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Ms. Duarte from Los Angeles, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Puzzles Help Our Brains Think!

Help me give my students these colorful sleek bookshelves so we can have color in the classroom and we fill them up with puzzles and art supplies.

  • $479 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 Project

Our school needs more color in the classroom. As much as we would love to paint it, we can only add color by purchasing colorful rugs and furniture. Students love to use color on the walls of their classroom. If we receive your donation, it will help give students twistable crayons so they can draw pictures centered around what we are learning.

The bookshelves we are requesting will help us organize art supplies and the awesome puzzles.

We are requesting new puzzles that will be used in the classroom as they correlate to our language arts units. Puzzles help students work together, achieve a goal of completion and strategize how to complete it more than once. Using the puzzles helps our students when we have inclement weather due to fires or rain. Teachers are always trying to challenge students and puzzles helps foster critical thinking without technology.

This donation will help bring color to the classroom with beautiful furniture, twistable crayons so students can express what they are learning through art and the help store the puzzles that will also help students work together. With the help of your donation you can help make our kindergarten classroom more like a colorful and warm classroom.

Ms. Duarte Garvanza 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.

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
IOTXY Wooden Open Shelf Bookcase - 3-Tier Floor Standing Display Cabinet Rack with Legs, 7 Cubes Bookshelf, Bright Blue • Amazon Business $98.99 1 $98.99
IOTXY Wooden Open Shelf Bookcase - 3-Tier Floor Standing Display Cabinet Rack with Legs, 5 Cubes Bookshelf, Bright Blue • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Crayola Twistables Colored Pencil Set (50ct), No Sharpen Colored Pencils For Kids, Coloring Book Pencils, Stocking Stuffers for Kids, Holiday Gift, 4+ • Amazon Business $16.98 2 $33.96
Melissa & Doug Sea Life Floor Puzzle - 48 Pieces • Kaplan Early Learning Company $20.66 1 $20.66
Melissa & Doug - Floor Puzzle Dinosaurs • Teachers' School Supply $19.73 1 $19.73
Lakeshore Safari Animals Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Lakeshore Busy Bugs Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Lakeshore Our Solar System Floor Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
Upbounders by Little Likes Kids: Splash Park 48 Piece Puzzle • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Lakeshore Castle Puzzle • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
Coogam Wooden Puzzle Pattern Blocks Brain Teasers Game with 60 Challenges, 3D Russian Building Toy Wood Tangram Shape Jigsaw Puzzles Montessori STEM Educational Toys Gift for Kids Adults • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98

Materials cost

$335.27

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.37

Sales tax

 $30.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$406.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.71

Total project goal

$478.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $478.06

3 Donors

-$339.90

Donations toward project cost

-$292.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.74

match offer

-$134.36

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.82

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