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Mrs. Nelms from Bronx, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Defying Labels!

My students need literacy, math, and writing resources to kick start their year. We need Scholastic classroom magazines, multiplication bingo and more!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Nelms's classroom raised $924

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 Students

I'm an educator in a Title I school in the Bronx. Our school is comprised of many students that are first and second generation immigrants as well as students with disabilities. While we have students that come from very hard-working and decent families, we also educate a population of students that come from homes stricken by poverty and dysfunction. I educate students with disabilities whose disabilities are often compounded by their living situation. My students disabilities vary from Autism to Emotionally Disturbed, but these are just labels. I want my students to defy every label that has been assigned and/or implied because of their circumstances.

My students inspire me to be better every day because they are amazing and are deserving of my absolute best!

They are curious, motivated to learn, and hard workers despite the hardships that they face. They educate me as much I do them! My goal is to have my students recognize that they should never limit their potential and their future does not need to be determined by their circumstances.

My Project

My students need literacy, math, and writing resources that will help build up their skills for success. All of these materials will help my students make progress throughout the year. The Scholastic Weekly News Reader and Science Spin will engage my students in authentic non-fiction text that will expose them to global information thus allowing them to become critical thinking world citizens. The math and literacy games will help them build on the foundational skills that they very much need to access the content that they are taught in fourth grade during skills practice.

Help my students defy the labels that at times hinders their belief in themselves and that many people often allow to blind them to the potential and capacity of not only my students, but others as well.

Your generosity will help fund engaging literacy and mathematical classroom materials, as well as a color printer that will be used for many classroom projects like our vision boards. This past year, my students created vision boards for their life. I wanted them to envision their future and to begin thinking about the goals they needed to set to allow their vision come to fruition. They searched for images that fit their vision and we later celebrated with parents, peers and administrators our vision for our lives. I want my students to defy their labels in every which way and to never limit their potential; a dream for the future is the beginning to shedding limits. All of the resources that I am requesting are engaging, hands-on and include activities that foster group work. Help me, help them make their dreams a reality by giving me access to tools that I know will make a difference in their academic, mental and emotional progress this year.

Mrs. Nelms PS 94 Kings College 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP OfficeJet 4650 Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer, F1J03A#B1H • Staples Advantage $99.99 1 $99.99
HP 63XL BLACK INK CARTRIDGE, F6U64AN#140 • Staples Advantage $31.99 3 $95.97
HP 63XL TRI COLOR INK CARTRIDGE, F6U63AN#140 • Staples Advantage $33.99 2 $67.98
FF900X - Math Equivalency Puzzles - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
Scholastic News, Grade 2 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 32 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 2 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.25 10 $52.50
Scholastic News, Grade 3 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 24 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 3 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.25 10 $52.50
PP467 - Reading Comprehension Practice Cards - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
Staples Copy Paper, LETTER-Size, 92/104 US/Euro Brightness, 20 lb., 8 1/2" x 11", 1 Case, 10 Reams, 5,000 sheets • Staples Advantage $33.28 1 $33.28
DD103 - Write & Wipe Thin-Line Markers - 4-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.19 10 $31.90
DD468 - Visualize Math Write & Wipe Boards • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP635 - Grab & Match Leveled Operations Quickies - Gr. 2-3 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
PP364 - Grab & Match Leveled Algebraic Thinking Quickies - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT180X - Sight-Word Bingo Games - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.50 1 $29.50
GG537 - Informational Text Write & Wipe Graphic Organizers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
Science Spin Grades 3–6 - 8 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grades 3–6 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $0.99 20 $19.80
2-yr SquareTrade Printer Protection Plan • Staples Advantage $18.00 1 $18.00
JJ393 - Multiplication Bingo • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$731.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.48

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$784.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.49

Total project goal

$923.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $923.29

17 Donors

-$837.24

Donations toward project cost

-$733.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$103.44

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.05

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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