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Ms. Smirk from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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LEGO People to Learn and Play with

Help me give my students the LEGO Duplo people and Toy Emergency Medical Cart to improve the STEM education in my class.

  • $655 goal

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Ms. Smirk has another project! Donate to Circle Time Chart Stand to help her classroom.

$374 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

Our school is in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. It is a brand new school with a load of potential. The school includes students from pre-k to kindergarten, and it is a melting pot of children from all around the world.

Our school is in a high poverty area, and about ninety-five percent of the students in the school receive free lunch.

There are fifteen, energetic, three and four-year-old children in my class but there are not a lot of funds to enrich these students' education because of the budget cuts. Although our families give us support, they can't always help out financially.

My Project

In my school we are rethinking STEM learning and sparking joy in the classroom with the LEGOs, They are an intuitive, inclusive, and highly adaptable hands-on learning system. They future-proof students’ skills, and make them confident life-long learners by giving them unlimited possibilities for hands-on, playful STEM learning.

The LEGO sets I am requesting will help me implement this program in my classroom.

LEGO ignites students’ passion for STEM learning through playful problem solving and storytelling, preparing them to be resilient, independent thinkers. And the pretend medical cart will help me do that in our Dramatic Play center. The boys and girls in my class will use it to pretend they are doctors.

Ms. Smirk PS 938 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.

More about Ms. Smirk

Brooklyn, NY 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

15 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Education 6100409 Community People Set • Amazon Business $185.03 1 $185.03
Lego World People DUPLO Set 45011, Building Family Relationships Toy for Girls and Boys Ages 2 and up (16 DUPLO Figures) • Amazon Business $156.51 1 $156.51
LEGO Education People • Amazon Business $89.95 1 $89.95
Constructive Playthings Children's Toy Emergency Medical Cart with 11 pc. Accessory Set and Lab Coat for Ages 3-6 Years • Amazon Business $67.41 1 $67.41
LEGO DUPLO My First Alphabet Truck 10915 ABC Letters Learning Toy for Toddlers, Fun Kids’ Educational Building Toy (36 Pieces) • Amazon Business $20.00 1 $20.00

Materials cost

$518.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$556.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.24

Total project goal

$654.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $654.92

4 Donors

-$383.28

Donations toward project cost

-$346.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.16

Matching donations from our partners

-$247.72

Match offers toward project cost

-$210.56

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.92

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 $0.00

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