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Mrs. Church from Millers Creek, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Academic Skills are the Key to Success!

My students need access to highlighters to use when learning test-taking strategies and writing skills that are necessary to be successful academically.

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My Students

The students I teach are interested in improving their lives through education in an area where many families struggle with job loss, underemployment, and poverty. My school is in a rural area in northwest North Carolina where students sometimes find it difficult to see all the possibilities life has to offer. My hope every day is to help students improve the academic skills they will need to be successful in higher education and have a chance at a better future.

My Project

In my social studies classroom, we work not only to master the content outlined in the Essential Standards, but also to gain the academic skills necessary to be successful in all classes and in higher education. In the past, I have noticed that students are more likely to master skills when they have a way to organize their thoughts about the skill and a specific routine to follow when completing a task.

Some of the more difficult academic skills for my students to master have always been the writing skills they need to be successful in a secondary education setting.

Words like thesis and phrases like transition sentences are often foreign to them. They recognize good writing when they see it, but they do not know how to produce it themselves.

After attending a recent workshop on teaching Advanced Placement students and teaching Writing skills, I am excited to try strategies recommended by the presenters using highlighters to focus help students visually represent the different writing components that are necessary to answer constructed response or essay questions.

Mrs. Church West Wilkes High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BIC Brite Liner Highlighters, Chisel Tip, Assorted Colors, 12/Pk • Staples Advantage $10.50 25 $262.50
Ziploc Sandwich Bags, Clear, 90/Bx • Staples Advantage $3.89 2 $7.78

Materials cost

$270.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$325.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.43

Total project goal

$382.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $382.84

5 Donors

-$376.66

Donations toward project cost

-$325.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

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