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Ms. Paul from Wilmington DE is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Headphones and Hardbacks

Help me give my students headphones to use for educational purposes as well as put some books in their hands.

  • $521 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are passionate youth with a desire to learn. They live in the inner city of Wilmington, DE. Many, if not all, live with varying degrees of childhood trauma which impacts their brain functioning in both the short and long term. Often they come to school because it's a warm, safe environment. They know they will get two meals and possibly some snacks from teachers, a smile ( and sometimes a hug) as well as some important information for the future from my colleagues and myself.

My Project

My students were recently given Chromebooks for educational purposes by the school district. Unfortunately, the computers did not come with headphones. This is frustrating when I give an assignment on-line and the students can't listen independently.

Additionally, I recently started with a new Response to Intervention (RTI) class with some of the learners who got the devices.

The students were chosen to be in my class based on their closeness to meeting the 7th grade state standard for Math and English/Language Art. I was asked to teach BOTH math and reading in a 45 minute class period every day with the students. I went to the supply closet to get a novel to teach ELA, I decided to let them choose between two books. While letting each student peruse the books, I asked who has ever read a novel Only one student out of 25 had every read a novel and that young man did so in another class this school year. I am requesting the novel to be read in the last marking period ( as well as subsequent years) and the headphones for independent learning in my classroom.

Ms. Paul
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crossover • AKJ Education $9.37 25 $234.25
Avid Products On-Ear Headphoens Classroom Pack & Case Black 30Pk Box • AKJ Education $171.90 1 $171.90

Materials cost

$406.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$442.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.04

Total project goal

$520.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $520.28

14 Donors

-$437.05

Donations toward project cost

-$382.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.31

match offer

-$70.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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