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Ms. Papadopoulos from Long Is. City, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Privacy Shields For Focusing!

Help me give my students privacy shields to allow our students to focus on assignments.

  • $216 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

We are a 2nd grade special education classroom, and we are full of love and charismatic personalities! My students laugh, play, care, and give to one another with every moment that they can. However, my students face many adverse circumstances: they live in shelters, city housing developments, and foster care. Most of my students come to school hungry and without proper-sized clothing or school supplies. Most of our scholars read, write, and compute at a kindergarten level.

Our 2nd grade students are living in a very traumatic time, and above all are encountering many hardships here in New York City.

My students find school as a safe place to grow academically, socially, and emotionally.

This coming school year, our scholars will continue distance learning in some form, and I can already foresee their resilience. My future scholars are currently in 1st grade, and will be entering 2nd grade in September, and they have shown bravery with their first-grade teachers. Currently, the scholars were only given an iPad or a laptop to work from home with. They receive four daily checkins just to promote socio-emotional support to the scholars and their families during this time.

My Project

Privacy shields will help create a personal space for my students to focus on the assignment that is presented to them. Most of our students have trouble with focusing on a task because of the different special needs that they have. Therefore, this project will be used during classwork and testing. They will be used daily to accommodate all types of learners. Studies show that students who work in their own space, increases motivation to succeed by not comparing themselves to a student next to them.

The test shields will help block out distractions and provide privacy during any type of classwork activity that we complete.

When they are taking a test, it will allow for optimal effort and attention on the assessment, rather than feeling pressured to complete the task. When they are able to see their peers, they feel the need to compete and therefore, they rush and don't complete the task correctly. Thus, these shields will help my students focus on a task and complete it at a peaceful pace.

Ms. Papadopoulos PS 111 Jacob Blackwell Grades PreK-2

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. Papadopoulos

Long Is. City, 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 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ689 Privacy Partitions Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 3 $110.97
JJ670 Privacy Partitions Storage Rack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$150.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$183.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.33

Total project goal

$215.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$215.55

2 Donors

-$183.37

Donations toward project cost

-$183.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.18

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$0.00

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