You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Kim from Oakland, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Kim is requesting

Support Our First Grade Critical Champions Strengthen Their Personal Literacy

My students need literacy resources that support them in the joyful and creative exploration of literacy: personal book bins and journals that allow them to communicate personal learning and goals with the teacher.

  • $931 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Kim for her next project!

Help Ms. Kim

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Kim for her next project!

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

We cannot begin to strive for equitable access to education without holding a conversation about a common lack of access to materials, tools, and technology for many students. We need to take into account the tangible aspects of a classroom. At 5 or 6 years old, the students in my classroom enter the year already having experienced a shuffling of resources, lack of supplies such as crayons and inconsistency in staffing.

No matter the struggle, the students in my classroom arrive each day with a passion and curiosity for learning.

These students deserve to not only have their voices acknowledged in a powerful way but to find confidence in their own voices.

REACH itself is a turnaround school; 90% of our student population receives free or reduced-price lunch, 70% of our students are classified as English Language Learners, and much of our student population enters school having experienced various levels of trauma. Here at REACH, the continuous work is about reshaping the way in which they approach education and our community in order to best support student and community growth.

My Project

The book bins are important for our students as this allows them agency in taking personal ownership of their reading in the class. These bins are a small way in which students invest in their reading: the choices they make in the classroom library and in what they get to share with their classmates. This sharing process is what helps excite them most about their reading, which is physically anchored by these book bins.

The primary journals also make an extreme difference in the classroom.

These primary journals allow for my students and I to not only communicate with one another in a more casual, and much more personal, manner but also to practice literacy skills with less pressure. For my students (65% of whom classify as English Learners and 75% of whom test under grade level in reading and writing), personal communication journals that are shared and written in by the student and the teacher have provided students with an avenue that does not involve judgement. In this manner, students have been able to connect more with their class and myself, as the teacher, and primarily subconsciously, students are able to practice literacy without the pressure of academic goals and achievements.

Finally, both the Big Book Storytelling Activity Kits and the Sight-Word Puzzles are important for my students to find and feel the joy of learning and practicing literacy skills. Often, especially with our younger students, they are most able to learn when they are also having fun and able to be creative. I find it important to provide students this access to "different" ways of learning that they may not have initially considered as learning before. This I truly believe especially for my students who are below grade level and (I believe, all my students at this age) English Language Learners.

Ms. Kim Reach Academy 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. Kim

Oakland, CA 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 3donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Kim is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH650X - Big Book Storytelling Activity Kits - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $395.00 1 $395.00
AA750X - Book Bins - Set of 16 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.50 2 $159.00
FG465X - Classic Primary Composition Book - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $27.99 3 $83.97
JJ130X - Sight-Word Puzzles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$687.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $62.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$791.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.63

Total project goal

$930.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $930.86

2 Donors

-$465.43

Donations toward project cost

-$395.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.81

match offer

-$465.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$395.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.81

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Kim and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/support-our-first-grade-critical-champio/2686379/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":30,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Kim","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1440243447","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Oakland","teachersOnPage":[3742323],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":2686379,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"3742323":{"owner":"Ms. Kim","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[2686379],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":19,"teacherChallengeId":20811666,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":3742323,"schoolCounty":"Alameda","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}