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

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Basic Needs Are an Essential #2

Help me give my students pencils and a working stapler so that they can showcase their work.

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My Students

The beauty of working in an extremely diverse school is getting to learn about different cultures and work with a melting pot of students. When every student in my class comes together, they are always learning from each other.

Being in an emergent classroom, it helps me appreciate teaching them even more as I can connect to how they are learning.

My students are always trying their best to learn the English language through visuals and active listening. I am always learning from my students and using what they teach me by observing them to help me better plan my lessons for them. Understanding their struggles, I try my best to make learning fun for them and hope that they enjoy going to school.

My Project

Often times I notice students are distracted because they want to sharpen their pencils or look around in their desk for pencils and erasers. With the basic needs of pencils and a working stapler, students will not need to bother other students to borrow pencils or an eraser.

You never know that the basic needs can become not basic anymore when your students run out of pencils and other supplies that can seem so basic to us.

In our classroom, our most basic needs like pencils and tape are becoming very luxurious because we are running out. Our pencil sharpener is starting to make funny noises because we made use of it so much. Our most handy dandy stapler has also stopped working. That stapler holds out student work up on the bulletin board and also staples our work together.

Ms. Anna Ruan PS 200 the Benson School Grades 3-5

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Brooklyn, NY 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ticonderoga Pencils, Wood-Cased, Graphite #2 HB Soft, Yellow, 96-Pack (13872) • Amazon Business $9.96 5 $49.80
X-ACTO School Pro Classroom Electric Pencil Sharpener, Blue, 1 Count • Amazon Business $26.22 1 $26.22
Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping Packaging Tape, 6-Rolls, Great for Packing, Shipping & Moving, 1.88" x 54.6 Yards, 3" Core (3850-6) • Amazon Business $24.26 1 $24.26
Swingline Stapler, 747 Iconic Desktop Stapler, 25 Sheet Capacity, Rio Red (74736) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Swingline Stapler, Optima 25, Full Size Desktop Stapler, 25 Sheet Capacity, Reduced Effort, Blue/Gray (66404) - SWI66404 • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Neenah Cardstock, 8.5" x 11", Heavy-Weight, White, 94 Brightness, 300 Sheets (91437) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Command Wire Hooks, 16 hooks, 24 strips, White, Small, Easy to Open Packaging (GP067-16NA) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Clipco Book Rings Small 1-Inch Nickel Plated Metal (100-Pack) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Sharpie Permanent Markers, Fine Point, Black, 12 Count • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Command Hooks, 6 hooks, 8 strips, Medium (17065CLR-6ES) • Amazon Business $6.61 1 $6.61
Scotch Painter's Tape 2090-48E 07230001245 ScotchBlue Painter's Tape, Multi-Use, 1.88-Inch by 60-Yard, 1 Roll, Width, Blue • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Scotch Multi-Purpose Scissor, 8 Inch, 2 Pack (1428-2), Red/Gray • Amazon Business $5.88 1 $5.88

Materials cost

$187.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$220.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.83

Total project goal

$258.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $258.89

8 Donors

-$210.51

Donations toward project cost

-$186.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.45

match offer

-$40.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.38

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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