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Ms. Scannell from San Rafael, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Community with Tie-Dye

Help me give my students t-shirts to tie-dye for community building and personal whiteboards!

  • $535 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

I love building community in my classroom! We build community in a number of ways, such as with team building activities with marshmallows and toothpicks, to aspects of our classroom like class jobs.

I am always looking for new ways to build community within my classroom.

Two years ago I received white t-shirts for all of my students. I decided to tie-dye the shirts with my students. It was one of the most fun projects I have ever done with the students. From using the rubber bands to tie the shirts up, to actually dying the shirts, to eventually receiving the shirts, the whole process was fun. It was an interesting project because it built community. They were all excited that our class got to do the project, they showed other students in different classes, but it also fostered individuality because the students each go to create their own design. The students had a lot of pride showing off their shirts and I had numerous parents come and tell me how much fun their child had creating their shirt. This is a project I would like to complete every year if possible.

The white boards included in this order are to replace some very old ones we have in our room that the students can no longer erase. We use whiteboards every day for a number of different activities, but especially math. Please help fund this project to give community building opportunities to this class.

Ms. Scannell Bahia Vista Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Scannell

San Rafael, CA 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

25 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Jumbo Double-Sided Magnetic Write & Wipe Board - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.50 3 $238.50
White Cotton T-Shirt - Child Size Large (14-16) • Nasco $5.36 25 $134.00

Materials cost

$372.50

Vendor shipping charges

$11.92

Sales tax

$34.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$454.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.13

Total project goal

$534.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$534.22

2 Donors

-$306.15

Donations toward project cost

-$260.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.92

Matching donations from our partners

-$228.07

Match offers toward project cost

-$193.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.21

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$0.00

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