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Mrs. Amato from Staten Island, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Powerful Stories

Help me give my students library books to support students learning in hybrid and remote instruction.

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My Students

I am a New York City public school educator. I am a part of a district which is a cohort of many schools across our city and has the highest amount of special needs students. Our district is specifically designed to educate students with disabilities. My students have Autism and multiple disabilities. They are also economically disadvantaged.

Our district works a 12-month program, so it is essential to have appropriate educational materials and curriculum to support them and meet their individualized learning needs.

I teach students with disabilities, and 100% of my students qualify for free and reduced-priced lunch. Students often come to us with many struggles from home. I want their education to be fun and exciting. In District 75 many of our students are medically fragile and cannot always attend school in person. Full remote learning at this moment is their only option, which can be difficult due to their disabilities.

My students are some of the most disadvantaged students in New York. I want to ensure that we can meet their needs and encourage their learning. My students deserve an education just like students who can attend school in person during this pandemic!

My Project

Students with disabilities often have a hard time connecting over a computer. Many of our students follow a routine, which has really changed this year due to the pandemic. 40% of our students are fully remote. While our school has blended learning for the other 60%, students, they attend one week in person and one week remote. Most of our students education comes from virtual live synchronous instruction. Materials for our teachers have been hard to come by because our building have been shut down due to COVID. I'd like to use these books to create a virtual library in which I create video read a-louds for teachers that they can use to support learning whether in person, blended or remote. This will enable my staff to bring richer content to students despite their current learning environment. I have created several virtual read aloud that my staff use on a regular basis but I have run out of books that I can work with. These books will help my entire organization creating our own virtual library that students will have access to at all times.

Mrs. Amato PS R037 Marquis School of Arts Grades PreK-2

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Staten Island, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

400 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Library Must-Haves: Grades PreK (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $75.00 1 $75.00
Kindness Pack: Grades K-2 (DonorsChoose.org Exclusive) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $30.00 1 $30.00

Materials cost

$105.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.96

Total project goal

$173.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $173.04

3 Donors

-$84.31

Donations toward project cost

-$75.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.89

match offer

-$84.30

Match offer toward project cost

-$71.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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 $0.00

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