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Mrs. Donaruma Carpentieri from Brockton, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning About Voting and Our Rights

Help me give my students TIME for Kids, Teachers Pay Teachers resources, and markers which they need to learn about voting and current events in today's world.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Donaruma Carpentieri's classroom raised $609

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from a large, urban community that welcomes families from all over the globe.

My students bring a special blend of linguistic diversity, background knowledge, prior experiences, and culture to our school.

We are a Title I school in a low-income community.

Free breakfast and free lunch are available to every child in our building each day, and these are now remotely served. I have twenty-nine students in my class.

I went to this district for my whole education, have raised and educated my children in this city, and have taught here my whole career.

My students are very enthusiastic about learning. We provide specific academic support to students to meet their specific needs so they can reach their personal potential. My class is made up of diverse needs and levels. They would benefit from a variety of classroom resources to help increase their success in our newly established distance remote learning platform. My students have been learning at home as the school was closed due to the COVID-19 virus for the rest of the school year. This presents a challenge as most of my students do not have access to supplies in their homes.

My Project

With the election drawing near this project will help my students understand civics and the process of voting. We will read and talk about what it means to have the "Right to Vote". We will create posters about the importance of voting.

As young citizens of the United States, it is important to know and understand what is going on in our country today.

Children need to learn about the struggles and dangers that others had to go through so that we can have certain freedoms today. These books will teach the history behind our freedoms and the importance of voting.

TIME for Kids digital magazines will teach the children about what is currently going on in our world so they can make better choices.

Teacher Pay Teachers will provide digital materials and lessons on voting and civil rights.

Mrs. Donaruma Carpentieri John F Kennedy Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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
TIME For Kids - Grade 3-4 DIGITAL ONLY with Teacher's Guide and financial bonus issues • TIME for Kids $4.50 29 $130.50
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
Elmer's Tri-Fold Display Board, White, 14x22 Inch • Amazon Business $1.61 30 $48.30
Sharpie Chisel-Tip Markers - 8-Color Set • Nasco $10.00 3 $30.00
V Is for Voting • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders (Books for Kid Activists, Activism Book for Children) • Amazon Business $14.41 1 $14.41
If You Go with Your Goat to Vote • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
MARKER - FLIP - 8CT - AST - SAN22480PP - PACK OF 8 • School Specialty $13.49 1 $13.49
MARKER FLIP CHART BLACK SAN1760445 SET OF 8 • School Specialty $13.49 1 $13.49
Harvesting Hope • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Lillian's Right to Vote • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Granddaddy's Turn A Journey to the Ballot Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
School Smart 1485739 Railroad Board, 4-ply Thickness, 22" x 28", Assorted Color (Pack of 25) • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) • Amazon Business $9.06 1 $9.06

Materials cost

$468.86

Vendor shipping charges

$11.70

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$517.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.34

Total project goal

$608.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$608.93

2 Donors

-$121.79

Donations toward project cost

-$103.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.27

match offer

-$487.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$414.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.07

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$0.00

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