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. Ballard's Classroom Edit display name

  • Smith Elementary School
  • New Britain, CT
  • 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. Ballard 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. Ballard's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/b-ballard

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
As a reading teacher, I work with children from Kindergarten to 5th grade. Children are inquisitive and want to learn. It is vital that I capture on their inquisitive nature to develop a love of reading. Children learn best through doing. Giving students engaging activities will heighten their interest and motivation. Creating an environment that is organized, fun, educational, and supportive will help them grow socially, emotionally, and academically. This impact will influence how they view themselves as learners. With your help, I can give the children the same experience as more affluent towns have, increase their excitement for learning, and use hands on material to differentiate learning. Please help me give them engaging learning opportunities, an organized learning space, and develop their reading skills.

About my class

As a reading teacher, I work with children from Kindergarten to 5th grade. Children are inquisitive and want to learn. It is vital that I capture on their inquisitive nature to develop a love of reading. Children learn best through doing. Giving students engaging activities will heighten their interest and motivation. Creating an environment that is organized, fun, educational, and supportive will help them grow socially, emotionally, and academically. This impact will influence how they view themselves as learners. With your help, I can give the children the same experience as more affluent towns have, increase their excitement for learning, and use hands on material to differentiate learning. Please help me give them engaging learning opportunities, an organized learning space, and develop their reading skills.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":6891974,"teacherId":6891974,"teacherName":"Ms. Ballard","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp6891974_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1573191230843","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"b-ballard","teacherChallengeId":21511749,"followAbout":"Ms. Ballard's projects","teacherVerify":686693184,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Ballard","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/b-ballard","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6891974","stats":{"numActiveProjects":4,"numFundedProjects":24,"numSupporters":36},"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.