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Ms. Pell from Bronx, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Pandemic and Pencils

Help me give my students the support they need to learn to write comfortably.

  • $157 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Project

My Science students spent most of the first 2 years of their schooling during the COVID Pandemic. They learned remotely on a computer and so never had that early training and practice of how to hold a pencil and write comfortably. They never developed the muscles that go with holding a pencil to write long and strong.

Believe it or not, not being able to hold a pencil comfortably is holding my students back from writing, participating, and achieving.

So I have been buying packages of "My First Pencils" with my own money. I am on my third package and it is only January. My students love using these pencils and ask for them daily. And I see the difference in their writing. They are able to write longer and stronger because they are very comfortable holding these pencils.

I have also included the triangular pencils in this project because I have been advised by both students and occupational therapists that some students do better with these. Please help us recover from just one more effect of the COVID pandemic - learning to hold a pencil correctly!!

Ms. Pell PS 76 Bennington Grades 3-5

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

250 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PABLUE Fat, Thick, Strong Triangular Presharpened 2B Pencils, Jumbo Wood Pencils with Eraser for Beginners, Writing, Drawing, Kids, Art, Sketching and Shading(Black, 6 Count) • Amazon Business $7.19 9 $64.71
Ticonderoga® Tri-Write Beginners' Pencils With Erasers, #2 Soft, Yellow Barrel, Pack Of 36 • Amazon Business $18.49 2 $36.98

Materials cost

$101.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$133.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.51

Total project goal

$156.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $156.73

2 Donors

-$156.73

Donations toward project cost

-$133.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.51

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 $0.00

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