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Ms. Czapsky from New York, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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How to Build a Beautiful Bulletin Board

Help me give my students ink, paper cement, glitter cardstock, and more, to have the displays they deserve to show off their stupendous work.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Czapsky's classroom raised $292

This project is fully funded

My Project

In the eight years I've taught, I've learned a lot about how to build a bulletin board. First, and most important, you need student work. You need to give children the rich materials they need to create such work, and you need to give them the right balance of structure and freedom to produce such work, but those are both topics for another piece of writing. While students are engaged in doing the work, you need to document the work they are doing. This is so that you can make the process taking place in making the work really transparent. I take many, many photos of children at work and of student work, so a years worth of ink on my color printer comes to a not-inconsiderable sum. I also print the photos I take on photo paper and display the work and the photos using high quality card-stock. Most of our portraits are backed on such card-stock. I nearly always back my student work with paper cement as it creates a seamless surface. I really love doing these displays. I am so proud to showcase the amazing projects we do in the best way possible. I continue to be amazed by the experience of art-making with four and five year-olds and I hope I will be for many years to come. This type of display is very, very expensive to maintain however, for an entire year from a cost-of-materials perspective. I am hoping that you donors might subsidize the raw materials I need to keep the showcase going!

Ms. Czapsky PS 126 Jacob August Riis Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
E-Z Ink (TM Compatible Ink Bottle Replacement for Epson 502 T502 522 T522 High Yield to use with ET-4760,ET-3760,ET-2760,ET-3710,ET-2750,ET-3700,ET-3750 Printer (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, 4 Pack) • Amazon Business $19.19 4 $76.76
Best-Test Premium Paper Cement 16OZ Can • Amazon Business $19.60 3 $58.80
Heavyweight Glitter Cardstock Paper - 110lb. / 300GSM - 50 Sheets A4 Colored Craft Card Stock for Craft Project, DIY, Gift Wrapping, Birthday Party Wedding Decorations, Scrapbooking, 8 Assorted Color • Amazon Business $19.79 2 $39.58
Epson S041727 Premium Photo Paper, 68 lbs., High-Gloss, 4 x 6 (Pack of 100 Sheets),White • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Amazon Basics Clear Thermal Laminating Plastic Paper Laminator Sheets - 9 x 11.5-Inch, 100-Pack • Amazon Business $12.05 1 $12.05

Materials cost

$214.16

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.65

Total project goal

$291.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$291.02

5 Donors

-$286.61

Donations toward project cost

-$247.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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