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

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.

Ms. Gillihan's Classroom Edit display name

  • Minnie Minoso Academy
  • Chicago, IL
  • 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 Ms. Gillihan 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. Gillihan's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Gillihan 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.

Give to a project to support this classroom.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5739420 Customize URL

A cozy and welcoming area are key for students to begin emotional growth. The requested cotton craft rug and floor seats will provide students a comfortable area where students will identify their emotions and the cause of them. Once students identify their emotions and the cause, they will then decide what they will do next based off their reflection. With an iPad, students can download mindfulness and meditation apps that will help them make positive choices when feeling down or angry. Calming tools such as stress ball, activity books and puzzles can be used in the calm down corner. Art will be used as a form of therapy and students can indulge in painting, drawing and coloring when needed. The calm down corner will provide students resources that will allow students to take control of their emotions and make positive and healthy decisions.

About my class

A cozy and welcoming area are key for students to begin emotional growth. The requested cotton craft rug and floor seats will provide students a comfortable area where students will identify their emotions and the cause of them. Once students identify their emotions and the cause, they will then decide what they will do next based off their reflection. With an iPad, students can download mindfulness and meditation apps that will help them make positive choices when feeling down or angry. Calming tools such as stress ball, activity books and puzzles can be used in the calm down corner. Art will be used as a form of therapy and students can indulge in painting, drawing and coloring when needed. The calm down corner will provide students resources that will allow students to take control of their emotions and make positive and healthy decisions.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":5739420,"teacherId":5739420,"teacherName":"Ms. Gillihan","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp5739420_orig.jpg?crop=1170,1170,x0,y0&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1724439410019","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21256380,"followAbout":"Ms. Gillihan's projects","teacherVerify":767573558,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Gillihan","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/5739420","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=5739420","stats":{"numActiveProjects":1,"numFundedProjects":3,"numSupporters":28},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":true,"teacherNamePossessive":"Ms. Gillihan's","essentialsTopItemSummary":"bandages","essentialsTopItemImageUrl":"/images/essentialslist/supplies/bandages.jpg","essentialsTopItemPrice":19.09,"essentialsListLength":10,"essentialsListUrl":"https://www.donorschoose.org//donors/essentials-list.html?teacherId=5739420","state":"IL","stateFullName":"Illinois","city":"Chicago"}}