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Ms. Espinoza from Yuma, AZ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Future Leaders Need My Attention!

My students need a horseshoe table with chairs to have my fully engaged attention, I can help focus on what they are struggling without embarrassing them in front of other students.

  • $614 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

My 6th grade ELL class are very special to me. As a first year teacher, I have developed an attachment that makes me hungry to connect with them to get them to reach for the stars and beyond. They are not only struggling to learn the English language, but fight battles outside school in order to get ahead. Most of the students, have their parents in Mexico, and at times see them only once a week. Imagine being 11 and 12 year old separated from your parents in whom you depend on!

Everyday I tell my students they are "Tomorrow Leaders." These 6th graders need my full support and attention to encourage them not to give up.

They also need reassurance from the school faculty, community and their family members. We are their armor, and with these tools, they will continue to fight upcoming battles to win this war.

Language is a barrier in my class, as I also have 2 Arabic students from Yemen, who have no idea how to put on this armor that the school has provided. Resources are needed but I feel the attention of a teacher is a powerful tool that can benefit each student.

My Project

My 6th grade students do not get attention at home from family members as they are in Mexico, working in the fields, working 2 jobs or taking on responsibilities such as taking care of their younger siblings.

If they believe one person can change their lives, it would be an attentive teacher who truly genuinely cares and is willing to listen to them.

Meeting for 30 minutes a day changes the lives of students who do not have a chance to express themselves how a kid should. I am willing to be that outlet of silence and turn it into echoes.

Our vision at Rancho Viejo is a community of learners with a determined focus on achievement and excellence for all. This includes "Every Student-Every Day". In order to achieve our vision we will:

- Provide High Quality Instruction

- Ensure Intentional Data Analysis

- Deploy Resources Effectively

- Leverage Technology

- Build a Climate and Culture of Community

The horseshoe table is a symbol of our school mission, and I represent for what we are trying to exemplify. Providing individual instruction to every student, as they are not cookie cutters, helps provide growth in our data but also in our students. Providing resources for them lets the students know the school cares about their education and would like to invest in them, such as having iPads and clean desks they can write on. The culture I am trying to build for them is not only an exceptional one that Rancho Viejo has for us, moreover one that I would like to leave an imprint in their minds and in their hearts.

Ms. Espinoza
Grades 6-8
  • Rancho Viejo Elementary School
  • Yuma, AZ
    • More than a third 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

    This project will reach 20 students.

    18 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Virco 12"H One-Piece Ventilated Plastic Stack Chairs Red • Quill.com $32.99 7 $230.93
Flash Furniture Mobile 60"x66" Horseshoe-Shaped Activity Table Red Laminate Top, Height-Adj Legs • Quill.com $221.39 1 $221.39

Materials cost

$452.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.34

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$521.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.02

Total project goal

$613.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $613.46

17 Donors

-$536.81

Donations toward project cost

-$466.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.62

match offer

-$65.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$55.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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