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Ms. S. from Detroit, MI is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pencils Are Noteworthy

Help me give my students notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners and pencil cases to assist in their online distance learning success.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. S.'s classroom raised $600

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are in middle school. Although being in middle school can be a challenging time in life, my students enjoy learning and enjoy school. Many of them look at school as a second home at times. Therefore, I want them to have everything they need to be successful in school and in life.

My students are enthusiastic learners who want to succeed in school and in life.

They are students who are very hard workers. Although more than ninety percent of them qualify for free lunch (living below the poverty level), they come to school with great attitudes and a zeal to win.

Despite not having computers, tablets, printers or printer ink at home, my students are using their cell phones to attempt to master online distance learning. The screen sizes of their phones make it very difficult to do and/or show math work so they need other resources to support their learning.

My Project

The notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners and pencil cases would be very useful to my students. When doing mathematics, it is very important to have paper and pencils available. In mathematics, it is important to be able to see the process of how to solve each problem. Writing the problems oftentimes helps the students to better understand how to solve the problems.

Since many students are at home, many of them do not have access to the school supplies they need.

Their mathematics books and school supplies are still at school, The students have not been allowed to retrieve them due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, the notebooks, pencils, pencil sharpeners, and pencil cases would be much needed assets to aide them in their at home online distance learning.

Ms. S. Hutchinson Elementary Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Detroit, MI 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mead Spiral 3-Subject Notebook, 8.5" x 11", College Ruled, 120 Sheets, Assorted (06710) • Staples Advantage $2.14 75 $160.50
Staples Manual Pencil Sharpener, Assorted Colors (10896-CC) • Staples Advantage $1.49 75 $111.75
Staples Zipper Canvas Pouch, Black (24220) • Staples Advantage $1.39 75 $104.25
Dixon Oriole Wooden Pencils, No. 2 Soft Lead, Dozen (12886) • Staples Advantage $1.28 75 $96.00

Materials cost

$472.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.93

Total project goal

$599.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$599.52

5 Donors

-$524.52

Donations toward project cost

-$445.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.68

Matching donations from our partners

-$75.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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$0.00

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