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

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Help Me! My Little Hands Can't Hold Much

My students need of a binding machine and book pouches to keep their papers organized. It will help them focus on classwork and not in keeping many papers organized.

  • $386 goal

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Ms. Meza has another project! Donate to Supplies to Make Our Year Better! to help her classroom.

$407 - complete this project and be a hero

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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

Help us keep our hands mess free. My students need a book binder to keep organized their papers by subjects. Instead of having many papers, they will have all their papers bind into a book. We also need the book baggies to keep our books organized.

My students are Kindergarten students, most of them 5 years old.

They are also English Language Learners, some of them don't speak a word of English. This is the first school experience to many of them. I don't want them to feel overwhelm with the amount of papers that we will be collecting throughout the whole school year. If I train them to keep our papers as a book and our books in a book baggie, it will make everyone's school experience a positive one. Our school is located in a high poverty community. Getting a book binder and book baggies will make my students to keep papers and books organized.

My Project

Imagine you are five, learning English and never been in school. Then you have a teacher giving you many papers and books. As a five year old, it's really hard to handle many items that they never saw before. I am planning to use the book binder to keep all their papers together by subject. For example, I will collect their monthly writing and make a book every month. Also, I would turn all the math papers into a math book. The book baggies will help them to keep all their books together and make it personal. Each student will get a personal book baggie where they will keep their own books.

Kindergarten is a very challenging grade to teach.

To many students, it is their first school experience. It could be overwhelming to them. By having a book binder in our classroom, we can have more organization and students will learn to keep their papers more organized. The book baggies will help them to take care of their own books. Please help us keep our little hands mess free!

Ms. Meza PS 131 Brooklyn Grades PreK-2

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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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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG834X - See & Store Book Pouch - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $37.50 3 $112.50
CV215 - Heavy-Duty Bookbinding Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
CV236 - Book Cover Sheets for Bookbinding • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
CV217BK - 3/8" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
CV217BU - 3/8" Plastic Binding - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
CV214WT - 5/16" Plastic Binding - White • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
CV214BK - 5/16" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
CV214BU - 5/16" Plastic Binding - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
CV213BK - 1/4" Plastic Binding - Black • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
CV213BU - 1/4" Plastic Binding - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99
CV213WT - 1/4" Plastic Binding - White • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$292.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.76

Total project goal

$385.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $385.06

3 Donors

-$193.00

Donations toward project cost

-$164.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.95

match offer

-$192.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.81

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