-equipped with learning materials will allow my class to do just that - learn! These materials will be readily accessible for my students to use to make their fourth grade year meaningful.

About my class

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