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Mr. Lim from New York, NY is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeing is Believing...You Can Read!

My students need updated eye exams and glasses (frequently lost or broken) in order to be successful in middle school.

  • $2,603 goal

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My Students

My English Language Learners are typical middle school students, but they live a high need area of Harlem, New York City. Some require glasses and eye exams. My students' parents work; some of them have more than one job, so they cannot easily take time off to take their child to the ophthalmologist. I am a teacher who wears glasses, but I sometimes schedule my routine eye exams during spring recess or summer vacation because teaching keeps me that busy!

I base my lessons on literacy skills, which require students to read during every period and read independently for 30 minutes at home.

This pace is difficult for some of them to maintain high reading stamina due to vision problems. Sometimes students do not like to realize that not being able to focus their eyes is hindering their learning.

Having taught in high poverty inner urban schools for over 6 years, I notice that students are reluctant to self-advocate. Many of my students are from immigrant families whose cultures make asking their teachers for glasses unthinkable. But donated eye exams and glasses would be acceptable gifts of help.

My Project

A school visit by a qualified ophthalmologist/optometrist will make a world of difference in my students' learning. Most of the students at our middle school are excited to learn, but some are either lethargic or easily upset because their eyes cannot focus on the printed page or they can only squint at the SMART Board to read the lesson. They need glasses!

In a high poverty area our students' parents constantly work to make ends meet, so taking a child to get an eye exam is difficult to arrange.

By having the eye exam performed in school eliminates the need for parents to take off work time and the donations for eyewear will off-set the costs that parents would have to stretch a budget to buy new glasses.

Once our students clearly see the board and can focus on words in their book, they will believe they can achieve and have fewer excuses to avoid completing their homework.

Mr. Lim St Hope Leadership Academy Charter School Grades 6-8

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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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 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Visitor Total
National Eye Care $2,150.00

Visitor cost

$2,150.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$32.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,212.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$390.40

Total project goal

$2,602.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,602.65

10 Donors

-$1,301.32

Donations toward project cost

-$1,106.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$195.20

match offer

-$1,301.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,106.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$195.20

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 $0.00

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