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Mr. Starken from Sharon Hill PA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Basic Supplies Needed!

Help me give my students a set of personal supplies and a way to organize them.

  • $358 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are a great group of kids. They are 9th graders with Autism and other developmental disabilities or special learning needs. They need more than a teacher who tells them what to do; they need an adult who will listen to them and work with them on their individual needs.

In the words of Temple Grandin, "Kids have to be exposed to different things in order to develop.

A child’s not going to find out he likes to play a musical instrument if you never exposed him to it."

My classroom assistant and I create a positive and interactive learning environment where our kids know that they are welcome, they are loved, they are appreciated, they are safe and they can succeed.

My Project

Once we return to the classroom, my students will need a set of personal supplies and a way to organize them.

My school is a Title I school, and most of my students will have trouble coming to school with sometimes even a pencil, let alone colored pencils, or a way to keep all their supplies organized.

It would be great if that is something that can already be in the classroom so neither they nor their parents will have to worry about supplies during these unprecedented times.

Mr. Starken
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT586 Neon Classroom CarryAll Supply Caddy • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 6 $149.94
LA796 BestBuy Colored Pencils 12Color Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
PP368 Classroom Supplies Organization Chart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
SU28 Pencils Standard 2 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.99 10 $19.90

Materials cost

$269.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$303.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.62

Total project goal

$357.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $357.49

3 Donors

-$357.49

Donations toward project cost

-$303.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.62

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 $0.00

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