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Ms. Butler from Staten Island, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Taking Steps Toward Learning

Help me give my students math boards and sensory tools to aid their learning experience and provide differentiation for special needs students.

  • $599 goal

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My Students

Ours is a charter school aimed to provide children with a college preparatory education. Our school community is very diverse and includes those with emotional, behavioral, and physical challenges. Although, my incredible students are distance learning champions we finally have the privilege of physically coming back to school! As this may be many students' first time entering a school building we want to make the experience as welcoming for them as possible! They have remained eager, kind, diligent, and more than ever want to learn.

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many young students to suffer from emotional stress and disturbances, so we aim to make our learning environment safe, warm, and accommodating for our population which includes special education students.

My Project

Our project aims to ease students back into the classroom, by giving them visual and sensory tools. Being home for so long, our special education students need additional support. Our sensory pathway is an efficient way to not only create room for fun but also help them emotionally regulate while continuing education. We have also requested dry erase math boards with magnetic counters to assist with teaching addition and subtraction. Since each student will get their own board this will maintain the guidelines of COVID-19 following social distancing and allowing for individual sterilization.

Our student body is 40% special needs, the highest in the district, therefore it is important to us to accommodate them with visual and sensory tools such as these.

In addition, students receiving their own supplies leads them to feel responsible for their own items causing them to have the urge to care for it more. It also makes them feel cared for and special.

Ms. Butler John W. LaVelle Preparatory Charter School 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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Staten Island, NY View local requests

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

90 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Torlam Giant Magnetic Ten-Frame Set - Math Manipulative for Elementary - 5 Ten Frames & 55 Magnetic Math Counters for Kids, Math Games for Kindergarten (Upgraded Version for Hand-held & 2 Black Pens) • Amazon Business $22.99 18 $413.82
Cartoon Lattice Floor Decal Digital Brain Puzzle Games Kitchen Room Floor Decor Number Hopscotch Footprint Floor Sticker Track Ladder Number Games Sticker for Kids Room Classroom Nursery • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
6 Sheets Alphabet Number Color Weather Learning Educational Wall Decals Peel and Stick Alphabet Wall Stickers Educational Classroom Stickers for Kids Playroom Bedroom Decorations • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
10 Number DIY Hopscotch Game Wall Stickers Floor Decals, Removable PVC Ocean Sea Digital Wall Stickers, Unique Floor Art Decor Supplies for Baby Kids Room Bedroom Nursery • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Spot On Carpet Markers: Footprints - 6-3/4" • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Spot On Carpet Markers: Positive Sayings - 4" • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89

Materials cost

$471.47

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.74

Total project goal

$598.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.28

7 Donors

-$287.87

Donations toward project cost

-$255.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.85

Matching donations from our partners

-$298.26

Match offers toward project cost

-$253.52

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.15

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 $0.00

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