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Mrs. Anderson from Bay City, MI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students Helping Students Succeed - Help Us Get Organized

I am in need of flexible binders for leaders to use to log student contacts. Also... to label an old mailbox unit, I am looking for large binder clips, so that I can change the box lables as my leaders change each year.

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Mrs. Anderson Central High School
Bay City, MI Grades 9-12

Hi there and thank you for taking the time to read about this special project!! I teach in a class AA high school with about a 50% poverty rate. Our incoming class of freshmen is quite high and we typically will lose many students who choose to drop out of high school. We have established a new program at our high school to encourage new students to find success in high school and to continue on with college. Our program is called Link Crew (established by the Boomerang Project). Through this program we have 80 Junior and Senior students who have been trained to serve as mentors to Freshmen students. Therefore, each incoming Freshmen student is assigned to a Link Leader, their upperclass mentor. Our student leaders have trained for many hours this summer, ran a wonderful freshmen orientation, and truly believe that they can make a difference!!! This program is in our second year and we have already had tremendous impact on our school! However, we have found one of our biggest obstacles is maintaining regular contact with our leaders. After all... our leaders tend to be our busiest students. We are in the process of building up some wonderful communication tools, but we need some help. Many times, individual leaders need notification specifically for them about one of their freshmen students (called a "Link Alert"). I recently received an older mailbox unit that has 100 mailbox slots in it that will be great for Leader contact and sharing important info. The problem with the unit is that the labeling has gotten quite ugly. The box names will only last one year and we are looking for a temporary labeling solution. We decided to use large binder clips that we can place a label on, place on the end of the box, and then very easily move them as leaders change. This will work perfectly and is a very clean and inexpensive solution! We also ask that leaders log their contact times with students so that we can track activity. We have decided to use flexible binders for the logs so that they will fit in the mailboxes. And... they are reusable! These ideas will work WONDERFULLY, but with 80+ students, it can become quite pricey to get it all set up. This is where we have decided to place our plea for help. Our students have done a great deal of volunteer work and have been fundraising. This program, however, has many ongoing costs that we cover and this particular situation is a one-time need. Community support is very much appreciated and our leaders will be thrilled to find this new easy form of communication. We are VERY thankful for your consideration of this request. Thanks so much for reading!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

80 students impacted 10 donors
Mrs. Anderson Central High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bay City, MI 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

80 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsill® Poly Binders - 1" Black • School Specialty Inc. $4.53 80 $362.40
Binder Clips Large 2" Wide 12/box • Lab Safety Supply, Inc. dba Highsmith Inc $3.12 10 $31.20

Materials cost

$393.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.36

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$447.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.31

Total project goal

$546.17

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $546.17

8 Donors

-$256.63

Donations toward project cost

-$223.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.69

match offer

-$273.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$223.92

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.47

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 $0.00

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