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Mrs. San Jose Kelly from Chicago, IL is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Essentials For A Safe Return

Help me give my students the basic materials they need in order to safely go back to school during the pandemic such as face masks, sanitizing wipes, markers, and more. Now more than ever, teachers are heavily focusing on the safety of their students!

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our school has created an environment where students are encouraged to take ownership and accountability of their learning. Every child has their own strengths and areas needing improvement, and access to the appropriate resources are just what they need in order to make tremendous growth. The students in my class always put forward their full efforts to be better. They all strive to be the best learners they can be.

There are about 13 students in my classroom between kindergarten and second grade, all with varying strengths and needs.

All receive a combination of related services such as speech, social work, and occupational therapy. They all inspire me to be the strongest advocate for them and their families and the best teacher I can be every day as they work hard to improve as students and members to our community.

My Project

Kindergarten is an exciting time for many young students, establishing new routines as they dive deeper into learning foundational skills in all subject areas. Even though we will enter the new school year with many uncertainties still up in the air, students will still require essential materials such as pencils, crayons, markers, erasers, and glue to produce work that they can be proud of. With Covid-19 and their safety as our main focus, it is now important more than ever for students to have their own personal supplies to use. By having their own assigned bins with supplies inside, students will be provided with added safety while in the classroom.

By donating to our project, you will not only provide young students from low-income households with a positive start to their educational careers, but you will also provide them with the safety they deserve to go to school each day, knowing that they have essential resources they can use to sanitize, stay healthy, and be safe.

Having this peace of mind will tremendously help increase their academic achievement and social-emotional learning. Students will be able to feel secure in their classroom, their home away from home.

Regardless if we continue classes at school or through remote learning at home, these supplies will continue to assist children in both settings.

Mrs. San Jose Kelly McPherson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

13 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Disposable Earloop Face Mask, Blue, 50/Box (FIK0906U) • Staples Advantage $32.99 4 $131.96
Purell Hand Sanitizing Wipes, Fresh Citrus Scent, 270 Wipes/Carton, 6/Cartons (9113-06) • Staples Advantage $87.59 1 $87.59
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, Crisp Lemon, 75/Box, 6 Boxes/Carton (01628CT) • Staples Advantage $56.94 1 $56.94
Crayola Kid's Markers, Broad Line, Assorted Colors, 8/Box (58-7708) • Staples Advantage $2.75 13 $35.75
Bella Storage Solutions 6 Qt. Snap Lid Storage Tote, Clear/Blue (601017/12936) • Staples Advantage $1.66 15 $24.90
Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, 0.24 oz., 30/Pack (E556) • Staples Advantage $12.24 2 $24.48
Staples Thermal Pouches, Letter, 300/Pack (5245701) • Staples Advantage $24.30 1 $24.30
Crayola Non-Peggable Crayons, Assorted Colors, 16 Per Box (52-0016) • Staples Advantage $1.79 13 $23.27
Ticonderoga Wooden Pencils, No. 2 Soft Lead, 72/Pack (13972) • Staples Advantage $14.41 1 $14.41
Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Value Pack, Bleach Free Cleaning Wipes, 225 Wipes/Pack, 3/Pack (30208) • Staples Advantage $14.39 1 $14.39
Astrobrights Vintage Multipurpose Paper, 24 lbs., 8.5" x 11", Assorted Colors, 500/Pack (21224) • Staples Advantage $12.81 1 $12.81
Paper Mate Pink Pearl Erasers, Pink, 24/Box (70520) • Staples Advantage $10.39 1 $10.39
Ticonderoga My First Ticonderoga Wooden Pencils, No. 2 Medium Lead, Dozen (33312) • Staples Advantage $4.03 2 $8.06

Materials cost

$469.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.35

Total project goal

$595.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.64

14 Donors

-$581.87

Donations toward project cost

-$506.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.77

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