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Mrs. Clivens-Smith from New Orleans, LA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Roots & Wings: The Best Gift We Can Give Kids

Help me give my students binders, highlighters, pencils, dividers and flash drives so that they can understand and keep track of their family tree records.

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My Students

I teach a diverse body of students at a high performing STEM school where 90% of our student body qualifies for free and reduced lunch. Outside of my core subject, I sponsor a small club of 9th and 10th grade students who, as we like to say, "are constantly shaping and reshaping their identity as they find their unique voice within our school, our city, and our nation." Their desire is to take their curiosity about themselves and their world and their eagerness to learn, and apply them to finding out more about their ancestors and the world they came from.

My students have very diverse strengths, challenges, and experiences and have chosen to use those to learn more about their ancestry.

My Project

This year, for the first time, our school will be sponsoring a genealogy club for 9th and 10th graders called the "Finding Your Roots Ancestry Club." Over the course of the semester, a group of 20 interested students will use the internet and technology to research their families and to record their family histories.

To make this undertaking a success, our students will need some materials.

These include: binders and tabbed dividers, printer paper, thumb drives, index cards, color coding stickers, digital recorders, pencils, highlighters, a map of the US and one of the world, and maybe even subscriptions to Ancestry and GenealogyBank. We'd also like to arrange a field trip to our local library's State Division/City Archives & Special Collections section and/or our State Archives Research Library.

Your contribution will enable our students to sharpen their research skills, which will help them soar throughout their lives, as they discover their roots.

Mrs. Clivens-Smith New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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New Orleans, LA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kingston DataTraveler G4 - USB flash drive - 16 GB • Best Buy Education $4.19 20 $83.80
Staples Standard View Binder with D-Rings, White, 220 Sheet Capacity, 1" Ring • Staples Advantage $2.72 20 $54.40
Avery Big Tab Insertable Dividers, Buff Paper, 8 Multicolor Tabs, Gold-Reinforced Edge, 1 Set (11111) • Quill.com $1.52 20 $30.40
Philips - Voice Tracer Audio Recorder - Black • Best Buy Education $26.17 1 $26.17
Rand McNally Signature Laminated World Wall Map • Staples Advantage $19.99 1 $19.99
Rand McNally Signature U.S. Laminated Wall Map • Staples Advantage $19.99 1 $19.99
BIC Brite Liner Stick Highlighters, Chisel, Assorted, 24/Pack (BL241AST) • Staples Advantage $7.07 1 $7.07
Staples Pre-Sharpened Wood Pencils, No. 2, 48/Pk • Staples Advantage $3.14 1 $3.14

Materials cost

$244.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$300.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.95

Total project goal

$353.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $353.01

4 Donors

-$176.49

Donations toward project cost

-$150.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.47

match offer

-$176.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$150.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.48

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 $0.00

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