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Mrs. Halpin from Chicago, IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bind Is Divine! Help Us Tab It Out!

Help me give my students their own individual binders and plastic 8 tab dividers. Both these items are a great starter kit for organizing our materials.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Halpin's classroom raised $334

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are bright, eager to learn, and willing to be use strategies and skills that create success in their grades. We need the heavy-duty binders so that they last the majority of the school year. It is the bases for our organizational tool system. In the past, we’ve tried using paper binder tabs, and found we had to tape or repair them within the first 10 weeks of school.

Organization is a lifelong skill needed to be successful!

Picture this, we enter the classroom whether it is a bellringer or opening activity students know exactly where to go—the binder! They are already set up for the transitional minutes. No time is wasted. The teacher gives a prompting cue to get their activity out and even mentions the tab color in which to locate it. Once the first 21 school days has come and gone the routine is set in place for the rest of the school year.

Mrs. Halpin Avondale - Logandale School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cardinal Economy 3-Ring Binders, 2", Round Rings, Holds 475 Sheets, ClearVue Presentation View, Non-Stick, White, Carton of 12 (90641) • Amazon Business $43.45 3 $130.35
Avery Big Tab Write & Erase Durable Plastic Dividers, 8 Multicolor Tabs, 1 Set (16130) • Amazon Business $3.99 30 $119.70

Materials cost

$250.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$283.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.08

Total project goal

$333.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$333.88

5 Donors

-$310.35

Donations toward project cost

-$283.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.53

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$0.00

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