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

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Writers in Need of Journals

Help me give my students notebooks to brainstorm their personal narrative stories for class.

  • $411 goal

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My Project

Each year, I host a personal narrative workshop that allows students to write stories that reflect their identities.

Their stories encapsulate me as they allow me to get to know my students while having a peek at the struggles and inner turmoil that they face in their daily lives.

The notebooks allow my scholars to brainstorm and jot down any thoughts they may have and the pencils allow my students to go straight to work as they often forget to come to class with a pencil. I know in conducting this writers' workshop that I am not only building future authors, but I'm also building my students' confidence.

Additionally, one set of the notebooks I requested, showcases the beauty of black teens. Our first unit is on identity & I want my scholars to be proud of who they are and I want them to see themselves represented in a positive light.

Many of my students come in at the beginning of the year and believe that their stories are not important, but by the end of this unit, they are able to pick up a pencil and tell their stories or the stories of the people that surround them like Shakespeare once did.

Ms. Bailey Brooklyn Academy Global Finance 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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Composition Notebook: Boys Sports Composition Notebook with Pizza Video Games Soccer Basketball for School • Amazon Business $7.50 20 $150.00
Composition Notebook College Ruled for Black Women, Teens, and Black Girls: Black Woman, Black Girl Journal Notebook for Girls, Teens, and Women | ... Office, Melanin, Black Girl Magic 110 Pages • Amazon Business $6.99 20 $139.80
V-Opitos Wood-Cased #2 HB Pencils, 320 Pack Pre-Sharpened Pencils with Top Erasers, Bulk Yellow Pencils for School Teacher Supplies, Writing, Drawing and Sketching • Amazon Business $24.29 1 $24.29

Materials cost

$314.09

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.55

Total project goal

$410.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$410.35

2 Donors

-$410.35

Donations toward project cost

-$348.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.55

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$0.00

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