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Mrs. Akowitz from Ecorse, MI is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Is Key!

Help me give my students snap and build phonics set, creating sight word sentences, and road to reading activities to help learn to read.

  • $269 goal

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My Students

My students come to school because every day is a day to become a better person.

My students are 4, 5 and 6-year-olds who are very eager to learn.

Most of them come from low income families with only one parent who is struggling to hold the family together. They struggle academically, have emotional and social challenges, and many suffer from family issues that are out of their control. They live in a neighborhood where two-thirds of family household income is below the federal poverty threshold and resources are not available for them.

My Project

My students are in Kindergarten where the fun and learning start. But this year is going to be different. I need to find things that my students can do on their own. I need to have enough centers so they can each have one. I am asking for snap and build phonics, sight word sentence building, and the road to reading so my students can learn on their own at their own pace. Each one of my students is unique and different. I want to be able to provide for them and for them to learn but this year this have to do it on their own at their own table because they cant share with their friends. The resources would be used for individual center use. This will help the students to learn otherwise they would not be able to do centers.

Mrs. Akowitz Ralph J Bunche Academy Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Ecorse, MI 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

30 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
EE700X Snap Build Phonics Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $85.00 1 $85.00
TT303 Road to Reading Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
EE567 Creating SightWord Sentences Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$194.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$227.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.22

Total project goal

$268.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $268.12

10 Donors

-$184.97

Donations toward project cost

-$171.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.65

match offer

-$66.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$56.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.58

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 $0.00

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