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Ms. Calarco's Classroom

  • PS 3 D'Youville Porter Campus
  • Buffalo, NY
  • 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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  • Alphabet Teaching Tubs

    Funded Mar 25, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! You have supplied us with English alphabet tubs for our classroom. Each letter of the alphabet has 6 tactile objects that student can explore to help them learn words and vocabulary that begin with that letter! The students love playing with these alphabet objects. We also use them to sort by letters and sounds!

    Thanks again for thinking about our students and supporting our classroom. We will continue to use these materials often. We truly appreciate you!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

  • Dry and Warm

    Funded Mar 8, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! You have supplied us with extra clothes for my prek students to keep at school. Students use these clothes to change in to if they have a bathroom accident or spill food, drink, paint, etc on themselves. We are so happy to have these extra clothes because the students can quickly get changed and don't have to get picked up to go home or have a parent bring them in new clothes! Thanks again for thinking of my students and our classroom! My students and I truly appreciate you!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

  • Squeaky Clean

    Funded Aug 3, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! You have supplied us with a years worth of Clorox wipes for our classroom! We use these wipes daily to keep our room clean and our bodies healthy and germ free. We eat breakfast, lunch and snack in our classroom so we use them after each of these meals.

    We also use PlayDoh and paint daily and can create big messes when having fun! These wipes also come in handy after using these materials and supplies!

    Thanks again for thinking about our students!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and one other donor.
  • Learning With Play-Doh

    Funded May 10, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donation. You have supplied my students with a years worth of PlayDoh! We use the PlayDoh daily. The students use it for free play after breakfast and lunch. They also use it in learning areas.

    We use the PlayDoh to practice our shapes, letters, number and names! We just celebrated Hispanic heritage month by making coqui frogs from Puerto Rico! We had so much fun learning about these frogs and creating them with the dough. Thanks again for thinking about our students!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

    This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation and 2 other donors.
  • Clean, Warm, and Dry

    Funded May 9, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! You have supplied us with extra clothes for my prek students to keep at school. Students use these clothes to change in to if they have a bathroom accident or spill food, drink, paint, etc on themselves. We are so happy to have these extra clothes because the students can quickly get changed and don't have to get picked up to go home or have a parent bring them in new clothes! Thanks again for thinking of my students and our classroom! My students and I truly appreciate you!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

    This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Foundation and 2 other donors.
  • Math Is Fun

    Funded Nov 28, 2022

    Thank you so much for your generous donation. You have supplied my students with a plethora of hands in math tools and toys. My students were so excited to receive all of these new supplies.

    They love the count and move the counting on our classroom abacus. Not only does it help us count, but it helps us understand comparing numbers, as well as early addition skills..

    My students use the math materials in their independent learning areas and they love to have new supplies to explore and have a hands on experience!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

  • Warm and Dry

    Funded Dec 21, 2022

    Thank you so much for your generous donation. You have supplied my students with warm clothes when they are in need.

    Mostly we have used these items of clothing for bathroom accidents. We have also used them when the students spill breakfast or lunch in themselves. We also use paint, PlayDoh, and shaving cream in our class and sometimes we get our clothes dirty and need a spare.

    Thank you so much for caring about my students and our classroom. We really appreciate your help! Thanks again!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

  • Learning Science with Our Senses

    Funded Nov 28, 2022

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! The students were so excited to receive the packages and open them up.

    They love the sensory tubes! We are learning about the five senses and the sensory tubes were placed in the Science Area for students to use and explore independently. They use these tubes to learn about their sense of sight, sound, and touch!

    We also received a sensory ball that students use to learn about their sense of sight and touch. The students use their sense of touch and sight to explains and collapse the ball.

    Thanks again for your help!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

  • Let’s Build!

    Funded Nov 30, 2022

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! My students were so excited to open the packages and see all of the wonderful new learning toys and activities.

    The students love to build with the wooden construction planks. They like to use the picture cards that tell and show them how to make certain structures. This is a great problem solving skill!

    The students also love the magnetic tiles. They love building towers, and castles, robots and cars with them. It allows them to use their imagination, and at the same time helps them with social skills as well as shapes and colors.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

    This classroom project was brought to life by an Anonymous Classroom Supporter and 2 other donors.
  • Learning with PlayDoh

    Funded Nov 12, 2022

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! You have supplied our class with a plethora of PlayDoh! We use the PlayDoh daily, and multiple times a day. We use it to make letters, numbers, patterns and for counting. We also use it just for fun when using our imagination and being creative.

    My students love using PlayDoh because it is interactive, hands on and engaging! We also used the PlayDoh to talk about colors and to do science experiments to see what happens when colors mix together.

    Thanks again for your help!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Calarco

I have 30 students in my classroom. All 30 students are English Second Language learners. Many of the students do not speak English at all. There are currently 11 different languages in my classroom. The diversity in the classroom makes everyone unique, but it can also be difficult for me as the teacher, since I am usually the only adult in the room for most of the day. Most of my students are also coming from refugee camps, and all of my students are living below poverty. I provide most of the materials in my classroom from my own pocket. I am requesting basic school supplies for my students such as soap, markers, glue sticks, paper, and other art materials. Thank you for your help!

About my class

I have 30 students in my classroom. All 30 students are English Second Language learners. Many of the students do not speak English at all. There are currently 11 different languages in my classroom. The diversity in the classroom makes everyone unique, but it can also be difficult for me as the teacher, since I am usually the only adult in the room for most of the day. Most of my students are also coming from refugee camps, and all of my students are living below poverty. I provide most of the materials in my classroom from my own pocket. I am requesting basic school supplies for my students such as soap, markers, glue sticks, paper, and other art materials. Thank you for your help!

About my class

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