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Mrs. O'Keefe from Brooklyn, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Entrepreneurial Dream!

Help me give my students to create materials for our Cougar Gift Shop! My students are learning to be entrepreneurs. Opening a gift business that will help them with real world life skills.

  • $481 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a part of the NYSAA (New York State Alternate Assessment) program known as ACES.

These amazing students are a low function population amongst the larger special education population, within a Title I school.

Many of my students, though in High School, cannot read beyond a first grade level. As a Social Studies, and Transition (career exploration) teacher, it is my job to bring them a traditional high school curriculum in a way that they can understand. It is a challenge to keep them interested in a topic for long periods of time, so many of our topics are extended over many weeks. They are a part of a work study program as well. They gain both life skills and academics in one place. My students have a passion for learning. Most of their time in the classroom involves hands on learning which they love. This way of learning helps them to gain a better sense of life after they leave our program. Watching them thrive for upwards of 8 years can be an amazing and challenging task.

My Project

My students have dreams of opening/expanding a gift shop in our school. These materials will hep my students to achieve their goal of operating a successful gift shop in our school. The will gain many real world work experiences such has working with money, customer service skills, inventory skills not to mention graphic design/ packaging skills. With these items my students be able to create shirts, mugs, bags coasters etc... the sky's the limit for these budding entrepreneurs!!! The dreams my students have for this business endless, Please help make their dreams a reality.

Mrs. O'Keefe
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Mug Press • Blick Art Materials $179.00 1 $179.00
Cricut EasyPress 2 - Mint, 12 x 10 • Blick Art Materials $169.00 1 $169.00
Cricut EasyPress Mat • Blick Art Materials $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$372.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$408.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.10

Total project goal

$480.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $480.68

8 Donors

-$477.15

Donations toward project cost

-$408.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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