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Ms. Chhay from Hilo, HI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Academic, Functional, and Organizational Student Success!

Help me give my students trays to organize student work, and Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards so I can purchase ready-made lessons, worksheets, and activities.

  • $924 goal

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My Students

I am the teacher of a fully self-contained classroom located on the Big Island of Hawaii. I service students from grades K-5 who have been determined to be medically fragile. My students come from varying backgrounds, circumstances, and needs. They also come with individual strengths, quirks, and challenges. My students are unique, wonderful, and a joy to work with!

While my students face the types of challenges that most of their peers won't ever experience in their lives, they do so with hard work and determination.

A large percentage of what my students work with on a daily basis is created in the classroom. This would include materials that assist them in getting through the school day (i.e. visual schedules, task analyses, etc.), providing them with incentives (i.e. token economy/reward board, etc.), allowing them to learn at their developmental range (i.e. matching activities, sorting activities, etc.) and communication (i.e. "if/then" charts, "I want..." charts, etc.). Materials needed to create such tools need to be on hand at all times in my classroom.

My Project

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in school closures statewide, my students' schedules were interrupted in the previous year; many of them were distance learners at some point. This school year, we have resumed face-to-face learning. My students will need to familiarize themselves with the new schedule and classroom routines.

Having materials to create personalized tools that help each student learn and communicate will help them to ease back into the school routine with less frustration and stress for both them and the adults that work with them.

These medically fragile students will be happier when they understand how the world around them works and when they feel understood.

The Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards will be used to purchase ready-made lessons, worksheets, and activities. The Velcro dots will be incorporated into their learning and communications systems throughout the classroom.

The trays will be used to organize student work pertaining to specific objectives they are working towards mastering. The textured uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter and number flashcards will help in the learning of these fundamental concepts.

Ms. Chhay Waiakea Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

8 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 5 $500.00
Velcro Brand 3/4" Sticky Back Hook & Loop Fastener Dots, White, 200/Pack (91824) • Staples $14.49 3 $43.47
TT192BO - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
TT192BY - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
TT192GB - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
TT192BB - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
TT192BL - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Purple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
TT192BP - Neon Heavy-Duty Paper Tray - Bright Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.19 3 $21.57
EE289 - Tactile Numbers 1-30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
EE258 - Tactile Letters - Uppercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
EE259 - Tactile Letters - Lowercase • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.59 1 $13.59

Materials cost

$723.46

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.87

Sales tax

 $9.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$785.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.53

Total project goal

$923.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $923.54

1 Donor

-$923.54

Donations toward project cost

-$785.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$138.53

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