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Ms. Tomco from Philadelphia, PA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Classroom Easel

Help me give my students a new easel to make literacy instruction easier.

  • $708 goal

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My Project

My students are kindergarteners who are learning to read and write. We do most of our learning using an easel to display big books, hold chart paper for writing instruction, and hold magnetic cards for spelling. The easel we currently use is not built for an elementary classroom. It falls over easily, causing books and our spelling cards to fall on the floor. It also lacks storage, meaning I have to have an additional space to store teaching materials, and need to stop teaching often to collect materials.

Having a central location to both teach and store materials would make our classroom run much more smoothly.

A new, sturdy, classroom specific easel would make teaching and learning much easier for us. I would be able to store big books and other teaching materials in the storage spaces, allowing me to teach without interruption and freeing additional space in the classroom for other purposes.

Ms. Tomco West Phila Achievement CES 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

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Philadelphia, PA 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

27 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Double Sided Bamboo Teaching Easel • Teachers' School Supply $507.56 1 $507.56

Materials cost

$507.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $55.83

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$601.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.06

Total project goal

$707.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $707.06

5 Donors

-$420.00

Donations toward project cost

-$390.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

match offer

-$248.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$211.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.82

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 $0.00

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