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Ms. Tully from San Ramon, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Even the Hardest Puzzles Have a Solution

Help me give my students puzzles to encourage them work as a team and to create a community based classroom.

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My Students

I teach 90 adolescents everyday, but they also teach me something new each day, as well. With each day, I hope help my students to plant a seed of learning, to explore new ideas, to gain a shared experience, to become the type of creative, literate thinkers to succeed in college, to do well at work, to have meaningful conversations, and to find solutions to present and future problems. Our future is in the hands of these young adults and I take my job very seriously.

My Project

Community is everything. When students feel like they belong, they are more likely to become active participants in the learning environment. Whenever I am visiting a retirement home, people are always happily working together on a community puzzle. The reason puzzles are so fascinating at any age is because the human brain is hard wired to want to solve mysteries. Puzzles quite simply are a great tool to bring people together at any age.

I want to curate a collection of puzzles that my students will be excited to work on as a team.

I currently have a small collection and my students are blowing through them at a rapid pace. So, needless to say, they love working on them and new puzzles will be put to good use in no time.

Now, you may be asking, when are students going to be having any time to work on solving these puzzles? Shouldn't they be working on reading and writing standards? To answer those questions, yes we hustle and focus on learning standards during every minute of class. And since we work so hard during class time, I give students a physical and mental break during the passing period and that is when many students will gather around the back counter to work on the puzzle. You'd be surprised what can get accomplished in a four minute break.

Lastly, another major focus at our school is social and emotional learning (SEL). These puzzles will be a part of that focus in my classroom. Thank you for considering donating to this project.

Ms. Tully Iron Horse Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 90 students impacted 4donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LectroFan Evo White Noise Sound Machine with 22 Unique Non-Looping Fan & White Noise Sounds & Sleep Timer • Amazon Business $45.16 1 $45.16
New York Puzzle Company - New Yorker The Bookstore - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle • Amazon Business $21.95 1 $21.95
New York Puzzle Company - New Yorker Ultimate Destination - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle • Amazon Business $21.95 1 $21.95
Aquarius Harry Potter Crests 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Aquarius Harry Potter Undesirable 1000 Pc Slim Puzzle Multicolor • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Aquarius Looney Tunes That All Folks Jigsaw Puzzle (1000 Piece) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Aquarius Harry Potter Marauders Map 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Springbok Puzzles - Colorful Yarn - 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - Large 20 Inches by 20 Inches Puzzle - Made in USA - Unique Cut Interlocking Pieces • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
TMNT-NY 500pc Puzzle • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Buffalo Games - Kate Ward Thacker Nostalgia Collection - Route 66 - 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
YAKA 30Pieces Mix Flat Backs Resin Embellishments Scrapbooking Supplies DIY Crafts Applique Flatback Embellishments Art Decorations(Style5) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$196.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.75

Total project goal

$291.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $291.66

4 Donors

-$282.00

Donations toward project cost

-$247.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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