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This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Lopez from Newark, NJ is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pathway to a Better Life

Help me give my students a safe way to use supplies without sharing with individual caddies.

  • $204 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 Students

My students are bilingual students new to the country. They come from Spanish speaking countries. Their parents brought them here to have a better life than they could have had in their country. Education is the path that will lead them to that better life. My student's parents many didn't get the opportunity to have an education past the primary grades. Therefore as a teacher it is my responsibility to give them the best resources they can have to allow them to reach their full potential within the year and prepare them for the next.

My Project

The materials will make a difference in the students' learning because they will be able to work safely with their personal materials and will decrease concerns for the spread of germs. It will provide more flexibility because they can take their own supplies with them and move throughout the classroom. The students will learn responsibilities and since it is their personal container, they will be responsible for the care. The classroom will look very different moving forward and as teachers, we always find a way to adapt to make way for learning.

Ms. Lopez East Ward 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.

More about Ms. Lopez

Newark, NJ 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

24 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP388 Tabletop Supply Caddy • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.59 8 $140.72

Materials cost

$140.72

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$172.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.50

Total project goal

$203.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $203.33

4 Donors

-$175.50

Donations toward project cost

-$166.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.05

match offer

-$7.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$6.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.32

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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