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Mrs. Siljkovic from Long Island City NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us Get College Ready by Learning to be Organized!

My students need binders, dividers, paper, and writing supplies so they can acquire organizational skills necessary for success in high school, college, and beyond.

  • $923 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Half of my ELLs are students with special needs who are struggling readers expected to pass the state exams and be college ready. Some of them have interrupted formal education; most come from impoverished areas. The school is providing them with different instructional services, and the most recent one is the purchase of a reading program that requires technology. One thing is for sure: they are tech savvy and excited about this new program.

The students have been through a lot; two years ago, our school almost closed, and next year, the Panel for Educational Policy has voted to co-locate another school in our building, which will result in sharing of our resources.

Besides learning English, non-Spanish learners of English also learn a third language with a goal of becoming global citizens. I am extremely proud of my students for overcoming the obstacles, trying so hard to achieve their dreams, and staying true to who they are as individuals with different cultural backgrounds.

My Project

My goal as a teacher is to prepare my students for the life beyond high school. I want them to be college ready in terms of organizational skills, which are very essential not only as a student but as a professional. My students are recent arrivals who are challenged not only academically and linguistically but financially as well. Therefore, by providing them with necessary supplies, not only will you help my students but also their families too. To learn organizational skills, or any skill, we need tools. By providing us with them, you are investing in our future and dreams.

My students come from different educational systems where binders and such are not used.

By introducing them to binders, dividers, and necessary writing supplies, they will learn to organize their notes by subject area. As for the requested highlighters, they will be utilized when reading a text and annotating essential information. My students have low self confidence, and when they write with a pen, they make many mistakes, and the end product looks very chopped up and messy, which often affects its readability. These erasable pens will be used for final written assessments and if necessary for the state exams since students are not allowed to use pencils. Baskets will be used for bilingual dictionaries at their work stations, whereas staplers will be for every day use. Finally, incentive charts will be used to record students accomplishments and give them a sense of pride as they acquire this necessary skill- organization.

By having these supplies, my students will learn to organize their work and eventually create portfolios to showcase their academic achievements.

Mrs. Siljkovic
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples Better 1.5-Inch D-Ring View Binder, Black • Staples Advantage $4.04 100 $404.00
Pilot FriXion Point Erasable Gel Ink Rolling Ball Pens, Extra Fine Point, 0.5 mm, Blue Ink / Blue Barrel, 12/Pk • Staples Advantage $23.99 4 $95.96
Staples Insertable Reference Dividers, 8-Tab, Multicolor, 8 1/2" x 11" • Staples Advantage $1.99 30 $59.70
Carson-Dellosa Colorful Owls Incentive Chart • Staples Advantage $7.59 6 $45.54
OIC Achieva Supply Baskets, 5" x 6" • Staples Advantage $6.29 6 $37.74
Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping Packaging Tape, 1.88" x 54.6 yds, Clear, 6/Pack • Staples Advantage $26.59 1 $26.59
Sanford Sharpie Flip Chart Markers, 8-Color Assorted Set • Staples Advantage $9.49 2 $18.98
Swingline Commercial Desktop Stapler, Fastening Capacity 20 Sheets/20 lb., Black (S7044401) • Staples Advantage $8.29 2 $16.58
Staples Filler Paper, 8" x 10 1/2", Wide Ruled, 3-Hole Punched, 120 Sheets • Staples Advantage $0.95 15 $14.25
Sharpie Accent Highlighters, Fluorescent Green, Dozen • Staples Advantage $3.95 2 $7.90
Sharpie Accent Highlighters, Fluorescent Orange, Dozen • Staples Advantage $3.92 2 $7.84
Sharpie Accent Highlighters, Yellow, Dozen • Staples Advantage $3.94 1 $3.94
Sharpie Accent Highlighters, Fluorescent Yellow, Dozen • Staples Advantage $3.93 1 $3.93

Materials cost

$742.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$784.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.37

Total project goal

$922.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$922.46

10 Donors

-$918.05

Donations toward project cost

-$784.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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