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Ms. Matthews from Manchester NH is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Organization in 5th Grade!

Help me give my students a cart, folders, glue sticks, and a pencil sharpener for the lovely gift of organization in the classroom!

  • $263 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

My Students

I am a first-year teacher for 23 5th grade students! These students deserve the best classroom that I can provide for them!

Every student should be set up for success and that is what I intend to provide for my students.

My students are from the Manchester area where at least half of the students are from low-income families. These students deserve a bright cheerful place to come every single day! Some of these students may not have the best home life, or may not be given the opportunity to have new school supplies. I hope that with this project, I can supply my students with things that they need to be successful. My students work very hard and I hope that with these new supplies, it will be even more motivation to succeed this school year!

I am hoping that with this fifth-grade classroom, I can set them up for success when moving onto middle school. They need real-life strategies to help them not only be successful in school but in life as well.

My Project

Help me keep my students organized!

I would love to get rid of the desks in my room and switch to tables, but that would require bins to provide the students with space to store their belongings!

Please help me by donating to my project!

Along with the organization, my classroom does not have a good working pencil sharpener! I would love it if we could have a functioning pencil shapener to help the students be set up for success.

A lot of the students that I work with do not have enough money for school supplies. This is why I wish to also provide them each with a folder to keep all of their work in!

Ms. Matthews
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
IRIS USA, Inc. Medium 10-Drawer Cart with Organizer Top, Black • Amazon Business $39.99 3 $119.97
X-ACTO School Pro Classroom Electric Pencil Sharpener, Blue, 1 Count • Amazon Business $27.33 1 $27.33
Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, 0.24 Oz., 60/Pack (E501) • Staples Advantage $23.29 1 $23.29
Oxford 2-Pocket Presentation Folders, Assorted Colors, 25/Box (OXF 57513) • Staples Advantage $19.59 1 $19.59

Materials cost

$190.18

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$223.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.36

Total project goal

$262.39

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