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Ms. Rachel from Staten Island, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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“Will Centers Help My Class Succeed?”(100% Percent Guaranteed!)

Help me give my students age appropriate, purposeful, relevant and meaningful hands-on materials and activities to meet their individual needs!

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My Students

I am a special education teacher in a Title I, self-contained elementary school located in New York City. I have a 1st grade class with students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and various learning disabilities. Students in my classroom have poor fine and gross motor skills and limited language. They are visual, hands-on learners and require hands-on materials to aid them in learning to reaching their goals.

We are a center based learning classroom that provides students with exciting and interesting opportunities to practice, enrich, and enhance their learning all while encouraging independence and provide students with an abundance of opportunities to achieve success at their own level.

My Project

Center based instruction allows my students to take charge of their learning! Centers allow them to choose the location in the classroom where they want to work. Currently, during ELA and Math lessons, my students are working in art, science, technology, reading and writing!

The items requested will be used to create a wide variety of materials and activities for students to learn about various concepts, skills, themes, and topics related to our curriculum.

Centers must be tailored to each students individual educational level, needs and interests in order for them to be successful. Due to the fact that my students require constant repetition to master a task, materials must made to withstand many uses. The materials I have requested will allow me to do just that!

Ms. Rachel PS R037 Marquis School of Arts Grades PreK-2

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Staten Island, 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

6 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ABOX 13’’ Thermal Laminator Machine for A3/A4/A6,Two Roller System,Jam-Release Switch,Cutter and Safety Lock,Fast Warm-up,Quick Laminating Speed for Home/Office/School,with 16 Pouches • Amazon Business $56.99 1 $56.99
WXBOOM 1400pcs Diameter Sticky Back Coins Hook & Loop Self Adhesive Dots Tapes 20mm/0.7” (700sets) • Amazon Business $13.99 4 $55.96
Binder Pencil Pouch with Zipper Pulls, Pencil Case with Rivet Enforced 3 Ring, 10 Pack 5 Colors • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Expandable Poly Envelope File Wallet, Trimagic Clear Plastic File Envelope Folder with Snap Button Closure, 2.8" Expansion, 3 Assorted Colors, 6 Pack (2 Black, 2 Blue, 2 Yellow) • Amazon Business $21.98 1 $21.98
Apache Laminating Pouches, Letter Size, 300 Pack, 3 mil • Amazon Business $21.96 1 $21.96
Apache AL9 9" Thermal Laminator and 20 Laminator Pouches (White) • Amazon Business $19.96 1 $19.96
Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5"x11", Primary 120 Pages • Amazon Business $18.04 1 $18.04
WAUSAU 20008 Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5” x 11”, 24 lb / 89 gsm, “Charisma” 10-Color Assortment, 200 Sheets • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Astrobrights Color Paper, 8.5" x 11", 24 lb/ 89 gsm,"Cool" 5-Color Assortment, 500 Sheets(20274) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Magnetic Squares - 110 Self Adhesive Magnetic Squares (Each 4/5" x 4/5") - Flexible Sticky Magnets - Peel & Stick Magnetic Sheets - Tape is Alternative to Magnetic Stickers, Magnetic Strip and Roll • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
105-Piece Flexible Magnetic Squares for Light Everyday Use; Strong Adhesive - Just Peel & Stick • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Scotch Precision Ultra Edge Non-Stick Scissor, 8-Inch, Brown with Assorted Accent Colors (Dot Color Will Vary) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59

Materials cost

$293.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$328.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.94

Total project goal

$386.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$386.26

3 Donors

-$203.54

Donations toward project cost

-$199.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$151.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$128.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.51

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$0.00

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