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Mrs. Chamberlain Engel from Hayward, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Upping the Ante

Help me give my students prizes and incentives so they stay motivated to participate in homework assignments, class competitions, and more!

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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

My seventh and eighth-grade students are an exuberant bunch of teens who love to socialize and have fun. My students are diversity personified from painfully shy to audacious, from studious to silly, from spoiled to neglected, from being treasured to experiencing trauma.

The pandemic has hit them hard: their natural exuberance has taken a hit because they are isolated from their friends and teachers.

Many of them are developing anxieties that may potentially take years to overcome. Getting back to normal can't come soon enough—we need to mitigate the learning loss and social isolation they are currently experiencing. Unfortunately, many of them have lost close family members to COVID and are struggling with grief as well. Although I can't solve these problems, I can do my very best to provide my students with learning opportunities that will excite them and allow them to focus on better days ahead.

My Project

My students are great, but after a year of distance learning, their motivation has dipped to record lows. When we return to school in the fall, I want to encourage them to participate and engage in class at the highest level—and who doesn't work a little harder when there's a prize involved? I know that when I attend training, compete in Kahoot, or participate in surveys, I am much more invested in it when there's the lure of a prize or gift card, and kids are no different.

When we play games and there's no prize for the winner, many students choose to opt out, so I'm asking for gift cards that I can offer to students as rewards for their effort and participation.

Honestly, I think we'd have a much higher rate of achievement if we paid them for doing well in school. Whenever I tell students that going to school is their job, they respond by saying that it's not a job unless they are getting paid. Since their intrinsic motivation isn't always apparent, I'd like to dangle a gift-card carrot in front of them to motivate them to push themselves harder. I'm very interested to see how much of a difference gift cards can make for motivating underperforming students to rise to the occasion and push themselves harder. If you think this is a valuable experiment, we would certainly appreciate a donation. Thank you!

Mrs. Chamberlain Engel Cesar Chavez Middle School Grades 6-8

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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Hayward, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Subway Gift Cards, Multipack of 5 - $10 • Amazon Business $50.00 2 $100.00
Starbucks Gift Cards, Multipack of 10 • Amazon Business $50.00 2 $100.00
Fandango Gift Cards, Multipack of 3 - $15 • Amazon Business $45.00 2 $90.00
Panera Bread Gift Cards, Multipack of 3 - $10 • Amazon Business $30.00 2 $60.00

Materials cost

$350.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$385.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.99

Total project goal

$453.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $453.24

2 Donors

-$340.83

Donations toward project cost

-$337.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$56.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$48.17

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$55.73

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 $0.00

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