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Mr. Pecora from Staten Island, NY is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pre-K Soccer

My students need soccer balls to help teach the physical skills along with life lessons involved with the game- focus, practice, learning to let go of mistakes, being a team player, patience, & fair play.

  • $592 goal

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Mr. Pecora has another project! Donate to Help Pre-K Physical Education with Time and Space to help his classroom.

$272 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I set out to have my Pre-K students participate in a rigorous Physical Education program, where we help to develop gross and fine motor development. We use many physical education techniques to enhance the development of students at an early age. Students are learning to love physical activities and engage in different areas of sports and fitness. My students participate in Physical Education activities that strengthen their skills in movement, balance, and fine & gross motor skills. My students come from diverse backgrounds and are at various skill levels, some are very athletic where as others have never learned to skip or run. Students engage in various activities to demonstrate fair-play, respect, coordination and combine motor skills with and without equipment.

My Project

I believe that having a soccer ball for every student will help learning take place at a faster rate. Students will be continuously playing and participating in different skills, and not have any wait time for games. I want students to be physically active as much as possible, and having a ball for every student is a way to keep my students active and healthy in class. The ability to have students with their own equipment will help me to facilitate lessons more effectively and on point.

I have been teaching for almost 10 years and have found that when students have the right equipment, it helps them to be better learners.

The ability to have students participating in activities with their own ball, will help to keep participation levels high, and ensure students are active and having fun.

Mr. Pecora Richmond Pre-Kindergarten Center Forest Ave 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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Staten Island, NY View local requests

More than half 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

90 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nike FootballX Duro Futsal Ball - Orange - 5 • DICK'S Sporting Goods $30.00 9 $270.00
Nike Pitch Training Soccer Ball - Blue - 5 • DICK'S Sporting Goods $16.00 9 $144.00
Nike Ball Pump - Yellow • DICK'S Sporting Goods $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$424.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $42.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.72

Total project goal

$591.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $591.48

2 Donors

-$295.74

Donations toward project cost

-$251.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.36

match offer

-$295.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$251.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.36

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 $0.00

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