You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Ms. Parks' Classroom Edit display name

  • Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy
  • Chicago, IL
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Parks a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Ms. Parks' classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Parks a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Ms. Parks can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2998063 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
I will be teaching 5th grade at Fuller School of Excellence this upcoming school year for approximately 50 to 64 students. In 2013, 81% of the student body DID NOT meet the state standards for the Illinois State Achievement Test in math and reading, compared to 41% for other schools in the state. Due to these results, and many of the lower scores in previous years, this school was deemed failing. Since then, much improvement has occurred, but all of our students are still not on grade level. At the same time, with the vision of rising to soar, embraced by a devoted administration and staff, we will push through barriers that once could not be surpassed. My school is especially high need, 94.3% low income, with a 43% mobility rate. As a result, many of my students are lacking stability and can not afford the food they need to nourish their bodies, nor the supplies and classroom essentials that are needed to succeed

About my class

I will be teaching 5th grade at Fuller School of Excellence this upcoming school year for approximately 50 to 64 students. In 2013, 81% of the student body DID NOT meet the state standards for the Illinois State Achievement Test in math and reading, compared to 41% for other schools in the state. Due to these results, and many of the lower scores in previous years, this school was deemed failing. Since then, much improvement has occurred, but all of our students are still not on grade level. At the same time, with the vision of rising to soar, embraced by a devoted administration and staff, we will push through barriers that once could not be surpassed. My school is especially high need, 94.3% low income, with a 43% mobility rate. As a result, many of my students are lacking stability and can not afford the food they need to nourish their bodies, nor the supplies and classroom essentials that are needed to succeed

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":2998063,"teacherId":2998063,"teacherName":"Ms. Parks","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2998063_orig.png?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1565926090232","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20609271,"followAbout":"Ms. Parks' projects","teacherVerify":-1940904262,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Parks","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/2998063","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=2998063","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":4,"numSupporters":28},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.