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Mr. Sims from Lancaster, SC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Notebooks and Pens

Help me give my students notebooks and pens to keep notes all year long.

  • $996 goal

This project expired on August 15, 2025.

This project expired on August 15, 2025.

My Project

We need writing notebooks and pens. Writing can be used as a medium for reasoning and making intellectual connections. As students arrange ideas to persuade, describe, and inform, they not only engage in logical critique but also gain new insights and a deeper understanding of concepts and content.

Writing engages the brain in unique ways that support memory and conveying thoughts that can't be duplicated by using technology.

Teaching students how to write improves their reading comprehension and fluency.

Learning to write correctly can help students express feelings, explore an idea, evaluate, mediate, problem solve, or argue for or against an idea.

Mr. Sims A.R. Rucker Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Lancaster, SC 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

50 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8.5" x 11", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, A4 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Purple • Amazon Business $19.87 6 $119.22
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8.5" x 11", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, A4 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Pink • Amazon Business $18.88 6 $113.28
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8.5" x 11", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, A4 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Black • Amazon Business $18.87 6 $113.22
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8.5" x 11", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, A4 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Blue • Amazon Business $18.87 6 $113.22
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8.5" x 11", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, A4 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Teal • Amazon Business $18.86 6 $113.16
Spiral Notebook, College Ruled Notebook, 8" x 10", 300 Pages Leather Journals for Writing, B5 Hardcover Journaling Notebooks for Work School, 24pcs Tabs, Large Embossed Journal for Women Men, Green • Amazon Business $18.01 6 $108.06
Mr. Pen- Retractable Gel Pens, 18 Pack, Black Ink Gel Pens, Vintage & Pastel Barrels, Fast Dry, Gel Pens Fine Point 0.5mm, Retractable Pens, Gel Ink Pens, Aesthetic Pens for Journaling Fine Tip Pens • Amazon Business $11.98 6 $71.88

Materials cost

$752.04

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$53.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$846.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.35

Total project goal

$995.69

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