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Mrs. Potter's Classroom

  • Erwin Elementary School
  • Van Nuys, CA
  • Nearly all 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

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Expanding the Classroom Library for Transitional Kindergartners

Help me give my students a more varied classroom library that helps expand their knowledge of the world.
Mrs. Potter
Erwin Elementary School
Van Nuys, CA
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  • $715 still needed

Building a STEM Center for Transitional Kindergartners

Help me give my students a STEM center complete with materials that will provide hands-on, experiential, and project-based learning opportunities to develop their science, technology, engineering, and math skills.
Mrs. Potter
Erwin Elementary School
Van Nuys, CA
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  • $746 still needed

Help Us Build Our Classroom Library!

Help me give my students an expanded classroom library with board books written by fabulous children's authors. These books will help them learn about a variety of topics, including colors, the alphabet, counting, rhyming, and much more!
Mrs. Potter
Erwin Elementary School
Van Nuys, CA
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  • $701 still needed
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Past projects 25

  • Supporting Future Scientists, Mathematicians, and Explorers

    Funded Nov 13, 2024

    My students were so awed and amazed as we were opening all the wonderful packages you kindly donated to us! Each box was more wonderful than the next. We can't thank you enough for the materials that are helping us build our STEM center.

    As you can see from the pictures, my students are hard at work planning, designing, and using their imagination to build a variety of buildings, cars, and other structures. Thank you so much for the wood blocks and other construction kits that provide endless opportunities for supporting our future scientists, mathematicians, and explorers!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by United Airlines and one other donor.
  • Building Our Classroom Library

    Funded Oct 4, 2024

    Thank you so much for investing in the future of our bright and motivated students! They were so very excited to receive their new books. Choosing books from their new class library is one of their favorite parts of the day. They love reading together, sharing their favorite stories, and expanding their imaginations.

    Because of your support, my students now have access to high-quality books from award-winning authors such as Eric Carle, Todd Parr, and Dr. Seuss. These books are helping them to read high-frequency sight words, recognize and create rhyming words, and to speak in complete sentences.

    Your donations will help build literacy skills for not only my current students but future students for many, many years. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation and one other donor.
  • Prizes for Preschool 2022

    Funded Nov 29, 2022

    Thank you for your very kind donation to our project. Because of your generosity, my class received a large, wonderful supply of stickers and prizes for our classroom management system.

    My students are very motivated learners, and I love being able to reward them for their hard work and effort with tangible prizes. They have been so excited by all the new prizes they have been earning, such as key chains, stress relief toys, puzzles, and so much more.

    I'm very touched that you chose to support my classroom. Please know that my students and I could not be more appreciative. Thank you!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 4 other donors.
  • Promoting Diversity Awareness

    Funded Oct 22, 2020

    Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution to my project. Because of you, we have been able to start a classroom library that promotes diversity awareness. These books are written about children of different colors and cultures, and they allow my student to identify with - and feel empowered by - the strong characters whose skin looks just like theirs.

    My students have fallen in love with these books, and they ask for me to read them over and over again. We also use the lap-size white boards and white board markers you donated to draw pictures from the books and record their thoughts and feelings.

    Thank you so much for your generosity and for your support of early childhood education!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Donor and one other donor.
  • Prizes for Preschoolers

    Funded Nov 30, 2021

    Thank you for your very kind donation to our project. Because of your generosity, my class received a large, wonderful supply of stickers and prizes for our classroom management system.

    My students are very motivated learners, and I love being able to reward them for their hard work and effort with tangible prizes. They have been so excited by all the new prizes they have been earning, such as key chains, stress relief toys, puzzles, and so much more.

    I'm very touched that you chose to support my classroom. Please know that my students and I could not be more appreciative. Thank you!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.
  • Let's Get Carted Away with Learning!

    Funded Nov 10, 2021

    My students and I were so excited to receive deliveries of big boxes filled with all of your wonderful donations. Two of those boxes contained all the parts for our new all-purpose teaching cart. This cart makes it so convenient for us to transport our learning materials around the classroom and even outside when the weather is nice. You will see from the posted pictures the multitude of learning materials this cart is able to hold.

    You also contributed to a kid-size equipment cart, though this item was unfortunately no longer available through the vendor I had selected. However, we were able to use the funds for this cart towards other items that were sorely needed for our classroom including clear containers to help us keep our materials organized, as well as several packages of laminating sheets which we use to preserve and memorialize all of our wonderful student work.

    We are so very thankful for you and your support of our classroom!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by #TeachHealthy with Nature Made.
  • Pre-K Printer for Remote Learning

    Funded Aug 31, 2020

    Thank you so much for supporting early childhood education and more specifically, my project which is helping so many at-risk children during this unprecedented pandemic. My class has been learning 100% remotely and has had limited access to technology so desperately needed.

    Because of your generosity, I have been able to provide many copies of educational supports, including homework, practice sheets and alphabet charts, to my students who do not have printers at home. They now have more access to critical tools that will aid them in developing academic and fine motor skills needed at this critical age.

    I am very grateful for your support. Thank you so much!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Potter

    This classroom project was brought to life by AT&T and one other donor.
I am a co-teacher (special education) in an inclusive/collaborative preschool program that includes children with and without disabilities. Many come from low-income, single-parent households. The children are eager to learn and ready to begin reaching their full potential, just given the right resources and opportunities! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation towards a brighter future for these wonderful children.

About my class

I am a co-teacher (special education) in an inclusive/collaborative preschool program that includes children with and without disabilities. Many come from low-income, single-parent households. The children are eager to learn and ready to begin reaching their full potential, just given the right resources and opportunities! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation towards a brighter future for these wonderful children.

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