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Ms. Susan Bender from Jackson, MS is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Make a Blanket Statement About Fun at School

Help me give my students a chance to participate the crafts portion of our June month-long summer camp.

  • $912 goal

This project expired on August 11, 2021.

This project expired on August 11, 2021.

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Ms. Susan Bender Jim Hill High School
Jackson, MS Grades 9-12

My Students

Our school is an inner city urban high school, with approximately 950 students, all of whom are underrepresented minority students who qualify for free or reduced lunch. Despite the hardships of he pandemic many of these student shave chosen to engage in out virtual instructional system.

Families and scholars were given the choice of returning to a face-to-face hybrid schedule and fewer than 150 out of the 950 students have been coming into our building.

As a result, it is imperative that we give our students and families a way to acclimate themselves back into the traditional classroom environment. All of our students will be asked to return to face to face instruction in the fall of 2021.

As a means to energize our students and the community we will be offering an academic/extracurricular camp for our students during the entire month of June.

My Project

When June 2021 arrives, our students will have been participating in virtual learning for 16 months. Our students need an opportunity to slowly reintegrate into the traditional classroom setting.

As a means to re-engage with our school community and population, we will be hosting a summer camp for the entire month of June for students 9th-13th grades.

As a part of this endeavor, the students will have an opportunity to participate in academics and in arts and crafts. After polling students, many of them asked for the skills to make items that they might share with their family members. This project will teach them the skills to make blankets and pillows from their families.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

100 students impacted
Ms. Susan Bender Jim Hill High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

100 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Newcastle Fabrics Polar Fleece Fireworks, Lagoon Yard • Amazon Business $6.82 60 $409.20
Textile Creations Double Brushed Solid Fleece Fabric, White, Fabric By The Yard • Amazon Business $4.46 60 $267.60
Scissors, iBayam 8" Multipurpose Scissors Bulk 3-Pack, Ultra Sharp Blade Shears, Comfort-Grip Handles, Sturdy Sharp Scissors for Office Home School Sewing Fabric Craft Supplies, Right/Left Handed • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$686.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $48.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$775.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.79

Total project goal

$911.96

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