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Ms. Butler from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Families First

My students need materials for engaging in educational activities with their family members, including hand puppets, 6 learning games, a Take-me-home book set and a Three Little Pigs Soft House.

  • $347 goal

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Family connections are extremely important and influential on a child's development and value system. I teach first graders in an extremely poor, high crime neighborhood. The parents in my school's community appreciate all of the services our charter school provides for them, and they are always looking for more resources to help at home. Many are at a loss for what they can do to strengthen their child's academic achievement at home.

My students enjoy the books we read and the games we play at school, and are constantly asking if they can take the materials home. Our school doesn't have enough supplies to support a system in which we can send these supplies home. I also find that many of the parents are happy to receive supplies, but are unsure of how to properly implement them at home.

I would like to set up a Parent Library of various books, puppets and parent education materials that families can browse and check-out. With kits that already have all of the supplies and instructions, parents can be more confident in using them and they will be more motivational for the students. I also want the parents to have access to suggestions for educational activities to do within the home.

You will make it possible for my students and their parents to build on their relationships with each other and their educational focus within the home environment. It will also create a comfortable relationship between the families and the school environment.

Ms. Butler CICS - Basil 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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Chicago, IL 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
Three Little Pigs Soft House • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.95 1 $12.95
More Mudpies: 101 Alternatives To Television • Kaplan Early Learning Company $4.95 1 $4.95
Take Me Home Books Set B • Kaplan Early Learning Company $99.95 1 $99.95
Which Way? - Spanish • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Dress-Ups - A Learning Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
What Color Is It? - A learning Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Shape Land • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Critters - A Learning Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Which Way? - A Learning Game • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.95 1 $14.95
Insect Hand Puppet Gloves (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 1 $30.06

Materials cost

$237.61

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$284.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.34

Total project goal

$346.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $346.34

6 Donors

-$334.12

Donations toward project cost

-$284.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.22

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 $0.00

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