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Mrs. Ficklin from Durant, MS is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Developing Minds, Performing Goals, Succeeding High School

My students need color pencils, resource books, and a pencil sharpener for our social studies classroom.

  • $452 goal

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My Students

A typical day in my classroom would include student engagement to get the students really excited about history. My high school social studies students must be able to relate to history and visualized the story I am trying to convey to them from my instruction.

The student body makeup is 53 percent male and 47 percent female.

The total minority enrollment is 99 percent. Even though most of my students are economically disadvantaged, they still come to school with a smile on their face ready and eager to learn. With so many outside forces pulling most of the males away from school, it is my job to keep them motivated enough to stay in school.

My Project

My students will be able use the chart paper for group work and learning centers. Some of the things my students will learn about is geography, their state, wars, and about early modern times in history. They can create maps, timelines, etc. with the color pencils and markers. My classroom does not have a set of classroom books nor books to take home, so the resource books will be very helpful for my visual learners. Most of my student write using a pencil so a powered pencil sharper is needed in my classroom because the handheld ones always break.

The donations will improve my classroom because my students will feel like they have everything they need to be successful in my classroom.

They will not have to worry about not having a book like other students because they can build a great notebook from the materials I have provided to them from my donations. They will also see that someone outside of their community cared enough to help them because they believed in them and their education.

Mrs. Ficklin Durant Elementary 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.

More about Mrs. Ficklin

Durant, 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

80 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crayola Classpack Washable Markers Broad Point, Assorted Colors, 200/Box • Quill.com $84.74 1 $84.74
Oklahoma Sound 48 1/2"H x 18 1/2"W x 20"D MDF Portable Presentation Lectern Cherry • Quill.com $47.69 1 $47.69
X-ACTO School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill.com $39.99 1 $39.99
Quill Brand 20" x 23" Self-Stick Easel Pad Flip Chart Table Top, Plain Style • Quill.com $19.54 2 $39.08
Crayola Colored Pencils Classpack 240/Box • Quill.com $31.44 1 $31.44
Mark Twain Industrialization through the Great Depression Resource Book • Quill.com $10.19 1 $10.19
World Geography JINGO Game • Quill.com $18.69 1 $18.69
Differentiating Instruction with Menus: Social Studies (Grades 6-8) • Amazon $16.57 1 $16.57
Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction Resource Book • Quill.com $16.14 1 $16.14
Mark Twain Exploration Revolution, and Constitution Resource Book • Quill.com $11.04 1 $11.04
Pacon Sunworks Heavyweight Construction Paper Asstorted, 9" X 12", 300 Sheets • Quill.com $10.19 1 $10.19

Materials cost

$325.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.67

Total project goal

$451.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $451.12

8 Donors

-$383.12

Donations toward project cost

-$340.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.17

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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