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

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Giving Impoverished Children the Best Education Possible

My students need many different materials such as tablets, bean bag chairs, room dividers, and over the seat storage in order for them to achieve despite their challenging circumstances.

  • $2,200 goal

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My Students

We are two teachers in an integrated first grade classroom setting of 26 students; approximately forty percent of our students have special needs and most of them live below the poverty line. Our students are faced with many challenges both inside and outside of the classroom. Many of our students live in either public housing, shelters, or foster homes and all our students receive free lunch based on their socioeconomic status.

Our classroom is a place where our students can feel safe and aspire to achieve regardless of their environmental circumstances.

We strive to give our students the tools they need to change their life. We see their eagerness to learn and succeed, which makes us eager to provide them with the best education possible.

We hope that you can help us by funding our projects. We appreciate anything you can give. Thank you!

My Project

Having a set of tablets in our classroom will allow us to differentiate our teaching based on each student's individual needs. The students will use the tablets to master an array of skills in technology, science, math, and English.

As teachers of lower income students, we are always searching for ways to bridge the digital gap between our students and students who have the means available to purchase their own tablets and computers.

The bean bag chairs will be used in our quiet areas; our library and independent reading stations. In order to achieve our goal of giving our students the tools they need to ultimately attend college, they must become exceptional readers and writers. Our goal is to have our students delve into rich literary works and encourage independent reading in a colorful and comfortable library.

A room divider will allow us to parallel teach (two teachers teaching the same subject in different areas of the room to smaller groups of students). This will allow us to focus on a group of 13 students each, rather than an entire class of 26 students. We also need each child to have a seat pocket on the back of their chair for extra storage. By having all materials right on their chair, this will decrease the amount of movement in our classroom and increase the amount of learning time. Students will not have to get up to find supplies; everything they need will be right at their desks.

Mrs. Spitaleri Christopher Ave Community School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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

26 students impacted 28donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
All-New Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8" HD Display, Wi-Fi, 16 GB - Includes Special Offers, Black • Amazon Business $89.99 8 $719.92
School Smart 1465930 Seat Pocket, 13" x 14-1/2", Blue • Amazon Business $13.30 26 $345.80
DD165SE - Calming Colors® Easy-Clean Room Divider - Sea Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 2 $258.00
Foamnasium Big Wacky Sack • Amazon Business $49.04 4 $196.16
Flagship Carpets FE118-32A Dot Spots Seating Rug, Everyone Has a Spot on This Colorful Design, 5'10" x 8'4" Seats 20, 70" Length, 100" Width, Multi-Color • Amazon Business $172.80 1 $172.80
Fire HD 8 Case (6th Generation, 2016 Release) - Poetic Rugged Protective Silicone Case [Corner Protection][Grip][Sound-Amplification][Bottom Air Vents] for All-New Amazon Fire HD 8 (2016 Model) Black • Amazon Business $14.95 8 $119.60

Materials cost

$1,812.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,869.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$329.90

Total project goal

$2,199.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,199.36

23 Donors

-$2,013.71

Donations toward project cost

-$1,826.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$186.75

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

-$135.65

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 $0.00

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