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Mrs. Tortorella's Classroom

  • PS 23 Richmondtown
  • Staten Island, NY
  • More than a third 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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  • Meeting the Needs of Learning

    Funded Feb 14, 2025

    Thank you so much for your generous donation for my project and helping my students learn to the best of their ability. It means the world to have people like you help support our classroom. The students can't wait to use their new supplies for the rest of the year.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

  • Small Group Instruction On The Go

    Funded May 7, 2024

    Thank you For your generous donation to help improve my small group instruction. My students were so eager to be able to go into the hallway to continue their learning and use the moble dry erase board wherever we needed. This improved their concentration and motivated their learning.

    My students were ready to learn and write on the board. Some even got up to help teach my lesson which is always encouraged. Being able to take our board anywhere we needed made our classroom that much more fun and flexible.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and one other donor.
  • MacBook for Learning

    Funded Nov 27, 2023

    Thank you so much for donating to our need of a new laptop for our classroom. with this new laptop, we are able to create more fun and efficient slides for our lessons. We also are able to search the internet better to look for better resources for the students.

    The students love having the ability to use the computer also to research things for projects or to simply use it to look up unfamiliar words. We really appreciate all of your donations and support for our classroom and to help allow our students to learn to the best of their abilities.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

  • Furniture for Student Led Lessons

    Funded Aug 15, 2023

    Thank you so much for your generous donations to our classroom. Now the students are able to practice their leadership skills in front of the classroom with our new furniture. They are able to practice giving presentations to the classroom which gets them ready not only for middle school, but for their future.

    Having this furniture from the start of the year allows us, as teachers, to expose them to this practice from the start. They will be able to sit in the front of the classroom and get as much practice with presenting their presentation with our new laptop desk. Thank you again for all your generosity.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

    This classroom project was brought to life by The SONIC Foundation and one other donor.
  • Flexible Seating

    Funded Feb 7, 2023

    Thank you so much for donating to our project. These flexible seating chairs have allowed our students to dive into their books in a comfortable way. It also allows them to request the seats as a reward for classroom activities. They love using them and their focus has improved so much. Having these chairs also helps us create more movement in the classroom. Our students love to move around in class and sometimes sitting in their seats all day gets boring. This creates movement for them and motivation to complete all their classroom work.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

  • Printing in Color

    Funded Dec 9, 2022

    Thank you so much for funding us our color printer. Since we have received it we have been able to print colorful worksheets to help the students understand their learning better. We have been able to differentiate all lessons. We have been able to print worksheets for math to show different place value in different colors as well as organizers for the students writing.

    We also have created a fun reward system for the students. We have printed out a Desk Pet adoption center with adoption certificates as well as fake money to earn as incentives.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Tortorella

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