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Mrs. Cruz from Klamath Falls, OR is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lite Brite and Calico Critters for the Win!

Help me give my students new Lite Bright kits, a Calico Critter Red Roof Cottage, a Calico Critters Grocery Store, and several Calico Critter playsets to add to our fine motor and dramatic play learning time!

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My Students

My students are amazing mathematicians, adventurous and focused, they are the future writers and artists of the world! My students are working hard to become the scientists and engineers of tomorrow by learning today! We are working hard in the classroom to grow reading skills! My students are high poverty students who don't let adversity hold them back from their goals and dreams. We have military family students, and we live in a rural Oregon community. We are a diverse classroom community, and we keep learning and growing in an engaging learning environment.

The students in my Kindergarten classroom are a creative, hard-working, curious, thoughtful, and adventurous group of children.

Always eager to learn the moment they enter the classroom as they look to the daily agenda to see what the day will be and then...we are off and learning with days filled with exploration, invention, reading, creative expression, practice, and thoughtfulness. I am looking to make their learning experience even more engaging by adding learning tools for the classroom through donorschoose.org donations.

My Project

In my Kindergarten classroom we focus on fine motor skill development, art and design, and dramatic play. Lite Brite stations will provide students with fine motor development while they are creating new designs with the light pegs and blank construction paper backgrounds. The Calico Critters play sets will provide fine motor development as well as dramatic play opportunities for students. Working together they can set up the different play sets and organize the small objects that accompany the play sets. Lite Brite's are a cool retro toy that I know the students will love and Calico Critters will certainly be a fan favorite too!

Mrs. Cruz Mills 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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Klamath Falls, OR 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
Calico Critters Hopscotch Rabbit Family Bundled with Bunk Beds and Living Room Suite • Amazon Business $40.51 1 $40.51
Basic Fun Lite-Brite Ultimate Classic Toy • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
Calico Critters Red Roof Cozy Cottage • Amazon Business $26.21 1 $26.21
Calico Critters Grocery Market • Amazon Business $22.46 1 $22.46

Materials cost

$117.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.28

Total project goal

$175.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $175.20

2 Donors

-$175.20

Donations toward project cost

-$148.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.28

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 $0.00

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