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Ms. Pugh from Somerville, TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Am, That I Am

My students need science materials, like a hands-on discovery lab and a model of the brain, plus microphones with which to speak during our annual public speaking contest and drama performances.

  • $362 goal

This project expired on July 16, 2012.

This project expired on July 16, 2012.

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Ms. Pugh Buckley - Carpenter Elementary School
Somerville, TN Grades 3-5

My Students

The purpose of the materials being requested is to assist my students in accomplishing their goals. During public speaking and drama performances, equipment is needed to reach perfection and allow speakers to be heard from afar. My high achievers need to be challenged.

The students at my school are pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

Our school is located in a low-income area and the students are in need of more challenging experiences than schools in other areas. I have found my students to appreciate challenges given to them, and they are well supported by their parents, teachers, staff, and community. For example, one of my students from grade five went to speak at the University of Memphis, which was remarkable. The students in my HAP (High Achievers' Program) appreciate materials that support them in succeeding. The students in HAP work on subjects in math, reading/language arts, and science and are trained to speak before an audience which improves communication, self-esteem, reading, and language arts skills. Students speak during public speaking events once a year and at drama events three times a year. The student's performances are judged at public speaking events by local educators and awards are given by the school's sponsors.

My Project

Having the necessities to accomplish their goals will improve their performance in whatever activity I introduce. The students will be heard from afar with the cordless microphones I requested. Science experiments with necessary equipment will be performed giving successful knowledge of experiments, and the students' math and reading will improve with the right resources for high achievers' education. What better way to brighten a child's eye than to provide him or her what they need. We need lights for performances done after school. We have students who are gifted artists, whereas they love to draw but they need paint brushes, easels, crayons, pastels,etc. These students wrote poems for two publishers. Their artwork was published twice. The students' creative writing was published through a company for which this school was the only one in the county in that series.

I feel my project is so important because you see it in their eyes when they're constantly asking;"Are we going to do any plays this year?", "When will we start practicing?" They want to do it!

I want them to see their success for the near future to be what they want to be. There are adults that are afraid to stand before an audience whether its speaking or performing in a play.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 15 students impacted
Ms. Pugh Buckley - Carpenter Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Somerville, TN 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

Never Before Funded 15 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MAGNIFIER CREATURE PEEPER • School Specialty Inc. $6.60 3 $19.80
MEDICINE DROPPER- 3''-PK/12 • School Specialty Inc. $1.89 1 $1.89
MODEL, CROSS SECTION BRAIN • School Specialty Inc. $18.61 1 $18.61
2430 MODEL VOLCANO EA • School Specialty Inc. $37.99 1 $37.99
MODEL, CROSS SECTION HEART • School Specialty Inc. $18.61 1 $18.61
HANDS ON DISCOVERY LAB • School Specialty Inc. $34.29 1 $34.29
MICROPHONE - OVER THE EAR • School Specialty Inc. $14.72 5 $73.60
MICROPHONE HANDHELD WITH 1/4'' PHONE RING • School Specialty Inc. $39.13 1 $39.13

Materials cost

$243.92

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.39

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$306.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.17

Total project goal

$361.14

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