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Ms. McDonald from Newark, NJ is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Basic Necessities For Future Scholars

My students need the binders to organize their work. Thank you.

  • $551 goal

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My Students

My students have been (in the past) very inquisitive but also very limited with what they are able to experience. They have great ideas and questions about many things in their world around them. They want to know how things in the natural world function as well as how it relates to them directly. The problem that we always encounter is lack of supplies. My students want to learn to think outside of the box but are so limited that they can not.

My Project

The binders will assist my students with learning how to work independently to organize their work and maintain a study portfolio. The college ruled paper will be used to refill the binders to ensure that my students have paper to take notes during instructional time. The index cards are used throughout the year as a way to make flash cards as a study tool. The glue will be used to create projects to increase student creativity while learning about the human body and how chemistry is in the world all around us.

My students will appreciate having this burden lifted.

Ms. McDonald West Side High School Grades 9-12

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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Newark, NJ View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

110 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BINDER POLYPROPYLENE 3 IN GREEN SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $6.45 40 $258.00
DIVIDERS INDEX ASST COLORS 5-TAB SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $0.69 70 $48.30
PAPER FILLER 8.5X11 15LB WITH MARGIN 9/32 RULE 5HP REAM SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $7.09 5 $35.45
GLUE ELMER'S SCHOOL 4OZ • School Specialty $0.69 25 $17.25
INDEX CARDS 3X5 NARROW RULE WHITE PK/100 - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $0.55 20 $11.00
PENCIL COLOR 7'' 3.3MM S/12 SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $0.90 10 $9.00
PENCIL COLOR 7'' 3.3MM S/12 SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $0.90 10 $9.00
ERASER DRY ERASE MAGENTIC SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $0.83 6 $4.98

Materials cost

$392.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.30

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$468.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.62

Total project goal

$550.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $550.79

2 Donors

-$300.40

Donations toward project cost

-$255.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.06

match offer

-$250.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$212.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.56

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 $0.00

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