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Ms. Chalmers from Brooklyn, NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Right Tools to Write!

Help me give my students the right writing tools for fun learning !

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Chalmers's classroom raised $286

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are in kindergarten and attend a public school in a high poverty area. They come to school with high hopes of learning new and interesting things.

The kindergarten experience will open doors for my students.

The time to prepare is now so my students will have all they need in order to succeed in their learning experience. These students come from an area that lacks a lot of resources so I am trying to make this environment welcoming and pleasant.

Now more then ever your help is needed to ensure that learning takes place. With your help, I will be able to provide for my students all they need this new school year.

My Project

Young students need so many things when school starts. They require the right tools so their first experiences promote learning that last a life time.

This is where the right tools come into play.

The pencils picked make it easier to grip and promote the right way to hold a pencil. This will help them form letters and numbers. The dry erase makers will be used when they write on white boards during math lessons and when using math templates. The color pencils will be used in phonics for underlining, in math when they need to color objects and when they are drawing an illustration when responding to literature.

Help me get these tools for my students.

Ms. Chalmers PS 149 Danny Kaye 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.

Brooklyn, NY 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA796 BestBuy Colored Pencils 12Color Box • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
MN10 EasyGrip Triangular Pencils • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 10 $59.90
RR423 Write Wipe Lapboard Erasers Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 3 $44.97
LA138 Write Wipe BroadTip Markers Class Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99

Materials cost

$209.85

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$243.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.88

Total project goal

$285.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$285.88

2 Donors

-$285.88

Donations toward project cost

-$243.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.88

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$0.00

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