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Mrs. Gardner from Virginia Beach VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Essential Student Supplies

My students need essential school supplies including pencils, scissors, and glue because not all my students can afford beginning of the year supplies.

  • $260 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach at a very good school with wonderful kids. Unfortunately, not all my students have all the supplies they need. Each year I have 10-15 students who can't afford basic supplies like paper, pencils, scissors. I try to "slip" them supplies so their peers don't notice. Please help me help them.

My kids are awesome!

They are bright, polite and full of potential. I get excited just being in the room with them. The majority of them honestly want to learn. The balance may not WANT to be in school but at least they "get" that their future is dependent on an education.

My Project

I teach World History 2 and we use Interactive Notebooks. INBs are student created "text" books. All their notes, activities, assignments and maps are carefully organized and summarized in unit sections for ease of reference. This style of learning is active rather than passive. The students are actually creating their own reference materials, interacting with them rather than passively referring to pre-made materials.

I believe this project is important because it allows my disadvantaged students to have their own supplies rather than sharing the "class set." By removing any stigma that may be attached to having to borrow materials, students can focus entirely on the primary objective - learning.

Mrs. Gardner
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SCISSOR SCHOOL SMART KIDS 5'' BLUNT PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $12.66 1 $12.66
GLUE,STICK, ALLPRP,24/PK • School Specialty Inc. $12.72 2 $25.44
BOOK THEME 11X8.5 200SH • School Specialty Inc. $5.22 15 $78.30
PENCIL COLORED 7'' SCHOOL SMART 10-COLORS PACK OF 250 • School Specialty Inc. $33.81 1 $33.81
#2 SOFT PENCILS WOOD GRAPHITE CORE 144/BX YELLOW • School Specialty Inc. $16.05 1 $16.05

Materials cost

$166.26

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.63

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$220.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.89

Total project goal

$259.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $259.27

5 Donors

-$227.13

Donations toward project cost

-$220.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.14

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 $0.00

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