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Made to Wear!

Help me give my students bracelet and keychain-making supplies and tools for our Maker Space!
Ms. Stith
Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School 410
Baltimore, MD
  • $356 still needed
  • 7 donors so far

Extra, Extra, Read All About It! In Colour!

Help me give my students a working colour printing for the school newspaper!
Ms. Stith
Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School 410
Baltimore, MD
  • $572 still needed
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Past projects 28

  • Going for Games

    Funded May 9, 2025

    I am so excited to receive these new games and just in time to use them for our end-of-year events!

    Thank you so much! These resources will benefit my students for many years to come and I can't wait to see the student using and enjoying them!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

    This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 2 other donors.
  • Protect and Preserve

    Funded May 9, 2025

    This is so exciting! These materials are not exciting materials to ask for or purchase, but they are super exciting to me because of what they will allow me to do for our students. They will allow me to create a display of the wonderful artists and authors that have come to visit our library and inspire our students.

    This visual reminder that authors and artists are real people who take time to spend time with students like mine is very powerful, and I can't wait to be able to showcase these special moments for all to see!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

    This classroom project was brought to life by Ripple and 4 other donors.
  • Best Books of 2024

    Funded Feb 27, 2025

    Thank you so much for funding our project! Students have been so excited about the new books and seeing them come out onto the shelves. Some books already have a waiting list they are so popular! Students are reading in the library and getting excited about books and being able to pick up books that they continue to offer me more suggestions and requests for more books--a great problem to have!

    The most exciting thing for them (and me) is to be able to get them something that they want and have asked for. They're used to people not following through and with your help I've been able to break that tradition.

    With your help, I'm slowly bringing our collection into the 21st century and vastly improving the circulation numbers. Thank you!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

  • Make It And Take It!

    Funded Jan 1, 2025

    With your help, we were able to create a vibrant makerspace area in the library where students are able to make, build, and play during lunch, early release days, and special calendar days. This space is huge hit with our students and they are always looking at the available materials and working on a project or projects in progress.

    Because of your help, our Student Government Association was able to make buttons to wear at the state conference featuring a logo that they designed. This was a source of great pride for them.

    THANK YOU for your generous donation to the Library! I am so grateful; but more importantly, our students are. Your generosity, support, and investment in Cogwheel Library are so appreciated. Our students will be able to enjoy these materials for many, many years to come!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

  • Join Us For Games

    Funded Sep 14, 2024

    With your help, we were able to create a vibrant space area in the library where students are able to make, build, and play during lunch, early release days, and special calendar days. This space is huge hit with our students and they are always looking at the available options and playing games during lunch or after school.

    Lunch is hugely popular in the library and the students play games of Uno that get as many as seven players in them as they take time between classes to decompress and connect with their peers. Your generosity has helped to build the library as a safe gathering space for students and I thank you so much for that.

    THANK YOU for your generous donation to the Library! I am so grateful; but more importantly, our students are. Your generosity, support, and investment in Cogwheel Library are so appreciated. Our students will be able to enjoy these materials for many, many years to come!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

    This classroom project was brought to life by .
  • Protection and Prevention

    Funded Sep 10, 2024

    With your help, we are now better able to protect the materials that we are able to buy or receive so that they can be safely circulated amongst the students. My students love borrowing books, but they are sometimes harder on them than they realize and being able to give them an extra layer of protection or to repair them after they have had an accident is a huge blessing.

    Your generosity has helped to build the library collection and to protect it for future classes of students. THANK YOU for your generous donation to the Library! I am so grateful; but more importantly, our students will be. Your generosity, support, and investment in Cogwheel Library are so appreciated. Our students will be able to enjoy these materials for many, many years to come!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

  • Fourth Quarter Refresh

    Funded Apr 23, 2025

    What an unexpected, but delightful surprise to find that this project was funded today! Thank you so much! My students are so excited to get new books and these are coming in time for them to be used before the end of the school year. Your generosity is so appreciated, especially in a time when budgets are shrinking!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 8 other donors.
  • Nice and New

    Funded Apr 10, 2025

    Thank you so much for your generosity and help in funding this project! I can't wait to tell students that the books that they have requested will be arriving after Spring Break. What a wonderful way to head into the last quarter of the school year! Your help is absolutely irreplaceable!”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Stith

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose Community and 5 other donors.
Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. I know in this world we're all overwhelmed by the number of people and organizations in need so thank you for even considering my students for your support. I teach in an inner-city, urban school which is a 100% minority school with extreme poverty. We have a long tradition of excellence, but changing times, funding, and communities have taken their toll. Many of our students are disengaged, over-age, and under-credited. It's my goal to encourage all of my students to do their best, challenge their expectations of themselves and the world, and find the courage to excel. There is an increasing gap between the resources and technology my students receive and those that students in "better" schools receive. This makes it more difficult for them to achieve their college and career goals. I think all students deserve the best we can give them, thank you for helping us.

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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. I know in this world we're all overwhelmed by the number of people and organizations in need so thank you for even considering my students for your support. I teach in an inner-city, urban school which is a 100% minority school with extreme poverty. We have a long tradition of excellence, but changing times, funding, and communities have taken their toll. Many of our students are disengaged, over-age, and under-credited. It's my goal to encourage all of my students to do their best, challenge their expectations of themselves and the world, and find the courage to excel. There is an increasing gap between the resources and technology my students receive and those that students in "better" schools receive. This makes it more difficult for them to achieve their college and career goals. I think all students deserve the best we can give them, thank you for helping us.

About my class

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