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Mrs. Benson from Canton OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Starting The Year With Success!

My students need 30 plastic containers and pom poms to track their learning and mastery progress in class.

  • $281 goal

This project expired on December 6, 2012.

This project expired on December 6, 2012.

My Students

My students attend an urban charter school where 96% of our school is in poverty. Our school has only been open for one year which means we don't have access to a lot of supplies or curriculum necessary to help them accomplish their future goal of going to college and graduating in 2026.

Our school is a charter school in a high poverty area, and our students come from homes where education is not always a high priority.

Despite the lack of learning opportunities at home, my students are hungry to learn. Each day is a new adventure in our classroom, and I hope to keep their interest in learning alive by providing new and exciting opportunities for them.

My Project

By providing our class with the plastic containers and pom poms, you are giving my students the opportunity to track their own learning. Each time a student masters a standard, they will place a pom pom in their jar. By providing my students with concrete ways to track their learning, they will take more ownership and be more excited to learn.

By donating to this project, you will be helping my first grade students start the year off ready to learn more, learn better and learn faster.

Please help my class be prepared to learn and succeed.

Mrs. Benson
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC520 - Large Unbreakable Craft Jar • Lakeshore Learning $3.49 30 $104.70
POM PONS ASSORTED SIZE/COLOR PACK OF 300 • Childcraft, Inc $4.36 20 $87.20

Materials cost

$191.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.72

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$238.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.09

Total project goal

$280.59

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