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Mr. Arsenie from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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LEGO Sets for Mental Health

Help me give my students LEGO sets to help with team building, relaxation and mental health in Academic Decathlon and Physics.

  • $513 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

Besides teaching IB Biology and Physics, I coach a very successful urban Academic Decathlon team. At a recent event on a long Saturday this past week, I told my students how this past year one of my coping mechanisms to relax and destress has been to start building LEGO models of cityscapes and buildings. I never did it as a child, so I think I am appreciating the process even more so because of it.

As we were talking at the team table between events, I was blown away to learn how many of my students on the team share a similar interest and how many of them share that they too experience a kind of therapeutic effect during and after building LEGO sets.

However, we all agreed that buying LEGO sets is so expensive-almost unattainable to the average student.

So, we came up with the idea for a club to allow students to work on small and large LEGO projects to destress, mentally take a break and create a safe space to allow students to focus on something concrete, tactile and to momentarily get away from the daily school grind and alleviate any mental anxieties that plague all of us throughout the day. We envision a space in the back of my room or in an adjacent room, with large tables and students coming in and building anytime they need to, picking up where others left off, getting in their own zone and meditating in the process. I envision my students building models related to science, history and technology and in time connect them to something curricular using the requested LEGO sets. For now, it will just be a fun distraction and a quiet space to get away from it all.

Mr. Arsenie Schurz High School Grades 9-12

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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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More than three‑quarters 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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO - Icons Concorde Model Plane Building Set 10318 • Best Buy Education $199.99 1 $199.99
LEGO - Icons NASA Space Shuttle Discovery 10283 • Best Buy Education $199.95 1 $199.95

Materials cost

$399.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.93

Total project goal

$512.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $512.87

2 Donors

-$510.94

Donations toward project cost

-$435.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.93

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 $0.00

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