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. McKenna’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/8280151 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
This is my first year as a teacher and I have already noticed how unmotivated and down students can get so quickly, especially if every day is the same. When I mentioned a possible hands on experience, where they get to use their interior design knowledge learned in our classroom, they were ecstatic! I've never seen them so eager to dive right into something. They wanted to jump right into planning it and had so many ideas. Their eyes (and voices) lit up at the thought of their individual ideas being put in motion. We have a couple couches in the room so they wanted to aim our "theme" around those. In interior design we learn a lot about colors to make the room feel more open and how furniture placement can affect that as well. Our room is in a trailer so the colors are pretty bland and it's all the same. That is why they chose the black wallpaper and black wood stain, but chose white, stick on, vinyl countertops and floating shelves. There is limited storage that is actually useable for them and projects they work on. They wanted to get organizational supplies such as the metal rack, wire baskets and push cart to make the room look more professional and put together as well as giving them the storage space they desired.

About my class

This is my first year as a teacher and I have already noticed how unmotivated and down students can get so quickly, especially if every day is the same. When I mentioned a possible hands on experience, where they get to use their interior design knowledge learned in our classroom, they were ecstatic! I've never seen them so eager to dive right into something. They wanted to jump right into planning it and had so many ideas. Their eyes (and voices) lit up at the thought of their individual ideas being put in motion. We have a couple couches in the room so they wanted to aim our "theme" around those. In interior design we learn a lot about colors to make the room feel more open and how furniture placement can affect that as well. Our room is in a trailer so the colors are pretty bland and it's all the same. That is why they chose the black wallpaper and black wood stain, but chose white, stick on, vinyl countertops and floating shelves. There is limited storage that is actually useable for them and projects they work on. They wanted to get organizational supplies such as the metal rack, wire baskets and push cart to make the room look more professional and put together as well as giving them the storage space they desired.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":8280151,"teacherId":8280151,"teacherName":"Ms. McKenna","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp8280151_orig.jpg?crop=2016,2016,x0,y631&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1642749365661","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21872687,"followAbout":"Ms. McKenna's projects","teacherVerify":868542312,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. McKenna","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/8280151","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=8280151","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":3},"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.