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Ms. Donaldson from Waco, TX is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Fishing for Learning!

Help me give my students a classroom pet! This will help them grow and learn about ecosystems, the food chain, and give them a valuable classroom job!

  • $236 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 Project

Classroom pets can help students develop a variety of skills and learn important values, including:

Responsibility: Caring for a pet teaches students responsibility and the importance of taking care of a living being.

Social skills: Pets can help students develop strong social and emotional skills.

Empathy: Classroom pets can help students learn compassion and empathy.

Self-esteem: Helping to care for a pet can help build self-esteem.

Mental and emotional health: Pets can help improve a student's mental and emotional health.

Responsibility: Caring for a pet teaches students responsibility and the importance of taking care of a living being.

Social skills: Pets can help students develop strong social and emotional skills.

Empathy: Classroom pets can help students learn compassion and empathy.

Self-esteem: Helping to care for a pet can help build self-esteem.

Mental and emotional health: Pets can help improve a student's mental and emotional health.

Stress relief: Pets can help alleviate anxiety and reduce stress.

Engagement: Pets can help students engage more effectively with subject matter.

Academic development: Pets can help with academic development.

Attendance: Pets can help improve school attendance

Ms. Donaldson Lake Air Montessori Magnet 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.

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Waco, TX View local requests

More than half of 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

14 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore STEM Science Station - Magnets • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Hydroponic Garden Aquaponic Fish Tank Plants Growing System Self-Cleaning Seed Sprouter Tray • Amazon Business $48.95 1 $48.95
Glow in The Dark Rocks - 100pcs Garden Pebbles Multi Color Luminous Fish Tank Stone Aquariums Rocks, Decorations for Walkways, Gardens, Houseplants Powered by Light and Solar • Amazon Business $7.70 2 $15.40
Learning Resources Primary Science Magnetic Wands • Staples $14.65 1 $14.65
What Is Science? • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
50 Pack Assorted Marbles Fun Retro Toys I Classical Glass Marbles for Kids Marble Games I Retro Games Marbles Bulk Set I Nostalgic Bulk Marbles Kids Toys for Party Favors, Fish Tank & Vase Filler • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Tetra 16172 AquaSafe Fish Tank Water Conditioner, 8.45 fl oz • Amazon Business $4.48 1 $4.48

Materials cost

$164.36

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$199.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.26

Total project goal

$235.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $235.09

4 Donors

-$116.08

Donations toward project cost

-$101.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.91

match offer

-$116.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$98.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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 $0.00

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