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

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Creation and Preservation Counts

Help me give my students a chance to laminate and preserve their work.

  • $891 goal

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My Students

I am afforded the opportunity to teach the most promising group of energetic and curious fifth graders, the same group I had in fourth grade, last year. These scholars are excited about school, and the opportunities that are presented to them on a daily basis. But there are obstacles that create challenges for most. More than ninety percent of them are coming from low-income households. And the added uncertainty of COVID - 19 has further derailed my students. These challenges affect how their day progress, but never-the-less they continue to persevere to achieve their daily goals, sometimes remotely other times in person.

Simple tools such as pencils, sharpeners, erasers, post itself stick tabletop pads, dry erase markers, desk top sharpeners and sharpie-colored markers are needed to help my scholars.

Having the stamina to persevere through challenges have allowed these scholars to develop some skills they need to be partially successful. But the need for those basic tools in their classroom and at home is a grave one. I do not want these scholars to be partially successful. I want them to be successful.

My Project

School is a place where my students feel free, safe, nurtured and accepted. Feeling this way at school opens the door for learning and achievement. So, I am requesting, pencils, markers, paper, laminating machine, ink for printer, folders, to help my students create, complete, and preserve their projects and classwork.

The talents my students possess are tremendous; given these materials, examples of their talents would be exhibited around the school for all to see.

Just think of the reward and joy that would radiate from the faces of these students. The sense of achievement that will follow also cannot be ignored. So please help me showcase talent that will otherwise go unnoticed.

In a short while these students would begin another chapter in their school life. It is important that they are confident that no matter what obstacles (getting materials) they face there will always be a safe place, their school, that will provide what they need to make them successful.

Mrs. Ross PS 135 Sheldon Brookner Grades 3-5

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

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

28 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP 952XL/952 Black High Yield and Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Standard Yield Ink Cartridge, 4/Pack (N9K28AN#140) • Staples $113.89 1 $113.89
Pacon Corporation - Gowrite Self-stick Table Top Easel Pads 16 X 15 • Teachers' School Supply $29.04 3 $87.12
Scotch Thermal Laminator with 20 Letter Size Pouches, 13" Wide (TL1302VP) • Staples $86.82 1 $86.82
Staples Copy Paper, 8.5" x 14", 20 lbs., White, 500 Sheets/Ream, 10 Reams/Carton (221193) • Staples $68.55 1 $68.55
Expo Low Odor Dry Erase Markers - 16 Color Set • Teachers' School Supply $39.20 1 $39.20
Oxford 2-Pocket Presentation Folders, Assorted Colors, 25/Box (OXF 57513) • Staples $18.99 2 $37.98
3/8 Ruled Writing Paper • Teachers' School Supply $10.99 3 $32.97
Astrobrights Spectrum Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", 65 lbs, Assorted Colors, 100/Pack (91398) • Staples $13.79 2 $27.58
Staples Thermal Pouches, Letter, 300/Pack (5245701) • Staples $26.19 1 $26.19
Crayola Short Colored Pencil Set, 64/Box • Staples $7.99 3 $23.97
Pacon 8.5" x 11" Graph Writing Paper, White, 500 Sheets (2411) • Staples $11.29 2 $22.58
Staples 8 Pocket Portfolio, Assorted Colors(99656) • Staples $7.29 3 $21.87
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, Letter Size, 100 Pouches (TP3854-100WM) • Staples $20.45 1 $20.45
Ticonderoga The World's Best Pencil Wooden Pencils, No. 2 Soft Lead, 96/Pack (13872) • Staples $19.99 1 $19.99
Sharpie Permanent Marker, Chisel Tip, Assorted, 8/Pack (38250) • Staples $6.28 3 $18.84
ARRAY CARD STOCK IVORY • Teachers' School Supply $16.99 1 $16.99
Pacon 8" X 10.5" Composition Writing Paper, White, 500 Sheets (2431) • Staples $8.29 2 $16.58
Magnetic Whiteboard Eraser Pencil • Teachers' School Supply $4.99 2 $9.98
Astrobrights Cardstock Paper, 65 lbs., 8 1/2" x 11", White, 80 Sheets/Pack (91643) • Staples $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$696.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.49

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$756.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.58

Total project goal

$890.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $890.55

5 Donors

-$659.88

Donations toward project cost

-$593.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.48

Matching donations from our partners

-$192.44

Match offers toward project cost

-$163.57

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.87

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.24

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