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Mrs. Matthews from Los Angeles, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Express Yourself

Help me give my students expressive materials to showcase their creativity through music and the arts.

  • $352 goal

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My Project

My students are enthusiastic about learning in new and innovative ways. Their skills vary based on Individual needs. It is my desire to provide many tools and opportunities to enhance their growth. With the addition of precut tissue papers, beads, and pompoms, my students will develop new knowledge to express their perception of learning while strengthening fine and gross motor skills. Bells with ribbons and rainstick sound makers will introduce my students to different types of sound and encourage them to create rhythms and move with intention. I am setting them up with real world experiences.

Mrs. Matthews Manhattan Place Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Los Angeles, CA 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

12 students impacted 6donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
WA204 - Wrist Ankle Bells - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
TB542 - See-Inside Rainsticks - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
HH710 - Shake Move Ribbon Bells - Set of 6 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
FF534 - Tissue Paper Squares • Lakeshore Learning Materials $13.59 2 $27.18
AD576 - Pony Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.79 3 $26.37
AA765 - Design-Your-Own Collage Pots - Set of 15 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 1 $23.99
LC169 - People Shapes™ • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 2 $15.98
FG639 - Yarn Laces with Tips • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.39 1 $10.39
BA8150 - Pom-Poms - Set of 300 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$242.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$298.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.68

Total project goal

$351.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $351.19

6 Donors

-$343.51

Donations toward project cost

-$298.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.68

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