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Mr. Fragomeni from New York, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Harlem Students Love to Explore Mathematics!

The cost of VersaTiles Level 5 Math Lab purchased from ETA/Cuisenaire is $419, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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We opened our charter school this year with extremely high expectations for our students. All of our students come from Harlem or the South Bronx and are very underpriveledged. Most of our students started school at least two grade levels below where they are supposed to be according to their test scores. Through hard work and dedication, the majority of our students are now at or above grade level. This is attributable not only to the hard work of our students, but also our very dedicated staff. Both students and teachers are inspired to be in our school on a daily basis. The kids are wonderful and appreciate everything that their teachers do for them. We currently do not have textbooks in place for our math teachers. All of the materials they use are made through countless hours of work each night by the teachers. Despite all of this extra work, they have inspired our students to be lovers of learning and mathematics. This request is for an innovative set of materials that can be used as a supplement in teaching math called VersaTiles. This is a program that allows students to practice the skills that they use in class. Basically, it involves solving math problems and placing a "tile" on a certain square in an answer case for each problem. When the student opens the case at the end of the section, it will show a specific pattern if all of the questions were answered correctly. If a problem was missed, the student can back up and solve that problem correctly. I have seen this program used in math classrooms in other highly effective schools. It is very good at inspiring students and allowing them to have fun while learning! Our studnts are exptremely appreciative of everything that is given to them and would love to have this fun tool to use while learning new types of math! It would provide a resource that would be invaluable for our teachers and would help raise student-confidence in math. It would be used for our entire 5th grade this year and every fifth grade class in the future! Thank you very much for your consideration of this proposal!

Mr. Fragomeni Harlem Village Academy East Elementary Grades 3-5

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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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
VersaTiles Level 5 Math Lab • ETA/Cuisenaire $299.95 1 $299.95

Materials cost

$299.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$355.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.08

Total project goal

$433.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$433.76

3 Donors

-$394.89

Donations toward project cost

-$356.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.60

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$0.00

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