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Mrs. Martell from Schenectady NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give Us Our Daily STEM and History, Too!

My students need an engaging way to add science and social studies curriculum into their heavily focused ELA and math daily curriculum.

  • $168 goal

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My Students

Hello! I am a special education teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Schenectady, NY. My class of 13 students is a 12:1:2 self-contained classroom with 3-5th grade students who function 2-3 years below grade level.

They are a diverse population of students who face various issues at home and in their community.

Our classroom is like a family and is a place for learning, growing and feeling safe and respected.

I inherited this classroom within the last month and the classroom was basically empty. I have spent nearly $1500 of my own money to supplement the classroom with materials, supplies and decorations.

My Project

Our students are currently functioning 2-3 years below grade level. As a result, our daily curriculum is heavily focused on reading, writing and math skills. We rarely have time to fit in science and social students daily and need to do so once or twice a week.

These Scholastic Classroom Magazines would allow us to implement a science and social studies curriculum in an engaging way!

Because we don't have a lot of time to focus on these subjects, these magazines will allow us to effectively provide our students will interesting information that aligns with the state standards and is a fun way to obtain the information!

Mrs. Martell
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scholastic News, Grade 1 (min. 10 subscriptions per order) - 32 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 1 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $5.75 15 $86.25
Science Spin Grade 2 - 8 Issues / Min. 10 Subscriptions / Grade 2 • Scholastic Classroom Magazines $0.99 15 $14.85

Materials cost

$101.10

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.11

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$142.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.19

Total project goal

$167.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.92

1 Donor

-$167.92

Donations toward project cost

-$142.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.19

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