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. Porterfield's Classroom Edit display name

  • Don E Hayden Elementary School
  • N. Las Vegas, NV
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

  • Monthly
  • One-time

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

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/krysten-porterfield

View your stats
Track donations »
Upload a classroom photo
I am requesting these items to set up an awesome way to keep my kinder students motivated throughout the school year, weather it is behavior or academic. I have two motivators that I am planning to implement. 1. Desk Pets (behavior/academic)- students can adopt a mini pet (mini erasers or mini brick set) with a small habitat. They will get adoption paperwork and sign a contract they will have to abide by. They will have the opportunity to earn money through classdojo points. They will be able to go to the "Pet Shop" and purchase items to add to their habitats. Items they can earn are decorations, food, pets for their pet, beds, sleeping bags, plants, larger habitats. They will keep these habitats on their desks to keep them on task and as a buddy. If they are distracted by their desk pet, they will have to pay to take it to "Day Care" for the day. 2.Glow Parties (academic) I am planning to host "Glow" parties for certain celebrations of academic progress. Such as certain sight words learned, math facts, etc. During the Glow Parties we will have work centers to practice the skill that we are celebrating with fun glow in the dark activities to keep the interest of the students through out the year,

About my class

I am requesting these items to set up an awesome way to keep my kinder students motivated throughout the school year, weather it is behavior or academic. I have two motivators that I am planning to implement. 1. Desk Pets (behavior/academic)- students can adopt a mini pet (mini erasers or mini brick set) with a small habitat. They will get adoption paperwork and sign a contract they will have to abide by. They will have the opportunity to earn money through classdojo points. They will be able to go to the "Pet Shop" and purchase items to add to their habitats. Items they can earn are decorations, food, pets for their pet, beds, sleeping bags, plants, larger habitats. They will keep these habitats on their desks to keep them on task and as a buddy. If they are distracted by their desk pet, they will have to pay to take it to "Day Care" for the day. 2.Glow Parties (academic) I am planning to host "Glow" parties for certain celebrations of academic progress. Such as certain sight words learned, math facts, etc. During the Glow Parties we will have work centers to practice the skill that we are celebrating with fun glow in the dark activities to keep the interest of the students through out the year,

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":8004701,"teacherId":8004701,"teacherName":"Mrs. Porterfield","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-1_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"vanityURL":"krysten-porterfield","teacherChallengeId":21791896,"followAbout":"Mrs. Porterfield's projects","teacherVerify":-835029050,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Porterfield","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/krysten-porterfield","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=8004701","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":4},"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.