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Mrs. Cavalieri from Homestead, FL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Recycle TODAY For A Better TOMORROW!

Help me give my students recycling bins for our new recycling club initiative!

  • $418 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

I often say that although I am a teacher, I feel as if I am a student. I am constantly learning from my students. Being in a culturally- and financially-diverse classroom this year is changing me as a teacher. I am learning to best suit the many needs of my students. My students are humble, selfless, and kind. They give, even when they do not have much to give. They make me want to do everything in my power to give back to them.

We are in a Title I school where over 93% of the students come from low-income households.

Regardless of this statistic, I know that my students have great capabilities and potential. They are motivated and driven to learn even at their young age because they want to overcome the obstacles they face in their everyday life. For this same reason, I am determined to give them the learning environment that they deserve to learn in: one that is nurturing, welcoming, and stocked with the tools needed to build their future.

My Project

Too often our students are only exposed to recycling, reducing, and reusing in April. Our classrooms become filled up-cycled arts and crafts projects and global warming lessons. We teach the content, review it, assign a project, and then as soon as May comes around, it's all swept under the rug.

Earth Day is EVERYDAY.

The recycling bins that I am asking for will kickstart a recycling initiative at our school. As part of this initiative, every single classroom will have a recycling bin where teachers can teach students what items can be recycled. Then, our recycling club will go around once a week to collect the bins and deposit them in our school's large recycling bin.

Students will gain the knowledge necessary to lead and promote a greener lifestyle. They will be able to take this knowledge home and implement in all aspects of their life. Will you help my students achieve a greener world for the future?

Mrs. Cavalieri Avocado 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 Mrs. Cavalieri

Homestead, FL 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

150 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brighton Professional Plastic Recycling Container, 7 Gal., Blue (22174/19207) • Staples Advantage $12.79 25 $319.75

Materials cost

$319.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.57

Total project goal

$417.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $417.12

8 Donors

-$384.24

Donations toward project cost

-$334.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.66

Matching donations from our partners

-$23.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$19.98

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.38

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 $0.00

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