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Mrs. Marosi from Santa Ana, CA is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dinosaurs + Puppetry + Creativity= An Amazing Second Grade Project!

My students need a professional puppeteer to teach a workshop in my classroom & our buddy classroom and help each child use their creativity to design and build their own dinosaur puppet.

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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 Students

A professional puppeteer can introduce the world of puppetry to my class. This project will allow my students to work with Ellen Schulze, a master puppeteer. She will fuel my students' imaginations and help them create amazing dinosaur puppets that will combine the areas of science, visual arts and performing arts.

I have a wonderful class of second graders.

Our school is located in a high immigrant, low income community in California. The parents of most of my students never finished high school. Many of my students will be the first ones in their family to finish high school and hopefully college, too. My classroom consists primarily of students who are learning English as a second language. I also autistic students, and learning disabled students in my all inclusive classroom. Additionally, I partner with a third grade class and a class of 2nd grade hard of hearing students. These students will also participate in this project.

My Project

Ellen Schulze is a professional puppeteer who will come to my school and teach a one hour puppetry workshop with my second grade students and the hard of hearing 2nd grade class. Then she will also teach a one hour puppetry workshop to our third grade buddy class. This workshop will include introducing students to the basics of puppetry. My students will also learn the steps to designing and building their very own dinosaur puppets to go along with our dinosaur unit in science. Then she will teach my class how to make their puppets move and appear to come alive. This project will foster many valuable skills for my students. They will be able to look at a variety of puppets to gain inspiration for their own creations. They will also be able to use their own imagination and self-expression skills as they work to create their puppets. My students will also be able to collaborate with each other and use problem solving skills as they create their masterpieces. This will be an incredible opportunity for my students to learn from a real puppeteer and create their own amazing dinosaur puppets.

This project will allow my students to learn about puppetry and create amazing dinosaur puppets.

It will also enable me to combine science with visual and performing arts in my classroom. I want this project to help inspire my students' imagination and encourage them to stay in school and possibly pursue a career in the arts.

Mrs. Marosi Taft 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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Santa Ana, CA View local requests

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

70 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Visitor Total
Ellen Schulze $350.00

Visitor cost

$350.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$385.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.99

Total project goal

$453.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $453.24

5 Donors

-$212.88

Donations toward project cost

-$192.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

match offer

-$226.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$192.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.74

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 $0.00

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