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.

Upload a classroom photo

Mrs. Hodge’s Classroom Edit display name

  • Laura Hose Elementary School
  • Crawfordsville, IN
  • 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 Mrs. Hodge 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 Mrs. Hodge's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6793017 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
Looking around my library that I just came into I noticed a lack of diversity. When I say diversity, I'm referring more to disabilities or other languages. We have several Hispanic children, who love to read! Most speak English, some are working on it, and some are just starting English. We have a very small Spanish section. I'm talking one shelf. Not one shelving unit, one shelf! These children deserve to go home and read a book in their native language if they so choose. That is more comfortable for them. Some books have both English and Spanish to help them in translation. Some of their parents don't speak English, but why should that mean they don't get a bedtime story? Children are curious individuals who don't mean harm, but can make others feel bad without knowing it. I would love to have books where the characters have disabilities (i.e. walking assistance, behavior ailments, etc.) Doing a unit on how because others may look different than you, does not mean we treat them differently. I think the children with disabilities would also find themselves drawn to these books, because it's characters they can relate to, who look like them, who think like them, etc. Finding love and appreciation for reading starts young. If we discourage them now, they'll put down the books for good. I want them to walk into our library and think "I'm represented here."

About my class

Looking around my library that I just came into I noticed a lack of diversity. When I say diversity, I'm referring more to disabilities or other languages. We have several Hispanic children, who love to read! Most speak English, some are working on it, and some are just starting English. We have a very small Spanish section. I'm talking one shelf. Not one shelving unit, one shelf! These children deserve to go home and read a book in their native language if they so choose. That is more comfortable for them. Some books have both English and Spanish to help them in translation. Some of their parents don't speak English, but why should that mean they don't get a bedtime story? Children are curious individuals who don't mean harm, but can make others feel bad without knowing it. I would love to have books where the characters have disabilities (i.e. walking assistance, behavior ailments, etc.) Doing a unit on how because others may look different than you, does not mean we treat them differently. I think the children with disabilities would also find themselves drawn to these books, because it's characters they can relate to, who look like them, who think like them, etc. Finding love and appreciation for reading starts young. If we discourage them now, they'll put down the books for good. I want them to walk into our library and think "I'm represented here."

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6793017,"teacherId":6793017,"teacherName":"Mrs. Hodge","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-4_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21483872,"followAbout":"Mrs. Hodge's projects","teacherVerify":8864129,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Hodge","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/6793017","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6793017","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":13},"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.