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Ms. P. from IN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shining Rainbows' Supplies

My students need basic supplies so that they can do their schoolwork.

  • $510 goal

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My Students

We are an urban school with high mobility. We are 100% Title 1, providing free breakfast, lunch and snack daily. Our students want to learn and often must overcome difficult external factors in order to do so.

The neighborhood that our students live in has multiple empty buildings and violent turmoil on a daily basis.

Our students are used to seeing unimaginable images from a very young age. Often families are just doing the best they can to get their children in the front door of school each day.

Still, students want to do well, and we want to provide them the opportunity and supplies to be successful!

My Project

Often, my students leave trauma at home and the classroom is the happiest place for them. We need the most basic of supplies. But rather than just give these out to students, I encourage them to earn their supplies. The students are awarded blue tickets daily for all of their academic participation and for good behavior. As their parents often can not provide them with adequate materials such as pencils, scissors, or erasers, they use these tickets like money in our class. 5 blue tickets will buy them a pair of scissors or a glue stick. A typical student earns 10-15 tickets a week.

This makes a difference in their lives because they are learning responsibility and money management skills.

They love shopping at our class store. It makes them feel very grown up and like they can take care of their needs. This is a valuable life skill for our community.

The flip charts and markers are important because we use them daily to help the students visualize and retain the concepts they are learning. We sit together at carpet time to create visual aides about whatever subject we are learning. We post the anchor charts on our walls when we can, but they are expensive. Making anchor charts is a best practice that is encouraged by our district, but our class can only afford them with the help of generous donors. This will be a very useful learning tool to help our Rainbows Shine!

Ms. P.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dixon Ticonderoga #2 Soft Pencil, Yellow, 72/Pack • Quill.com $14.44 10 $144.40
Quill Brand 20" x 23" Self-Stick Easel Pad Flip Chart Table Top, Plain Style • Quill.com $16.99 6 $101.94
Elmer's All-Purpose Washable Glue Sticks 7g., 60/Pack • Quill.com $27.19 2 $54.38
X-ACTO School Pro 1670 Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill.com $42.49 1 $42.49
Fiskars Safe Scissors for Kids 5" Blunt Tip • Quill.com $2.88 12 $34.56
Sharpie&reg Flip Chart Markers, Assorted, 8/pk (22478) • Quill.com $9.60 2 $19.20

Materials cost

$396.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$432.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.40

Total project goal

$509.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $509.32

10 Donors

-$359.32

Donations toward project cost

-$305.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.90

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

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 $0.00

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