You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Gersh's Classroom Edit display name

  • Pontotoc High School
  • Pontotoc, MS
  • More than half 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

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7927355 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Change classroom photo
Students take care of things when those things are not falling apart. Our classroom pressboard shelving is over 10 years old and crumbling. At this point, when janitors wax the floors, they don't even move them out of the way for fear they will fall apart if they are even touched. When my classroom looks this way, it is hard to motivate students to take care of the supplies we have because, when they look around, it looks as if we aren't prioritizing our classroom. Students will find it is easier to find what they need when our supplies are organized on clean, new, functional shelving. My budding artists have many choices when it comes to supplies and tools, but with the current shelving situation, they tend to stick to the same supplies in the same areas because they've seen shelves fall apart when other students grabbed supplies. I want my artists to have the most functional, easily accessible, organized studio as possible. Instead of focusing on crumbling shelves, I want them to focus on their creativity and making magical creations for the world to enjoy.

About my class

Students take care of things when those things are not falling apart. Our classroom pressboard shelving is over 10 years old and crumbling. At this point, when janitors wax the floors, they don't even move them out of the way for fear they will fall apart if they are even touched. When my classroom looks this way, it is hard to motivate students to take care of the supplies we have because, when they look around, it looks as if we aren't prioritizing our classroom. Students will find it is easier to find what they need when our supplies are organized on clean, new, functional shelving. My budding artists have many choices when it comes to supplies and tools, but with the current shelving situation, they tend to stick to the same supplies in the same areas because they've seen shelves fall apart when other students grabbed supplies. I want my artists to have the most functional, easily accessible, organized studio as possible. Instead of focusing on crumbling shelves, I want them to focus on their creativity and making magical creations for the world to enjoy.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":7927355,"teacherId":7927355,"teacherName":"Mrs. Gersh","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7927355_orig.jpg?crop=945,945,x0,y141&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1627427308496","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21768253,"followAbout":"Mrs. Gersh's projects","teacherVerify":1970516463,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Gersh","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7927355","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=7927355","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":1,"numSupporters":7},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}