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Mrs. Karlin from Brighton, MA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Dusty Problem With a Cheap Solution!

My students need a white board.

  • $400 goal

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It takes a lot for my students to come to school everyday. I teach in an alternative program for high school students who have had lapses in enrollment or other setbacks in their academic lives.

Most of my students are what I would consider to be visual learners; it's difficult enough to get them interested in the day's lesson, and trying to do it on an old chalkboard is next to impossible. The board is hard to read and causes problems for any student more than a few feet from the front of the room.

Replacing the chalkboard in my classroom with a white board would remove a significant roadblock that stands in the way of my students becoming involved and interested in the subject matter. I've taught in a different classroom with the same population, and the change from a white board to a chalkboard is depressing, at best. The other classrooms have white boards, but we've hit a funding snag and haven't been able to come up with the money to put a white board in my classroom as well.

Your help will make sure my students have the best possible materials in the classroom and will also bring a sense of pride to the school. This population of students is often not provided with "nice" things, and a new white board would show that we trust the students to take good care of new equipment. Most of all, the white board would make sure all students are able to see all the materials from every seat in the classroom, and will be able to learn the subject matter much more effectively.

Mrs. Karlin EDCO Youth Alternative High School Grades 9-12

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Brighton, MA View local requests

More than half 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

60 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
4x8 Premium Magnetic Markerboard / Dry Erase White Board • Teacher's School Supply $276.31 1 $276.31

Materials cost

$276.31

Vendor shipping charges

 $27.63

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$328.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.00

Total project goal

$400.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $400.00

1 Donor

-$385.88

Donations toward project cost

-$328.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.12

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 $0.00

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