DonorsChoose.org has teamed up with Expect More Arizona to make it easy for you to invest in Arizona classrooms. Below you’ll find requests from Arizona teachers, looking for your help with specific classroom projects. Browse them, find some projects you support, and help some Arizona students expect more.
- 1. You give to a classroom project.
- 2. We deliver the materials to the class.
- 3. Kids learn and show it in photos and thank-you notes.
My students received two iPads from our school district which are used daily in my classroom. Because iPads are expensive I would like to protect them and used them for many years to come. I teach...
My students need 3 I pad protectors so that I can protect I-pads and they can still enjoy learning through different apps available.
Arrowhead Elementary School (Special Needs)High Poverty, Phoenix
The students love colored paper and sticky notes for their interactive notebooks, a way of note taking. Color helps them learn and retain the information better. Printer ink and tissues are also...
My students need colored copy paper, printer ink, sticky notes and tissues.
Washington High School (Foreign Languages)High Poverty, Phoenix
Help us develop skills to participate in real world activities! My students are kinder through second grade students with moderate to severel intellectual disabilities. They are primarily...
My students need tricycles to assist with gross motor development and traffic signs to assist in environmental print and their meanings.
Quentin Elementary School (Special Needs)High Poverty, Avondale
Many of our students struggle to learn reading and writing. Too often, our student's academic struggles are compounded by their family's financial difficulties, and strife within the home. This...
My students need a puppet tree to organize their puppets and provide easy access to them. The puppet display will be enjoyable and provide inspiration for engagement.
Cerbat Elementary School (Literature & Writing)High Poverty, Kingman
My students just do not understand place value. They are in need of visual, tangibles to help them understand place value. The students at this school are from a low socioeconomic background. They...
My students need place value blocks, teaching kit and extra student packs.
Picacho Elementary School (Special Needs)High Poverty, Picacho
Students at our school have many great abilities and are great kids. Some students come from middle class homes, while many others come from homes where both parents are trying to make ends meet...
My students need reading materials, including CD-ROM activities, a games library and a teaching kit, so that they can become more successful with the upcoming COMMON CORE testing. These materials will help maximize their success!
Edison Elementary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Mesa
What do you want to be when you grow up? If you could visit any country in the world, where would you travel? A classroom laptop would allow students to use the Internet and complete research to...
My students need 1 laptop to support individual learning needs and enhance educational opportunities within the classroom.
Mohave Valley Elem School (Literacy)High Poverty, Mohave Valley
Imagine not being able to express yourself with words. The failure of others to understand what is being said leads you into a meltdown that is exhibited in the form of throwing yourself down to...
My students need an iPad mini to access learning apps. There are numerous articles that show children with autism opening up to the world through an iPad or an iPod.
Horizon Elementary School (Special Needs)High Poverty, Glendale
Do you remember what it was like the first time you read a book that you couldn't put down? My students love to read but the books they have available to them are limited to the few they may have...
My students need a variety of chapter books.
Cerbat Elementary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Kingman
My students have been so fortunate to have received a new collection of fiction books through Donor's Choose. Many of my students, however, were asking me where the non-fiction books were. I was...
My students need 33 non-fiction books to help incorporate science and social studies into the classroom.
San Cayetano Elementary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Rio Rico
Imagine waking up with no running water or electricity and riding the bus for an hour one way to get to school. My students live this life everyday. These students are hard working individuals who...
My students need an I-pad and accessories to use in the classroom and the field during my science class.
Sanders Middle School (Environmental Science)High Poverty, Sanders
Can you imagine spending all day not being able to show your teacher how smart you are? That is a challenge many of my students face because they are non-verbal and have difficulties expressing...
My students need concrete learning manipulatives to help them demonstrate how smart they are! These include puzzles, a sorting bucket, pegboards and more.
Coyote Ridge Elementary School (Special Needs)High Poverty, Glendale
Save the Spines! We love to read our books. The challenge we face is keeping the books we treasure in good condition due to having nowhere to store them. We have metal slated baskets that damage...
My students need 34 seat sacks for a safe place to store their independent reading books they love so dearly! My students love to read but have nowhere to store them that isn't damaging.
Landmark Middle School (Literacy)High Poverty, Glendale
There's nothing greater than having a classroom that's structured and under control. I'm hoping to get a classroom rug that has enough squares that each child has their own space to sit in....
My students need a new rug. This will help with classroom management and every student will have their own special assigned seat during carpet instructional time.
Ira A Murphy Elementary School (Early Development)High Poverty, Peoria
My students love to read and write. They are very expressive with their writing and get most of their ideas from reading. My students are in the process of making a small space in my class into a...
My students need books, audio books, dictionaries, games, and more for the class library. My class library is very small since I am a new teacher and my students love to read.
Cavett Elementary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Tucson
"Do you remember the time when we used an encyclopedia for a research project" says no child today. Technology is all around and an important part our daily life. What a better way to combine...
My students need a Kindle Fire to have an opportunity to APPly technology skills with their learning, making it all more relevant to their lives.
Palo Verde Elementary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Casa Grande
Now a days there is no questions, you must know how to use technology. My students are lucky enough to use the computer lab once a week, as most schools are cutting this valuable resource. But...
My students need an iPad Mini to use during centers!
Mayer Elementary School (Mathematics)High Poverty, Mayer
Help Our Classroom celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday, while developing a lifetime love of reading! My students are quite amazing, if you ask me. Most of them deal with many struggles at home, but yet...
My students need class sets of three Dr. Seuss books that they can take with them and keep for a lifetime! We will be reading the books and having a celebration in honor of Dr. Seuss's Birthday.
Curiel Primary School (Literacy)High Poverty, Eloy
Kindergarteners are all about doing things they can get their hands on! When a child is able to use all their senses when we do a project it lasts and lasts! Currently our district shares and...
My students need a complete set of Science kits for more "hands-on learning" FUN! In Kindergarten, interacting with centers like these help make the learning more permanent too!
Desert Moon School (Health & Life Science)High Poverty, Surprise
My students love to learn about great fiction and nonfiction literature to better understand their world. Through my project I would love to reveal to them the joy and richness books will bring to...
My students need great books that help them learn the love of knowledge.
Desert Valley Elem School (ESL)High Poverty, Bullhead City



















