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

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end?
Purchase account credits and choose projects later!

In a rush to make a major tax-deductible gift before the year's end? Purchase account credits and choose projects later!

For direct assistance with credits or anything else, please call our donor relationships team: (646) 586-5306 ext. 202

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
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. Martinez's Classroom Edit display name

  • Bella Mente Montessori Academy
  • Vista, CA
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5697331 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
Montessori classrooms are all about promoting peace and tranquility in the learning environment. They are furnished in natural woods, painted in pastels, and decorated in a neat and airy way. They in no way look like your typical elementary classroom. The walls in my classroom are meant to be bare, the floors however are not! Because our room has wood flooring, I need rugs to provide the kids with plenty of comfortable places to spread out and get their work done. I have three different places in the classroom where I plan to have student circles and independent work stations. One space in particular that I'm working to create for the kids is our reading nook. I've searched high and low to find books to fill our shelves, and now they need somewhere to cozy up and fall in love with them. I'll use one of the area rugs and both bean bag chairs in the reading nook. The other two rugs will be used for our morning meeting space and for our hands-on area. Because I plan to meet with the students every morning and read through the schedule, I want them to have somewhere comfortable to sit while we get started with our day. They also need space to sit and work with the Montessori materials. As a first year teacher I'm short on supplies and even shorter on funds. I've bought hundreds of dollars worth of materials and supplies so far and my classroom is still in need of more. Building a classroom is a work and progress, but with your help I can start off with a strong foundation to build off of!

About my class

Montessori classrooms are all about promoting peace and tranquility in the learning environment. They are furnished in natural woods, painted in pastels, and decorated in a neat and airy way. They in no way look like your typical elementary classroom. The walls in my classroom are meant to be bare, the floors however are not! Because our room has wood flooring, I need rugs to provide the kids with plenty of comfortable places to spread out and get their work done. I have three different places in the classroom where I plan to have student circles and independent work stations. One space in particular that I'm working to create for the kids is our reading nook. I've searched high and low to find books to fill our shelves, and now they need somewhere to cozy up and fall in love with them. I'll use one of the area rugs and both bean bag chairs in the reading nook. The other two rugs will be used for our morning meeting space and for our hands-on area. Because I plan to meet with the students every morning and read through the schedule, I want them to have somewhere comfortable to sit while we get started with our day. They also need space to sit and work with the Montessori materials. As a first year teacher I'm short on supplies and even shorter on funds. I've bought hundreds of dollars worth of materials and supplies so far and my classroom is still in need of more. Building a classroom is a work and progress, but with your help I can start off with a strong foundation to build off of!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":5697331,"teacherId":5697331,"teacherName":"Ms. Martinez","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5697331_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1534312383487","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21248752,"followAbout":"Ms. Martinez's projects","teacherVerify":1027385937,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Martinez","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5697331","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=5697331","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":8},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}