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Ms. Owens from Spartanburg, SC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Stopping AI Use in the Classroom

Help me give my students skills to write proper essays without using AI. AI has changed the face of education- severely hampering a teachers ability to assign essays and track students’ skills-handwriting is one way to combat it.

  • $596 goal

This project expired on September 27, 2025.

This project expired on September 27, 2025.

My Project

My students are some of the best and brightest in the school. I teach advanced placement and honors, and these students are phenomenal. But AI has changed the game. Students have discovered a way to easily construct essays given a set of parameters for an essay. AI will do everything for them. But when they sit for their exams, they have to write them themselves. And the skills don’t translate into well-crafted essays.

Students must develop writing skills without relying on AI to be successful in their assessment.

In the race for higher and higher GPAs, students must develop true writing skills so they will be successful in high school, college, and beyond.

Using blue books will allow students to learn to construct well-written responses to essay questions. It will also allow them to be able to track their progression in their writing, as each booklet can be used for multiple essay prompts. They will see where they started and where they have progressed. Seeing your previous writing with teacher suggestions is an invaluable tool. Blue books will help make that possible.

Ms. Owens Spartanburg High School Grades 9-12

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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

150 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
School Smart Examination Blue Books, 8-1/2 x 11 Inches, 8 Pages, Pack of 100, Red • School Specialty $40.19 10 $401.90

Materials cost

$401.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.19

Sales tax

 $28.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.37

Total project goal

$595.82

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