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Mrs. Thurston from Havelock NC is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Interactive Literature Notebook RESTART!

Help me give my students the supplies needed for an Interactive Notebook Restart!

  • $487 goal

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My Students

I teach at the same middle school where I was once a student. It is such an honor and privilege to serve the community in which I grew up. Now that I am on the "other side of the desk", I now see just how much of our community is comprised of low-income​ families. Roughly 76% of our student population is on free or reduced lunch. Many of our students come to school every day without the basic supplies they need to be successful, but they do NOT let this hold them back in any way!

Despite facing many hurdles, my students' spirits remain strong and resilient.

After Hurricane Florence, all of my students returned ready to get back to a sense of normalcy. That is just their nature: nothing holds them back! They have a strong sense of community and support one another through the good and the bad.

My Project

Research has shown time and time again that if students interact with information in multiple modalities, their retention of the material dramatically improves. In order for students to truly understand what we need them to know, they must hear it, see it, AND work with it using their hands. That can be hard to do with literature. However, when I discovered interactive literature notebooks (ILN) about six years ago, I found a way for my students to write, reflect, and take notes in a creative way. To make this happen, all we needed was a composition book, coloring utensils, glue, and scissors. Our ILNs are an integral part of our classroom culture.

When Hurricane Florence passed through our area, many students lost their ILNs when their homes flooded.

Since then, we have been working on rebuilding our ILNs, but it has taken a toll on our supplies. Some of my students still do not have their notebooks entirely rebuilt and are using notebook paper rather than composition books. My few bottles of glue are depleting fast and the students share what few coloring supplies I have left. We are in need of a RESTART so this important piece of our classroom culture can be rebuilt.

Mrs. Thurston
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples Composition Notebook, College Ruled, Various Colors, 48/Pack • Staples Advantage $99.99 1 $99.99
Large Art Storage Caddy, 4/Pack • Staples Advantage $66.99 1 $66.99
Crayola Colored Pencils Classpack, 462/Box • Staples Advantage $62.75 1 $62.75
Crayola Classpack Crayons, 800/Box (52-8016) • Staples Advantage $60.10 1 $60.10
Literature Center, 10-1/2Hx1-3/4Wx12"D • Staples Advantage $38.99 1 $38.99
Staples School Glue, 4 oz. • Staples Advantage $1.49 10 $14.90
Crayola Twistables Colored Pencils, 18/Pack • Staples Advantage $6.89 1 $6.89

Materials cost

$350.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$413.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.92

Total project goal

$486.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $486.14

4 Donors

-$97.67

Donations toward project cost

-$86.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.90

match offer

-$384.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$326.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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