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Ms. Keim from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Groups Away!

My students need 16 sit-upons, 40 composition books, pencils, markers, and other materials for group work.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Keim's classroom raised $473

This project is fully funded

My Students

Remember that itchy feeling when you just needed to leave our seat? In order to combat the wiggles, my students do lot of small group work and group activities, but the floor gets cold and painful after a while, even for young bodies.

My thirty third and fourth grade students attend school from 8am to 5pm in an urban charter school.

We are a year round school where the staff puts forth a tremendous amount of effort to encourage our students to reach their dreams. The majority (90%) of our students are from low-income homes. The beautiful children in my classroom come from a variety of social and familial circumstances, but they are all capable of achieving success

My Project

I am requesting, floor cushions, white boards, clip boards, and a variety of writing materials to help make our small group time more engaging and effective for all learners. Our small group time would be completely transformed with the addition of this relatively small but important materials- we would move from sore rear ends, fidgety students, and using text books as clip boards to comfort and effective working spaces. Small group time is an integral part of our day and an important way for me as a teacher to reach my most difficult and struggling learners. Help make a strong small group time a reality for us!

We already make our small space do amazing things!

Help us to push our classroom to a whole new level with the materials to introduce exciting, efficient, and effective small group learning to each of our exciting and eager students.

Ms. Keim Alain Locke Charter Academy Grades 3-5

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.

Chicago, IL View local requests

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

30 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Quill Brand Hardboard Tan Clipboards Letter size, 9x12-1/2", Low Profile Clip • Quill $1.34 30 $40.20
Chenille Kraft Student Dry-Erase Boards 12x9", White, 10/ST • Quill $29.70 3 $89.10
Expo Low-Odor Dry-Erase Markers Chisel Tip, Black • Quill $13.04 4 $52.16
Dixon Ticonderoga Oriole Pencils #2, Presharpened • Quill $1.79 10 $17.90
Roaring Spring Stitched Cover Composition Books 24 Pages • Quill $0.62 40 $24.80
Deluxe Sit-Upons (Set of 4) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $30.06 4 $120.24

Materials cost

$344.40

Vendor shipping charges

$16.67

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$401.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.81

Total project goal

$472.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$472.05

3 Donors

-$236.03

Donations toward project cost

-$200.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.40

match offer

-$236.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$200.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.40

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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