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Mrs. Clapper from Homestead, FL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Into the Future

Help me give my students a LEGO brick set, bristle blocks, a carpet and design builders.

  • $339 goal

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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 Students

I am a Special Education teacher in a low-income, high poverty area in Homestead, Florida. I teach students with Emotional Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabilities. It is a Title I school which means that almost all of the students in the school receive free or reduced-price lunch. I am currently teaching math, science, language arts, reading, social studies, and social/emotional skills to a wonderful group of six and seven year olds. Most of these children come from difficult home environments and lack exposure to things that we can sometimes take for granted. My students are hard-working and eager to learn. They are also so grateful for new opportunities and excited for fun learning experiences. My special needs students are in great need of materials to work with when they have completed their work and district mandated computer program. I would like to use these materials as an incentive for completing their work.

My Project

My ESE students love playing with blocks as a reward for completing their work. Right now, all we have is some connecting cubes. I would love to provide a better variety of items they can work with. My students have emotional behavior disorders and providing these blocks and LEGO bricks may inspire them to complete their work. It also may help them with their communication skills as they would need to work together.

A simple tried and true pastime goes a long way toward expanding young minds.

The Legos, Bristle Blocks, and Design Builders are not only ways to inspire them to complete their work, it will also allow the children to learn through play. While playing with the blocks, children use their imaginations to design and build their projects while getting hands-on experience with measuring, counting, organizing and problem solving. blocks. In addition, my ESE students will develop motor skills and hand-eye coordination which is a huge necessity in my class. Most importantly, it can also help foster creativity, enhance problem-solving ability and build other cognitive, emotional and social skills which students with emotional behavior disorders desperately need.

Mrs. Clapper Campbell Drive K-8 Center 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 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Creative LEGO Brick Set • LEGO Education $62.95 1 $62.95
TT149 - Design Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
GG887 - Animal Adventure Play Carpet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
RR751 - Bristle Builders® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
15 Quart Storage Container • Kaplan Early Learning Company $8.96 4 $35.84

Materials cost

$238.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$287.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.71

Total project goal

$338.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $338.05

3 Donors

-$240.11

Donations toward project cost

-$223.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.52

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.94

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 $0.00

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