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Ms. Cortez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Me Keep My Kindergartners Organized

My students need 6 help-yourself supply center organization station caddies and a tabletop writing center.

  • $327 goal

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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 Students

"A place for everything, everything in its place."-Benjamin Franklin. One of my goals each school year is to teach my students to keep their materials neat and organized that way they can always have easy access to their work or materials they need. My Kindergarteners are enthusiastic, inquisitive and wiggly! They belong to a dual Spanish Immersion program located in an inner city school where the poverty and need is very common. Our elementary school is a PK-6 with about 900 students, 38 teachers, and of course budget cuts that impact their education. 100% of our students receive free lunch.

My Project

My students work on several literacy independent centers daily during our Guided Reading block. While I work with small reading groups, my students each have literacy center work that they have to complete. To help my students start their work promptly; I would for them to have these supply small group centers so that they have everything they need to get started on their work. "I can't find my pencil." will no longer be an excuse or stop anyone from going to a center and getting started on their work. Each of the supply centers will have plenty of pencils, glue sticks, scissors and anything else they need to complete their work. Your donations to this project will help my students keep all of our independent work time center materials organized. These organization supply centers and the tabletop writing center will provide my small groups with all the materials they need to independently complete their assignments.

Ms. Cortez Florence Avenue Elementary 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
FF439 - Help-Yourself Supply Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 6 $143.94
JJ926 - Classic Birch Tabletop Writing Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99

Materials cost

$223.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$277.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.02

Total project goal

$326.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $326.80

2 Donors

-$321.51

Donations toward project cost

-$277.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.73

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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