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Ms. Sharmela from Brooklyn, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Appreciating Nature's Beauty

Help me give my students hadow boxes to display Earth Day projects and crafts!

  • $244 goal

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Ms. Sharmela has another project! Donate to Sweet Science: Investigating Materials with Cotton Candy! to help her classroom.

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My Project

Today's students are bombarded and engrossed in technology as well as the fast pace of modern life. Fortunately, my students appreciate and love nature and all its beauty and significance it add to our lives. I would like my students to have the chance to capture somethings from nature and place them in their shadow box.

My students are self-motivated and when they have the resources and tools they need, it brings out the best of who they are and where they want to be.

Preparing our students for the future is crucial for educational success!

Young minds need to be challenged, and no two students are the same. My students are all willing and ready to learn new things and enjoy sharing what they learned with family.

My Project

Please help us get these shadow boxes in our classroom so we can use them with our Earth Day projects. We will use our shadow boxes to enhance learning through knowledge of Earth Day! We will use them to bring our imagination to life!

Earth Day is a huge celebration in our school and my students would be using these shadow boxes to show you what they have learned!

Teaching through yearly events can present difficult concepts visually, making them more easy to understand. Art instruction helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness.

Earth Day is so much fun at our school. We teach learners about recycling, reusing and not abusing the earth. Please help us get these shadow boxes in our classroom! Thank you.

Ms. Sharmela PS 316 Elijah G Stroud Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

240 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ripeng 16 Pack Shadow Box Frame Display Case Shadow Box Picture Frame with Glass for Photos Flower Wedding Memories Bouquet National Grandparents Day Object Ticket Wall Tabletop(8 x 8 Inch,Wood Color) • Amazon Business $74.99 2 $149.98
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.26 2 $18.52
Gorilla Permanent Adhesive Dots, Double-Sided, 150 Pieces, 0.5" Diameter, Clear, (Pack of 1) • Amazon Business $5.47 1 $5.47

Materials cost

$173.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.46

Total project goal

$243.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $243.04

2 Donors

-$222.72

Donations toward project cost

-$206.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.32

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 $0.00

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