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Mr. Dearybury from Spartanburg, SC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeing Is Believing!

My students need two sets of ready-made microscope slides, three sets of blank microscope slides, and four "tuff" tote storage bins to engage them in exciting hands-on science learning!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Dearybury's classroom raised $203

This project is fully funded

My Students

Have you ever held a grasshopper right up to your eyeball and tried to get a glimpse into his eyes? Have you ever picked a flower and wanted to see way down, deep inside? My students are inquisitive learners just like that, and I want to fan the flame of their learning!

My second grade students attend a small, inner-city, Title I school in South Carolina.

Our school, while filled with over 70% free and reduced lunch, strives everyday to push our students to new heights! We engage our students with the Arts, wow them with our curriculum, and put their hands on every lesson. The are curious learners . . . like little sponges, soaking up every bit of information I can give them. They LOVE science. I work overtime trying to go deeper and get more for their wondering minds.

My Project

The materials in the this project will greatly impact their lives and continue to fan the flame of their learning. Our class inherited a set of microscopes from a retiring teacher, yet we have no slides to view. I frequently show my students microscopic images from the Internet, but how much more engaged would my students become if we had our own slides with animals, insects, and vegetable parts to view. Better still would be blank slides where we could examine cells from their own bodies! I am asking for the storage bins so that the students can store and access the slides easily during independent exploration stations. The slides will be used for many years to come. A simple donation from you, and my kids will be able to see and believe that someone besides me cares for their education!

Seeing truly is believing.

I want to introduce my students to the microscopic world around them. Through your generous donation to this project, my students will be able to explore and examine the tiny world of the unseen. Help make this exciting learning opportunity a reality for my amazing students!

Mr. Dearybury Woodland Heights Elementary School 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

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Spartanburg, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FT452 - Blank Slides - Set of 18 • Lakeshore Learning $4.95 3 $14.85
LC3540X - Prepared Slides - Complete Set • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 2 $79.90
WT361 - Small Tuff Tote • Lakeshore Learning $7.95 4 $31.80

Materials cost

$126.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$8.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$172.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.42

Total project goal

$202.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$202.79

1 Donor

-$86.18

Donations toward project cost

-$86.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$101.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.21

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$0.00

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