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Ms. Potero from Philadelphia PA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Paper! Paper! Who's Got Paper?

Help me give my students an abundance of colorful paper so that their creativity is not stunted.

  • $263 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

Lively, energetic, and kind are three words I would use to describe our young learners. Every day, they do their best to achieve all that they can. Our students desperately want to be actively involved in what they do in the classroom.

Living in a large city can be difficult for many young children.

My young learners live close to the downtown area in our city. They go to a Title I school where all students receive free breakfast and lunch daily. Their basic food needs, except for dinner, are taken care of, but now they need something to sustain their minds.

My Project

Every day, I teach six classes of students. All of these children are in the third and fourth grade. In Science, students are to read, inquire, and investigate the world around them. Doing so requires me to be excessively prepared for those young learners in front of me at any given time.

Differentiation is the key to success when teaching students with varying ability levels.

With the donation of paper in a multitude of colors, I am able to run off materials accordingly for the students in which I teach. When given a Science Reading passage, each level of the text can be on a different color so that no child is reading text that is much to difficult for them.

Ms. Potero
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hammermill Paper, Copy Paper Poly Wrap, 8.5 x 11 Paper, Letter Size, 20lb Paper, 92 Bright, 10 Ream Case / 5,000 Sheets (150010C) Acid Free Paper • Amazon Business $42.50 1 $42.50
Staples Pastels Colored Copy Paper, Turquoise, 30% Recycled, 8 1/2 x 11 inches Letter Size, 500 Sheets Ream (14784) • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
Staples Pastels Colored Copy Paper, Lilac, 30% Recycled, 8 1/2 x 11 inches Letter Size, 500 Sheets Ream (14782) • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
Staples Pastel Colored Copy Paper, 8 1/2" x 11", Salmon, 500/Ream (14783) • Amazon Business $27.89 1 $27.89
Staples Pastels Colored Copy Paper, Pink, 30% Recycled, 8 1/2 x 11 inches Letter Size, 500 Sheets Ream (14779) • Amazon Business $27.61 1 $27.61
AmazonBasics 50% Recycled Color Paper - Yellow, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 20 lbs, 1 Ream (500 Sheets) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
AmazonBasics 50% Recycled Color Paper - Blue, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 20 lbs, 1 Ream (500 Sheets) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
AmazonBasics 50% Recycled Color Paper - Green, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 20 lbs, 1 Ream (500 Sheets) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hammermill Colored Paper, Canary Printer Paper, 20lb, 8.5x11 Paper, Letter Size, 500 Sheets / 1 Ream, Pastel Paper, Colorful Paper (103341R) • Amazon Business $6.44 1 $6.44

Materials cost

$190.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$223.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.36

Total project goal

$262.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $262.40

4 Donors

-$235.93

Donations toward project cost

-$223.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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