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Ms. Mays from Chattanooga, TN is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. O's First Classroom!

Help me give my students a fully stocked classroom that is ready for collaboration and learning!! I am so excited to begin my journey as an educator and want my students to feel at home in our classroom.

  • $527 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My classroom will be a collaborative and loving place for students to learn. Next school year I will have my own classroom for the first time and want to ensure that my students have every resource necessary to succeed. Students will use paperclips, colored paper, index cards, sticky notes, and many more resources to create projects and engage in mathematic discovery. My students will use paper clips to create a model of the unit circle. They will use rubber bands to explore the movement of radical functions. I will be using index cards and sticky notes to encourage classroom engagement and to monitor student learning throughout my lessons.

My students will be working in collaboration with one another to explore the beauty of mathematics.

They will work to make connections between their learning and the world around them. Students will become problem solvers as they grow in their mathematical abilities.

Ms. Mays
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Coastwide Professional 6.75" x 9" Self-Sealing Bubble Mailer, #0, Kraft, 250/Pack (CW56637B) • Staples $44.59 1 $44.59
Great Papers! Thank You Cards, 50/Pack (1470655) • Staples $19.49 2 $38.98
TRU RED Side Load Stackable Plastic Letter Tray, Black, 6/Pack (TR55329) • Staples $35.99 1 $35.99
Scotch Heavy-Duty Shipping Packing Tape, Clear, 1.88" x 54.6 yds., 6 Rolls (3850-6-ESF) • Staples $33.09 1 $33.09
Logitech Z50 980-000797 Portable Speaker, Gray • Staples $24.99 1 $24.99
Avery Clear Application Permanent Glue Stics, 0.26 oz, 6/Pk (98095) • Staples $3.99 6 $23.94
TRU RED Wooden Pencil, 2.2mm, #2 Medium Lead, 72/Pack (TR58565) • Staples $11.49 2 $22.98
Staples Front Loading Letter Tray, Black Steel (10485) • Staples $7.59 3 $22.77
2022-2023 Staples Academic 8" x 11" Weekly & Monthly Planner, Black (ST25499-22) • Staples $21.49 1 $21.49
Staples Premium Rubber Bands, #117B, 1 lb. Bag, 200/Pack (28621-CC) • Staples $15.29 1 $15.29
TRU RED 3" x 5" Index Cards, Lined, White, 500/Pack (TR51009) • Staples $7.49 2 $14.98
Staples 3-Hole Punch, 15 Sheet Capacity, Black/Silver (26639) • Staples $14.49 1 $14.49
Esselte Oxford Ruled 3" x 5" Index Card, Assorted, 100/Pack (40280) • Staples $4.79 3 $14.37
2022 House of Doolittle 17" x 22" Desk Pad Calendar, Classic, Deep Blue/Gray/White (164-22) • Staples $13.49 1 $13.49
Kleenex Boutique Standard Facial Tissues, 2-Ply, 95 Sheets/Box, 6/Pack (21271) • Staples $11.99 1 $11.99
TRU RED Premium Staples, 1/4" Leg Length, 10000 Staples/Box (TR58089) • Staples $4.99 2 $9.98
Sharpie Permanent Marker, Fine Tip, Black, Dozen (30001) • Staples $8.57 1 $8.57
BIC Round Stic Ecolutions Ballpoint Pens, Medium Point, Black Ink, 50/Pack (GSME509-BLK) • Staples $7.99 1 $7.99
Staples Pastel Multipurpose Paper, 20 lbs., 8.5" x 11", Lilac, 500/Ream (14782) • Staples $7.31 1 $7.31
Staples Pastel Multipurpose Paper, 20 lbs., 8.5" x 11", Turquoise, 500/Ream (14784) • Staples $6.85 1 $6.85
Staples Pastel Multipurpose Paper, 20 lbs., 8.5" x 11", Goldenrod, 500/Ream (14788) • Staples $6.44 1 $6.44
superSpots Sticker Variety Pack, Colorful Sparkle Smiles, 1,300/Pack • Staples $5.59 1 $5.59
Staples Size 1 Paper Clips, Medium, Silver, 100/Box (A7026602A) • Staples $1.99 1 $1.99
Staples Smooth Paper Clips, Jumbo, 100/Box (A7026600A) • Staples $1.79 1 $1.79
TRU RED 7" Kids Pointed Tip Stainless Steel Scissors, Straight Handle, Right & Left Handed (TR55049) • Staples $1.49 1 $1.49

Materials cost

$411.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$447.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.99

Total project goal

$526.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$526.59

7 Donors

-$309.49

Donations toward project cost

-$273.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.92

Matching donations from our partners

-$204.74

Match offers toward project cost

-$174.03

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.36

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$0.00

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