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Ms. Kaczmarek from Philadelphia, PA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dogs Teaching Students!

Help me give my students the skills they need to become resilient, empathetic, self-aware learners.

  • $509 goal

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My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am working every day to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences. My students are creative, clever, and spontaneous. They love to move, are eager to learn and love lots of positive attention. All students receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. These things may prevent them from getting ahead early in life and may not provide them with the life experiences many of us see as "typical". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

Pets make us happy, and pets in the classroom mean a happier learning community. Research shows that human-animal interactions create calmer, better-focused, more social students. In fact, the presence of a pet — even in the form of a video, book, photo, or toy — leads to laughter, conversation, and excitement. Pets bring us together, and Mutt-i-grees — or shelter pets — contribute something unique to the equation. As living, loving lessons in resilience and hope, they are models of transformation.

This project will bring the Mutt-I-Grees program to our school.

Students will use the curriculum for social-emotional learning and humane education to become empathetic, resilient, self-aware learners. The program focuses on the themes of Achieving Awareness, Finding Feelings, Encouraging Empathy, Cultivating Cooperation, and Dealing with Decisions. Students will increase their ability to express feelings, communicate, and manage emotions.

Ms. Kaczmarek Allen M Stearne Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grades 4 – 6 Curriculum Kit + Digital Access • North Shore Animal League $99.00 2 $198.00
Grades 7, 8 Curriculum Kit + Digital Access • North Shore Animal League $99.00 2 $198.00

Materials cost

$396.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.22

Total project goal

$508.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $508.16

7 Donors

-$448.16

Donations toward project cost

-$380.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.22

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

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 $0.00

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