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Mr. Dez from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Speech is a Hoot with Mr. Dez!

Help me give my students a wholesome and fun-filled classroom experience through content-based literature and therapeutic resources. A new printer and Scholastic News would allow me to print out academic work that is fun and engaging for them.

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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

I am currently working as a school-based speech and language therapist in an elementary school located in the Bronx, New York. As a speech therapist, I service students with special needs across all grade levels (PreK-5th grade) in order to provide them with the skills and support in order to be successful within their various classroom settings. My team of service providers (OT, PT, and Counseling) works collaboratively to ensure a wholesome learning experience for our students.

My community is filled with diversity as our students come from a multitude of backgrounds and cultural identities that add to the richness of our school community.

This is a Title I school that thinks big and works smartly in order to turn out boys and girls with vision. My students are enthusiastic and eager to learn, which makes learning with them that more fun and worthwhile.

My Project

My project as a speech-language pathologist in the Bronx is to provide my students with the skills they need to be successful adults! I service students with special needs across all grade levels, which include PreK to 5th grade in my current school community. It is my honor to be able to serve in a community that I grew up in myself being born and raised in the Bronx.

My students are eager, creative, and willing to learn, which makes my time with them worthwhile.

We are a school community that appreciates any help we can get. I want to be sure that I am providing a wholesome classroom environment that is enriched with not only academic content but also social-emotional learning components. This will help to ensure that my students are given a well-rounded education that will provide them with the skills to be boys and girls with vision!

Mr. Dez PS 103 Hector Fontanez Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

45 students impacted 29donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News®, Grade 1 (min. 20 subscriptions per order) (Digital + Print) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $5.95 30 $178.50
HP OfficeJet Pro 8210 USB, Wireless Inkjet Printer, Instant Ink Ready (D9L64A) • Staples $159.99 1 $159.99
Scholastic News®, Grade 3 (min. 20 subscriptions per order) (Digital + Print) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $5.95 20 $119.00
My Big World with Clifford™, Preschool-Pre-Kindergarten (minimum 20 subscriptions per order) (Digital + Print) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $5.50 20 $110.00
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
Oxford 2-Pocket Presentation Folders, Assorted Colors, 25/Box (OXF 57513) • Staples $17.99 3 $53.97
Dry Erase Board 12/pk 9.5 X 12 • Teachers' School Supply $38.03 1 $38.03
LC126 - Alphabet Learning Locks • Lakeshore Learning Materials $31.99 1 $31.99
Fellowes 6-Shelf Storage Organizer, 18"H x 12"W x 13 1/4"D, Purple • Staples $31.49 1 $31.49
Little Leveled Readers PreK to Grade 2 Book Collections - Level A • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
Little Leveled Readers - Level B • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
GG369 - Touch Read CVC Words Match • Lakeshore Learning Materials $23.99 1 $23.99
LC742 - Find the Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
LC744 - Write the Letter Activity Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$949.86

Vendor shipping charges

 $44.93

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,039.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$183.36

Total project goal

$1,222.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,222.40

22 Donors

-$1,214.46

Donations toward project cost

-$1,039.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$175.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

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