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Ms. Cathy from Lansing, MI is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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At Home Learning - Backpacking Up the Year (Project 5)

Help me give my students at home learning backpacks to take home at the end of the year as they prepare to enter kindergarten.

  • $836 goal

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My Project

My students are pre-kindergarten students who meet the state requirements and are labeled as being "at-risk" of not succeeding; thus, they are placed in the program to help them succeed. They are four years of age and live in a medium-large city. My school follows the "Nurtured Heart" philosophy, where we work to find greatness in each child. In my classroom, I try to make each child comfortable and part of our school family.

Elizabeth Foss says, "When the atmosphere encourages learning, the learning is inevitable."

My students are preparing to enter Kindergarten in the fall next year. Thus, I chose the PreK/Kindergarten at home learning packs, because these materials are most appropriate to help them as they learn. I am trying to make my children's learning atmosphere strong and enriched, so that they can be prepared for kindergarten. These at-home learning kits will be given to the children to keep at home in the Spring/Summer, as we begin our transition to Kindergarten. These kits will help them with literacy, math, and other subjects, as they begin to enter kindergarten.

Ms. Cathy Gier Park 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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Lansing, MI View local requests

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

16 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Transition to School Backpack - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00
Lakeshore Transition to School Backpack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 6 $239.94

Materials cost

$638.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$710.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.38

Total project goal

$835.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $835.85

5 Donors

-$503.66

Donations toward project cost

-$431.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.55

match offer

-$328.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$279.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $0.00

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