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This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Ortiz from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dive Into Writing

My students need a big and a small classroom wipe off board.

  • $454 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 Students

My students come from a low income/high poverty community. Our school gives 100 percent of the children free breakfast and lunch.

By the age of five, many of them have already faced challenges that some adults have never had to face in their entire lives.

I have 30 kindergarten students, ready to explore the world around them and eager to learn. My students are very active and love exploring and discovering. It is great to watch their eyes light up when they learn something new and exciting.

My Project

My classroom is in need of easels, Many of the activities we do in kindergarten are hands on, without an easel my students have a hard time reaching the board and are missing the opportunity to participate in different games and activities that promote letter recognition, sound and word recognition,and using magnetic letters to make words. The students will also be able to practice one to one correspondence when we read books

I want my students to love reading and writing and to be engaged in each and every step of their learning process and to have fun while doing it.

Leaning can be fun!!

Ms. Ortiz Gloria Casarez 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.

More about Ms. Ortiz

Philadelphia, PA 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

30 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
EASEL MAGNETIC PRIMARY TEACHING • School Specialty $272.97 1 $272.97
3 IN 1 PORTABLE EASEL • School Specialty $45.47 1 $45.47

Materials cost

$318.44

Vendor shipping charges

$31.84

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$385.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.95

Total project goal

$453.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$453.01

1 Donor

-$453.01

Donations toward project cost

-$385.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.95

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$0.00

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