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Ms. Hickman from Durham, NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Creativity Contagious! Create Things You Wish Existed

My students need a classroom Circut Air cutter and assorted color sheets to explore ways to be creative in the classroom. They will enjoy decorating our classroom with beautiful artwork.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hickman's classroom raised $459

This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

My students eyes light up with excitment when they see a colorful and well decorated classroom.

These students come to school at a disadvantage daily that prevent them from getting ahead early in life. They are not provided with the life experiences many of us see as "typical". From the minute they walk in the door of my classroom, I focus on their potential and growth while they are with me. I may not be able to control their home lives; however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire even our earliest learners by being estatic about coming to school daily.

My Project

My students are eager kindergartner that come to school day ready to be stimulated in the best way possible, each looking for things and visuals that spark their learning interest. These colorful decorations and labels will make it possible to give my students all colorful stimulation that ignites creative learning just a few seconds. They will also help my students be more enthusiastic about learning. Organization and creativity is essential for students to be successful. These organizational labels will help my students to get their supplies faster and make clean up time more efficient, allowing them to spend more of their class time working on their tasks. It will make they classroom a more inviting place to learn with the colorful decor throughout the room.

My students need labels to organize and store class materials.

My school budget has been drastically cut in the past year. Without the help of generous donors, we can not afford even the most basic supplies. Please help me to get my students the supplies and room decor they need to have a successful school year.

Ms. Hickman W.G. Pearson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

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.

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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
Cricut Explore Air 2 Machine Bundle - Heat Transfer, Vinyl Pack, Tools Pens & Designs • Amazon Business $309.99 1 $309.99
Permanent Adhesive Backed Vinyl Sheets - EZ Craft USA - 12" x 12" - 40 Sheets Assorted Colors Works With Cricut and Other Cutters • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99

Materials cost

$328.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$389.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.75

Total project goal

$458.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$458.32

1 Donor

-$458.32

Donations toward project cost

-$389.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.75

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$0.00

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