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Ms. Richardson, Ed.S. from Richmond, VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Are Lost...Without a Current Map!

My students need vivid and updated World and United States Roller Maps.

  • $408 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Ms. Richardson, Ed.S. has another project! Donate to Chairs (Cheers) to Our New Tables! Part 2 to help her classroom.

$624 - complete this project and be a hero

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 teach in a high-poverty area in Virginia; my school is small, with about 350 children enrolled. The children in my building are great kids; they thrive off positive motivation and are very intuitive when focused. We were named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2006.

Currently, I am a Second grade teacher; I love teaching Second grade simply because kids are fun to teach at this level.

They are enthusiastic, happy to be at school, work together well, and they are the perfect mixture of independence and neediness in behavior and attitude!

They make me WANT to come to work :-)

My Project

I believe in using modern, colorful, and tangible visual aids to teach seemingly complex topics. The roller maps I currently have are not K-2 friendly and are severely outdated-the Southern Ocean is not even represented on them and I had to write it on a sentence strip and tape it onto the map! My current maps are hardly an attractive model for my kids to learn from...

With an updated pull-down world/US map, I will be able to teach confidently using accurate information and create learning stations around it, which will offer a different way for the kids to interpret the concept.

My kids will be able to locate oceans and continents easily, see where they live in the U.S., and see where the prime meridian and equator lie.

Kids enjoy "seeing" the world via a map or globe and pointing to countries that they have heard about on a cartoon they've watched.

I don't want my kids to be "lost"; I want my kids to be aware of life outside of their neighborhoods. I want them to be intrigued with how others live in other countries.

With a new map, I feel I will be better-equipped to "navigate" and enhance my lessons for better student achievement. Thanks for listening!

Ms. Richardson, Ed.S. Barack Obama Elementary 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

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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Richmond, VA 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

HBCU Alum 20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
MAPS PRIMARY 3 WALL MAP COMBO WOLRD/US/ALASKA+HAWAII • School Specialty $283.99 1 $283.99

Materials cost

$283.99

Vendor shipping charges

$28.40

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$346.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.17

Total project goal

$407.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$407.82

1 Donor

-$398.65

Donations toward project cost

-$346.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.17

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$0.00

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