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Mr. Akerson from Albany, GA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How Do We Organize? Folders, Guys!

My students need binders and dividers to organize their classwork, homework, and data trackers. The fruit snacks and sanitizer will keep our classroom engaging and clean.

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My Students

In the third grade, the common mantra is that we are moving students from learning to read to reading to learn. Approximately 97% of students at our southern Georgia public school receive free and reduced lunch. We have many struggles associated with poverty-entrenched schools: high absent rates, lower academic achievement compared to nationally set benchmarks. However, the fantastic faculty and staff of our 400-odd student body ensures that they receive rigorous academic content and a safe learning environment.

While we accomplish daily learning objectives, I hope to teach my students choices matter.

My twenty-two students love to learn. The learning process involves decisions, and what my students choose to do and think affects their lives. I would hate to not expose my students to all of the various choices they can make.

My students hold innate potential. Receiving exposure to novel experiences will allow them to realize their own possibilities.

My Project

My students will continually use these supplies. Because classroom organization contributes to how students organize their thoughts, they will use these binders and dividers practically every day. We will use the binders in multiple ways. Students will keep unfinished classwork in one section of the binder. In another, students will track their data. They will document how they scored on unit assessments and will create longitudinal graphs so that they see the progress of their mastery. Other sections will most likely include finished homework, morning work, and cursive work among others. To continue mastering learning objectives, students need to eat with clean hands. The hand sanitizer will minimize transmissible germs. The fruit snacks will incentives students to participate in class discussions, whisper reading, and centers.

Essentially, the project will make our classroom more student-focused.

These school supplies will provide students with the tools to organize, to keep bacteria at bay, and to maintain student engagement. Students can own, chart, and track their data in their binders among other uses. Sanitizer will keep students more healthy, and fruit snacks will encourage students to learn. In the end, this project equips students to be self-sustained learners.

Mr. Akerson Alice Coachman Elementary School 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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Albany, GA 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Quill Brand 1" Round Ring View Binder 3-Ring, White • Quill.com $3.99 26 $103.74
Welch's Mixed Fruit Snacks, 66 Pouches/Box • Quill.com $23.79 4 $95.16
Avery WorkSaver Big Tab Insertable Dividers, Buff, Multi-Color 8-Tab Set, Copper-Reinforced Edge • Quill.com $1.27 26 $33.02
Quill Brand Hand Sanitizer Aloe Formula, 67.6-oz. • Quill.com $13.59 1 $13.59

Materials cost

$245.51

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$296.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.26

Total project goal

$348.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $348.39

8 Donors

-$348.39

Donations toward project cost

-$296.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.26

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