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Ms. McCoy from Philadelphia, PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ear-Resistible Reading

Help me give my students quality headphones that they can use in the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. McCoy's classroom raised $166

This project is fully funded

My Students

All of my students love learning but their ability levels vary greatly. I have a class of 20 with 4 students who are in special education. Their diverse backgrounds include some with regular exposure to books and others with little to no "out of the classroom" experience. The majority of my students have a challenging and difficult home life. The school is a Title I school that has over 90% of the population is low income. We also have a large foster care population.

The school is a public school in an urban community.

Recently, the school district suffered a deficit and all of its schools suffered a financial loss including loss of vital staff members and lack of school supplies. Most of the students only come to school supplied with pencils, crayons and a few composition books that will need to be replenished by mid-year. Through the school district, I only receive a $100 stipend to buy supplies annually which isn't nearly enough for a classroom of 25+ children. I end up spending $700-$800 out-of-pocket a year on basic supplies which is a lot on a teacher's salary.

My Project

My students are in desperate need of quality headphones that won’t break. Most students don’t have any, and the ones that do have the kind that break easily. Due to my students being seven and eight years old, they need “child-friendly” headphones with volume control.

They will use the headphones to do reading intervention and reading assessments in the classroom.

Most of their assessments have the “read-to-me” feature where the test questions are read to them. This is a great feature that helps to build their fluency, but with 20 students in the room, each student needs a pair of headphones to minimize sounds and help with focusing.

Ms. McCoy Samuel Pennypacker Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD220X - Multipurpose Headphones with Volume Control - Set of 8 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $86.99 1 $86.99
DD210 - Multipurpose Headphones with Volume Control • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 2 $21.98

Materials cost

$108.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$140.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.81

Total project goal

$165.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $165.41

2 Donors

-$97.49

Donations toward project cost

-$93.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

match offer

-$55.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$46.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.79

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 $0.00

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