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Mrs. Lopez from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Learning Fun through Art!

My students need art supplies! We need to replace our dried out markers, paint and glue and our stubby broken crayons with new materials: markers, crayons, paint & glue.

  • $301 goal

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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

Do you remember being in school dreaming about summer vacation because you were bored to tears?! Well, I don't want that for my students. I teach second grade and I want my students to learn from an early age that learning/school can be fun so they will be excited to come to class. Art can help!

I work in NYC in a low income area.

The school is a public school that services a lot of special needs kids. I teach in a classroom with students who are typically developing, as well as students who have been diagnosed as high functioning autistic. Many of my students come from single parent homes or even foster care. All of this information is important to know in order to fully understand the various challenges they are faced with. Despite all of this, my students are amazing children. They are bright, funny, kind, and caring. I spend much of my day laughing and smiling with them as we learn. I try to incorporate art into the curriculum as a motivator and learning tool. My students know that after some hard work they will be able to create some kind of art to enhance the topic we are studying. However, our supplies are dwindling. Our markers, glue, and paint are drying out, our crayons are broken. We desperately need new supplies so I can continue the amazing work we are doing.

My Project

Learning must be fun and motivating. With every unit of curriculum, I try to incorporate a cumulative activity or project. Often that activity revolves around art. For example, in social studies we are learning about maps and geography, so for the final project the students will be creating a maps of the classroom out of clay. They learned that in ancient times that is how maps were made. In math we have spent this unit creating a "t-shirt factory". The students have had to use their knowledge of place value, addition and subtraction to calculate inventory, sales and organization. For the final project, they are designing their own t-shirts with special 3D fabric paint. In literacy, the upcoming unit is fairy tales. They will be reading different versions of classic fairy tales and then writing their own fairy tales. As the cumulative project, I plan to have them create puppets of their characters and put on a puppet show for their families. Please help me replace art supplies!

I try very hard every day to make sure that my students are learning.

I also want them to become lifelong learners. In order to make sure that happens, I must show them that learning can be fun and exciting. The art supplies I am requesting will help me create the fun learning environment that my students need, want and deserve.

Mrs. Lopez PS 112 Jose Celso Barbosa 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MARKER WATERCOLOR CONICAL PACK OF 200 - SCHOOL SMART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $37.99 1 $37.99
CRAYON 64 COLOR CLASSPACK PACK OF 832 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $53.67 1 $53.67
GLUESTICK ELMER'S PURPLE .24OZ 30-PK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.26 1 $13.26
GLUE WASHABLE 4OZ PACK OF 48 - SCHOOL SMART • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $18.99 1 $18.99
PAINT ACRYLIC ESSENTIALS PINTS SET OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $74.09 1 $74.09

Materials cost

$198.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.80

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$255.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.14

Total project goal

$300.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $300.91

1 Donor

-$300.91

Donations toward project cost

-$255.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.14

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 $0.00

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