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Mrs. Riess from Camden, NJ is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Professional development

Let's Not Reinvent the Wheel

I need gift card to teachers pay teachers to develop and create our reading and writing curriculum

  • $155 goal

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My Students

Every morning our school shouts out our motto, which describes them as being a leader, responsible, respectful, resourceful, and proud. My students follow this motto in school and in life.

My students come from a city that has been considered one of the most dangerous cities in America.

Despite that, they are creating their own path to a successful future. It amazes me to see how fully engaged they are to learn each and every day. I feel privileged to teach such a great group of kids.

My Project

At my school, we are lucky enough to have a strong math curriculum. We, unfortunately, do not have a reading or writing curriculum. Teachers are expected to create their own curriculum. This leads to spending a lot of our own money paying for the curriculum via teachers pay teachers.

We do not want to reinvent the wheel but rather use others' amazing resources on teachers pay teachers.

There are incredible resources to develop a strong reading and writing curriculum. We want the best for our students and already spend so much of our own money providing the best for them. This gift card will be so helpful to many of our teachers in our school.

Mrs. Riess Katz Dalsey Academy Grades PreK-2

More about Mrs. Riess

Camden, NJ View local requests

More than a third 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

300 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gift Card • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00

Materials cost

$100.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$131.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.21

Total project goal

$154.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$154.71

3 Donors

-$154.71

Donations toward project cost

-$131.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.21

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$0.00

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