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Mrs. Olivera from Bridgeport, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Olivera's classroom raised $485

You Mean They Don't Give You That???

My students need 9 different seemingly basic supplies such as post it notes, index cards, chart paper, and masking tape that will aid their reading comprehension and academic success.

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Mrs. Olivera Beardsley Elementary School
Bridgeport, CT Grades 6-8

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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.

Imagine walking into a school built before 1907. What do you see? Do you see dilapidated facilities, broken windows, or a lack of resources? How about a black, 8 foot fence and gate encasing the building a child is supposed to love coming to? We have only a parking lot for our playground. There is no grass, only broken glass and concrete. How inviting is that?

The picture in your mind is the safe utopia in their violence plagued neighborhood that I create every day for my 6th grade students. 100% of our kids receive free breakfast and lunch every day. Clearly, we are a very high-need community who does so very much with so very little. As soon as the door opens to our school, our families realize that they ARE invited and welcomed. We may not have the material goods, but we are a family, and we have plenty of love. My 6th graders have high potential, but getting them to realize that is difficult. I know how incredible they are, but many of them are too discouraged to believe me.

As many people can relate, our school desperately struggles with reading. Many of our kids are working extremely below grade level, which is frustrating to them and to us. The materials that we currently have are much too difficult for them, even though they are supposed to be for 6th graders. What good does that do us, when we cannot read them?! This is where I need help. I have awesome ideas to hook my kids into reading and reading better, but I don't have the supplies. Whenever someone opens my classroom door, they seem to think they are walking into controlled chaos. There are always small groups of kids working all over the room; chart paper and markers brainstorming story elements; whiteboards retelling the stories; post it notes and index cards summarizing with kids on the floor. This is how they work best, but they can't do their best if I don't get them their supplies.

You can play a significant role in my students' literacy improvement but more importantly, their lives! If I could take each one home and parent him and her for 24 hours a day instead of the 8 that I have them, I would. Unfortunately, I can't, but it just enables me to work with them harder while I do have them.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

30 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Olivera Beardsley Elementary School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bridgeport, CT 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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
3M Scotch(R) 2600 Masking Tape, 1quot; x 2160quot; • Office Depot Inc. $2.74 10 $27.40
Office Depot(R) Brand White Recycled Index Cards, Ruled, 3quot; x 5quot;, Pack Of 100 • Office Depot Inc. $1.29 10 $12.90
Office Depot(R) Brand Self-Stick Notes, 3quot; x 3quot;, Assorted Colors, 100 Sheets Per Pad, Pack Of 18 • Office Depot Inc. $12.24 8 $97.92
Foray(R) Desk-Style Permanent Markers, Assorted, Pack Of 4 • Office Depot Inc. $3.64 4 $14.56
Pacon Chart Tablet, 1 1/2quot; Ruled, 24quot; x 32quot; • Office Depot Inc. $7.31 5 $36.55
Pacon Kaleidoscope Tag Sentence Strip, 1 1/2quot; Ruled, Pack Of 100 • Office Depot Inc. $4.13 5 $20.65
Sanford(R) Mr Sketch(R) Washable Watercolor Markers, Scented Assorted Colors, Set Of 12 • Office Depot Inc. $8.72 3 $26.16
Office Depot Value(TM) Round Ring View Binder, 1 1/2quot; Rings, Black • Office Depot Inc. $3.97 15 $59.55
Sanford(R) EXPO(R) Low-Odor Dry-Erase Markers, Chisel Point, Assorted Colors, Pack of 16 • Office Depot Inc. $21.02 2 $42.04

Materials cost

$337.73

Vendor shipping charges

 $33.77

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$397.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.15

Total project goal

$484.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $484.15

2 Donors

-$467.06

Donations toward project cost

-$397.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.09

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 $0.00

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