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Ms. G. from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Illuminate My Work with a Laminator and Book Binder!

My students need laminators, pouches, and a book binder to finalize their beautifully created work; work that they can be proud of, showcase and have for posterity.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. G.'s classroom raised $417

This project is fully funded

My Students

Sylvia Path stated, "The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt". Despite their many challenges, my students are on a creative journey seeking to build up their self-esteem and confidence. My job is to motivate them every step of the way, inspiring them to approach every experience with boldness.

My students are a "grape bunch" of individually minded, yet caring, generous and loving students whose interest in learning is extraordinary.

Their disabilities are shared and different, but what is a constant in my classroom is my students' unwavering determination to succeed, no matter how small or large a task may be. They participate fully in all classroom activities and can often be seen collaborating with one another. Attendance is very high among my students because they appear to enjoy being in school. They are a creative and an artistic bunch who love seeing their work displayed in various formats. My school is a Title I school where the majority of students receive free or reduced rate lunch. Mine is one of several classes of students with disabilities. Yet if one were to enter the school on any given day, one would notice very little or no difference in content teaching among the various classes. This I consider to be phenomenal and special.

My Project

Our IB curriculum is a fantastic one. We are teaching our students to be knowledgeable, risk takers, inquirers and technologically minded, global citizens. As such we do much project based work. This is why we need laminators, pouches and a book binder. Students are emboldened to produce great pieces of work. It is awful to see students' great work crumble or fade after a few weeks. We need laminators, a binding machine and pouches to preserve students' work. Students will be enthralled to see their finished work laminated or bound. Laminated or bound work bring pleasure to the students, who can proudly display their work on the school's bulletin boards. Students' parents can put their work on the walls at home. Then together, they can discuss or reflect on a particular piece. Many task cards for all areas can be created because of the laminating, binding machines and pouches. This will help students to learn more about the value of "reducing, reusing and recycling". Please help.

Disney states, "If you can dream it, you can do it".

My students are always dreaming. Some want to be writers, others artists and poets among many other things. Preserving their work is a must so that they are able to look back in later years after they have "done it" and say, "This was where my dream started". Please help me further my students' interest so they can continue on their path to self-discovery. The items I requested will carve new paths for my students. Please help!

Ms. G. Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Brooklyn, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Royal Sovereign - 13'Photo and Document Laminator - White/Black • Best Buy Education $75.47 1 $75.47
Royal Sovereign - 12'x 18'Laminating Pouches (50-Pack) - Clear • Best Buy Education $21.52 3 $64.56
Fellowes Star Plus Binding Machine, Binding Capacity Up to 150 Sheets • Staples Advantage $64.13 1 $64.13
Royal Sovereign - 9'Thermal and Cold 2-Roller Pouch Laminator - White • Best Buy Education $23.06 1 $23.06
Royal Sovereign - 2-9/16'x 3-3/4'Laminating Pouches (25-Pack) - Clear • Best Buy Education $6.72 4 $26.88
Royal Sovereign - 8-3/4'x 11-1/4'Laminating Pouches (100-Pack) - Clear • Best Buy Education $10.06 2 $20.12
Fellowes Crystals Binding Covers, Transparent, Standard, Square Corners, 8 1/2" x 11", Clear, 100/Pk • Staples Advantage $15.50 2 $31.00
Fellowes Plastic Binding Combs, 5/16", 21-40-Sheet Capacity, Black, 100/Pk • Staples Advantage $3.91 2 $7.82
Fellowes Plastic Binding Combs, 1/2", 56-90-Sheet Capacity, Black, 100/Bx • Staples Advantage $5.85 1 $5.85

Materials cost

$318.89

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$353.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.41

Total project goal

$416.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$416.08

3 Donors

-$376.08

Donations toward project cost

-$319.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.41

Matching donations from our partners

-$40.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

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$0.00

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