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Ms. Fewkes from El Cajon, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Connections

Help me give my students activities to practice problem solving skills such as the Survive the Quake Engineering Kit!

  • $186 goal

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My Project

Each Friday, my students look forward to coming to school and participating in activities that allow them to express their creativity and develop problem solving skills. We like to call this time "Soft Start" because we ease into our day of learning. This is something new I have implemented this year, and so far, the benefits have been more than I could imagine.

Not only do my students develop problem solving skills during our "Soft Start" time, but these activities have also brought us together as a class.

Students find activities that connect with their interests and learn who else in the class shares those interests. The students at each activity are always changing, and they have formed friendships with others they might not have talked to as much earlier on in the year.

I am excited to introduce new activities for my students to explore with this Donor's Choose list!

Ms. Fewkes W.D. Hall Elementary School Grades 3-5

More about Ms. Fewkes

El Cajon, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

34 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD121 - Survive the Quake Engineering Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Plus-Plus(r) Learn to Build Vehicles - GO! Vehicles • Kaplan Early Learning Company $29.66 1 $29.66
GG758 - The Maze Cube • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
Sorry! Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $20.66 1 $20.66

Materials cost

$115.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.81

Total project goal

$185.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $185.39

1 Donor

-$109.76

Donations toward project cost

-$106.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.96

match offer

-$59.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$50.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.89

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 $0.00

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