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Mrs. Hardin from Batesville, MS is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Binding Together the Past, Present, and Their Future

My students need a binding machine and various sizes of comb bindings to create their own history books.

  • $187 goal

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My Students

According to John Franklin Hope, “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.” I want my students to be able to create their own textbooks using a binding machine and comb bindings.

I teach sixth and seventh grade students in a low income area of Mississippi.

Our school is classified as a Title 1 school where most of our students receive free lunch. Most of my students have never used any kind of research materials and aren't interested in the textbook. In order to allow them to have the skills and knowledge needed to be successful, I hope to help provide them with additional materials for the classroom and allow them to create their own textbooks!

My Project

By allowing students to create their own textbooks, they will be interested and engaged active learners. They will also be able to utilize the binding machine to create a variety of other projects and educational materials. They will be able to research, create, and produce their own historical textbooks and products!

Dull textbooks with incorrect reading levels deter learning.

By allowing my students to produce their own textbooks, I will hopefully spark an interest in history and literature. It will not only help their history knowledge, but also increase their reading and writing skills.

Mrs. Hardin Batesville Junior High School Grades 6-8

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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Batesville, MS View local requests

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

150 students impacted 25donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fellowes Star Comb Binding Machine White • Quill $69.99 1 $69.99
Plastic Comb Bindings, Black, 1/4" • Quill $6.29 2 $12.58
Plastic Comb Bindings, Black, 1/2" • Quill $15.29 2 $30.58

Materials cost

$113.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $1.13

Sales tax

 $7.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$158.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.04

Total project goal

$186.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $186.94

22 Donors

-$89.63

Donations toward project cost

-$79.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.18

match offer

-$93.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$79.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.84

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 $0.00

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