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Ms. Walcott from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Empowering Students Through Art: Help Trim Laminated Pieces

My students need Guillotine Paper Trimmer with Microban Protection, Staples Laminating Pouches, Staples Copy Paper, letter-Size laminating pouches.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Walcott's classroom raised $286

This project is fully funded

My Students

A typical day in my 12+1+1 self-contained classroom for students with special needs can be demanding and stimulating. I am on my feet all day. My days are spent constantly redirecting my student’s behaviors, teaching them to meet the academic needs of each individual student, and giving out rewards.

The students of my classroom are incredible wonderful, but more importantly, they are so interested and eager to learn.They have and want to learn, but just need some basic supplies to facilitate their learning outcomes.

The students at our school are struggling to receive the best education possible while dealing with the circumstances of living a poor and over crowded school district. Our school has a very high poverty rate. We are a Title 1 School and have close to 100% free lunch servings. Our school has nearly 1000 students from various and similar backgrounds with single parents, homelessness, or are in foster care.

My Project

The biggest challenge in helping to change the lives of my students is the lack there of money or resources to buy well needed classroom materials especially copy paper. Having a paper cutter, a laminator machine and laminating sheets to go along with the machine will greatly preserve each student portfolio work and career readiness pieces. As well as, their favorite projects, finial presentations and precious visual works of art. 'Empowering students through art' is essential for my visual learners. Donations to this project will also help them visualized and see a demonstration the importance of preservation and conservation of materials. The paper cutter will be use to give a student's paper a clean neat edge. This copy paper and will be used to posted projects in various subject around the classroom.

I teach 7th-8th grade students with special needs and abilities.

The materials will be used to create student centers that will be differentiated to target all of their needs. We will be able to categorize each of the centers so that handouts will be easy to find later. The materials will be used to "Empowering Students Through Art" these resources and will assist us in creating level learning in a warm and inviting environment.

Ms. Walcott PS 181 Brooklyn Grades 6-8

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

Equity Focus

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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More than three‑quarters 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

12 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Westcott 12" TrimAir Guillotine Paper Trimmer with Microban Protection, 30 Sheet Capacity, Maple • Staples Advantage $80.59 1 $80.59
Fellowes Saturn 3i 95 Laminator With Pouch Starter Kit, Silver/Black • Staples Advantage $77.05 1 $77.05
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 $31.25 1 $31.25
Staples Laminating Pouches, Letter, 5 Mil, 9" x 11 1/2", 100/Bx • Staples Advantage $20.88 1 $20.88

Materials cost

$209.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$242.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.87

Total project goal

$285.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $285.79

3 Donors

-$122.89

Donations toward project cost

-$104.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.43

Matching donations from our partners

-$162.89

Match offers toward project cost

-$138.46

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.43

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 $0.00

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