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Ms. Chertok from Brooklyn, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Smart Board Step Stool Needed

My students need a step stool to reach the smart board in the classroom.

  • $273 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

As a first grade public school teacher in a low income/high need community, I try to expose my first grade students to all facets of learning in order to help them meet their potential and enjoy the learning experience.

I have a group of ambitious and eager public school students who love to read, write, and do math.

They are beginning to put together sounds, identify word families, identify various reading comprehension skills, write stories, write informational texts, compute verbal problems as well as subtraction and addition problems. My students love technology and enjoy doing various reading, math, and writing work on the smart board.

My Project

I am requesting a step stool that my students can use in order to reach the smart board in my class. My first grade students are not tall enough to reach the smart board and they require a sturdy step stool that will enable them to do work on the smart board while remain safe at the same time. They use the smart board throughout the entire day including reading workshop, writing workshop, math, science, social studies, and word study. By using the step stool, my students will be able to to use the smart board in a safe manner in order improve their reading, writing, math, word study, science, and social studies skills.

With your help, you will make it possible for my students to improve their reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and word study skills by enabling them to do work on the smart board in my classroom.

Ms. Chertok PS 250 George Lindsay 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. Chertok

Brooklyn, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HH742 - Easy-Climb Step Stool • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00

Materials cost

$199.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.94

Total project goal

$272.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$272.92

2 Donors

-$136.46

Donations toward project cost

-$115.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.47

match offer

-$136.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.47

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$0.00

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