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Ms. Silva from Albuquerque, NM is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Thoughts Are Important

Help me give my students journals to write their own thoughts in. My students are reading "The Poet X" and the main character says receiving a journal (not a notebook) made her feel her thoughts were important.

  • $201 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

This is my second year teaching creative writing. We are reading "The Poet X." My students are from a similar background as the protagonist in the story. In the novel she receives a gift from her twin brother.

"The notebook wasn't the regular marble kind most kids use...The cover was made of leather...this was the first time somone gave me a place to collect my thoughts.

In some ways, it seemed like he was saying that my thoughts were important." I asked my students if they had a place to put their thoughts, if they ever felt like someone was saying their thoughts are important. They said "no."

I want them to know their thoughts matter. I want them to have a safe place to process their emotions and their thoughts.

Ms. Silva John Adams Middle School Grades 6-8

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Albuquerque, NM 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SINOBAND A5 4 Pieces Journals for Writing, Pu Leather Colorful Notebooks, Lined Journal Notebook, Subject Notebooks for School and Office (Random Color) • Amazon Business $19.69 5 $98.45
Mr. Pen- Black Fineliners, Fine Point Pens, 0.25mm, 4 Pack, Bible Pens No Bleed, Fine Tip Pens, Ultra Fine Point Pens, Black Fineliner Pens, Black Fine Point Pens, Black Art Pens, Fineliner Pen Black • Amazon Business $7.98 5 $39.90

Materials cost

$138.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$170.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.08

Total project goal

$200.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $200.51

1 Donor

-$198.15

Donations toward project cost

-$170.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.36

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 $0.00

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