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Ms. Barreto from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Little Puppeteers Need a Theater to Start Their Show.

My students need 1 puppet theater and 5 multicultural puppets so that they can use their imagination and practice dramatic play.

  • $263 goal

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My Students

I teach a group of 27 transitional kindergarten students. They are a mix of English only speakers and English learner students. Our school is located in a low income neighborhood. Most of the parents in our neighborhood are working just to make ends meet; purchasing extra supplies for our classroom is out of the question.

Our classroom is our own little wonderland.

I make sure that my students feel safe, appreciated, and cared for. Many of the students that come to me are faced with daily struggles, that go to the extreme of seeing violence at home/outside of their home. They come to school, to my classroom, to feel loved, not just to get educated.

My Project

My students need a puppet theater and puppets so they can express their creativity through the use of puppets. My students love using puppets; their little minds have such a huge imagination. It's amazing what they can do with them. They are able to express themselves in English and in their own native language, Spanish.

I am positive that having a puppet theater will motivate them to come up with endless possibilities for presenting shows to their classmates.

They are so good at pretending to be me, can you imagine what a theater and more puppets will do for them?

Ms. Barreto Main Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA 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

27 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA805 - Lakeshore Puppet Theater • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
TT743 - Let’s Talk! Teacher Community Helper Puppet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
RR655 - Let’s Talk! Black Boy Puppet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
RR656 - Let’s Talk! Black Girl Puppet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
RR678 - Let’s Talk! Hispanic Boy Puppet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
RR679 - Let’s Talk! Hispanic Girl Puppet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$174.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$223.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.36

Total project goal

$262.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $262.39

1 Donor

-$131.20

Donations toward project cost

-$111.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.68

match offer

-$131.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$111.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.68

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 $0.00

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