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Mrs. Wilson from La Mesa, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wake Me Up Before You Teach, Teach! Part 2

My students need magnetic blocks, magnetic white boards, and a variety of building blocks to promote STEM exploration and social development.

  • $997 goal

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Mrs. Wilson has another project! Donate to New STEM for TK! to help her classroom.

$300 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

"Look! I did it! I wrote my name!" My sweet students come from diverse backgrounds and bring a large array of experiences to our room. One thing they all have in common is using their imaginations and creating a happy world within our walls.

Daily, my students overcome a variety of basic challenges - getting breakfast, making it to school, having homework completed.

Our school is a Title I urban school with the most diverse population in our district, serving over 80% free/reduced-price lunch. School becomes a safe haven for these scholars - where expectations are the same every day, and their basic needs are met. While they come to school to learn, they thrive when they are given the opportunity to utilize a variety of resources to make learning real and fun. This is what keeps them coming back and keeps them hooked into learning the rigorous academic standards.

My Project

Each morning, my students come into our classroom ready for an exciting and fun day of learning. I want to provide them with an opportunity to wake up their brains by giving them morning tubs that will provide learning opportunities while they explore with letters and sounds, math concepts, STEM projects, and fine motor activities. These materials will give me the ability to do just that!

The magnetic blocks, building blocks, dot markers, magnetic whiteboards and play food will help me finish the creation of my morning tubs.

The variety of materials will help me keep the tubs fresh throughout the year so that students are always excited about what might be in the tubs. The best part? They will be practicing skills and learning when they play with these tubs of fun! Shhh!! Don't tell them they are learning!

Mrs. Wilson La Mesa Dale Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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La Mesa, 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

28 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
RR900X - Let’s Go Shopping Food Baskets - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $115.00 1 $115.00
LA583 - Stand-Up Magnetic Write & Wipe Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $89.99 1 $89.99
FF579 - Blocks & Blueprints Learning Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LL570 - Engineer-A-Coaster Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
FF210 - Young Architects Design Blocks - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
PP777 - Create-A-Path Magnetic Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
EE329 - Magnetic Pattern Block Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
RR621 - Magnetic Write & Wipe Lapboard - Each • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 7 $48.93
PP181 - Giant Classroom Timer • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
RR751 - Bristle Builders® - Master Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
LC676 - Magnetic Numbers & Counters • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT758 - Building Brick STEM Challenge Kit - Pre K-Gr. 1 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TC172BU - Mold & Play Moon Sand - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
LL548 - Translucent Imagination Builders • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC510X - Large Unbreakable Craft Jars - Set of 3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
EV212 - Regular Dot Art Painters - 6-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
EV214 - Brilliant Dot Art Painters - 6-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LL139 - Fine Motor Tweezer Tongs - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$738.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$67.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$847.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.55

Total project goal

$997.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$997.00

1 Donor

-$332.33

Donations toward project cost

-$282.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.85

match offer

-$664.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$564.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.70

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$0.00

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