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This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Pereira from Bronx, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pencils Please!

Help me give my students pencils so that they can complete their work.

  • $175 goal

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My Students

My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. My students are all different types of learners and have various backgrounds. I have students who do not speak English, students with disabilities, and some students who are homeless.

I teach at a Title I school in New York where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch.

Many of my students receive food and clothing from the school's charity drives. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day.

My Project

My students come to school everyday ready to learn, but many lack the tools they need to be successful.

Some of my students come to school stressed becasue they do not have a pencil.Pencils are so vital to success in school becasue that is the number one tool that the students need to complete everything.

Having this project funded would mean we would have pencils for the rest of the school year and o student would ever have to worry about coming to school without their supplies. Not only would this help the students, but it would also help their parents who also worry and struggle to provide their family with supplies.

Ms. Pereira PS 41 Gun Hill Road 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.

More about Ms. Pereira

Bronx, NY 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

30 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ticonderoga The World's Best Pencil Wooden Pencils, No. 2 Soft Lead, 96/Pack (13872) • Quill.com $23.39 5 $116.95

Materials cost

$116.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.24

Total project goal

$174.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$174.94

6 Donors

-$168.27

Donations toward project cost

-$148.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.67

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$0.00

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