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Ms. Boese from Philadelphia, PA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Paper Needed to Do Our Best Work!

My students need copy paper, construction paper and pencils to help us make it to the end of the year!

  • $204 goal

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My Students

I am a third grade teacher at a Title I inner city public school that is a part of a low income/high poverty school district. A full 100% of the students at my school are economically disadvantaged. My class includes 32 diverse students whose learning styles and abilities vary greatly. It is a challenge to find resources within a financially struggling school district to ensure positive, academic development for all of my students.

Attending school in an underfunded school district combined with living in poverty increases obstacles to learning for my students.

These circumstances are beyond their control. Despite their struggles, they come to school every day excited to be there and ready to learn. They are all creative and curious, and they demonstrate persistence regularly. Seeing them work so hard each day motivates me to seek out the best opportunities for them to achieve academic success.

My Project

Due to lack of funds in my school district, each teacher is only given a limited supply of copy paper. Copy paper is used in so many different ways for my students, from printing out weekly homework calendars, class worksheets, tests, differentiated learning actives and creative craft projects, there are so many different purposes copy paper serves that allows me to provide learning opportunities for my students. At this point in the year, I am very low on paper. I've recently had to skip a lot of activities that I wanted to prepare for my students in fear that I will not have enough paper later on to print out mandatory paper work for the rest of the year. This limits me to provide the best learning opportunities for my students, which is not fair for them.

Establishing a culture for learning is a critical component of a well functioning classroom.

One thing that helps to establish this is displaying student's work. In order to continue to do this, my students need copy paper, construction paper and pencils. These materials will allow them to continue completing creative and colorful work to display through out our classroom!

Ms. Boese Hamilton Disston Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Philadelphia, PA 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

32 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cynthia Rowley Copy Paper 8 1/2" x 11" Letter Size, 500 Sheets/Ream, 10 Reams/Carton • Quill.com $38.24 1 $38.24
Pacon Sunworks Heavyweight Construction Paper Asstorted, 9" X 12", 300 Sheets • Quill.com $10.19 2 $20.38
Pencils Pre-sharpened No. 2 144/box 12 Boxes of 12 New Improved Eraser • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
Wausau Papers 21849 Astrobrights Paper, Terrestrial Teal, 8 1/2"(W) x 11"(L), 500 Sheets • Quill.com $13.17 1 $13.17
Quill Brand Brights 20-lb. Color Paper Green • Quill.com $12.06 1 $12.06
Quill Brand Brights 20-lb. Color Paper Pink • Quill.com $12.06 1 $12.06
Neenah Astrobrights Premium Color Card Stock, 65 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 250 Sheets, Lift-Off Lemon • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Neenah Astrobrights Premium Color Paper, 24 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 500 Sheets, Fireball Fuchsia • Amazon Business $10.73 1 $10.73
Pacon Lightweight Construction Paper, 9-Inches by 12-Inches, Assorted Colors, 500 Count (6555) • Amazon Business $10.34 1 $10.34

Materials cost

$141.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$173.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.58

Total project goal

$203.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $203.85

2 Donors

-$173.85

Donations toward project cost

-$147.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.08

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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 $0.00

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