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Ms. Borriello from Clifton, NJ is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teaching Focus Strategies in the Classroom

My students need these numbered pocket charts so they have a safe place to store their electronic devices while they are in our classes.

  • $179 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

Our students are a combination of honors biology, college prep biology, forensics, anatomy and physiology, and ESL (English as a Second Language) students who are extremely hard-working and curious about the impact of science on them as individuals, as members of society, and their environment.

Our students live in a world filled with distractions, and it is part of our job as teachers to help them learn how to set aside distractions to focus on their tasks.

Many students, just like many adults, have a serious cell phone addiction. The need to be "connected" is seemingly irresistible. Learning techniques for focusing and removing distractions from their work space is a valuable life skill that they need to learn.

My Project

These pocket charts will allow us to help students who are easily distracted by their phones to have a safe place to keep them while they are in the classroom. The pocket chart will be situated in an area in the class that is inaccessible to students during the class period (for example, behind the teacher's desk) to keep student's property safe during class. Students will each be assigned a specific number where they can store their phone during class time.

This gives students an alternative to having their phones on their person, where they become a potential distraction during class time.

It also allows them to place them somewhere out of sight and safe so they do not worry about their property during the class. This allows them to focus on the lesson, as well as teaching them a strategy for minimizing distractions in other situations.

Ms. Borriello Clifton High School Grades 9-12

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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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Clifton, NJ View local requests

More than half 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
Misslo Numbered Classroom Pocket Chart for Cell Phones (30 Pockets, Blue Pockets) • Amazon Business $14.99 8 $119.92

Materials cost

$119.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.77

Total project goal

$178.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.49

6 Donors

-$161.73

Donations toward project cost

-$138.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.76

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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