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Ms. Rawlings from Irvington, NJ is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tools for Tomorrow's Thinkers: Durable Notebooks for Lifelong Learning

Help me give my students durable Flex Notebooks to support organization, study skills, and lifelong learning in our advanced math classroom.

  • $1,936 goal

This project expired on July 24, 2025.

This project expired on July 24, 2025.

My Project

Thank you for taking the time to consider this project. Though the cost is significant, I believe in the value of having the right tools to support success. In our math classroom, we are focused on more than just solving problems, we're developing the skills we need to succeed in high school, college, and beyond.

One of my core goals is to help students strengthen their organized, study habits, test prep, and note-taking skills, all essential for long term growth.

With the Five Star Flex 3-Subject Notebooks, students have the best of both worlds: the structure and portability of a notebook, with the flexibility and storage of a binder.

Traditional notebooks allow students to take notes and contain their own spaces, but it falls short once additional handouts, and important class materials come into play. It requires then that students have additional types of storage to help accommodate their learning. Bingers, on the other hand, offer that storage for materials, but they are cumbersome, and difficult to manage in tight spaces.

The Flex notebook will:

- Keep materials organized all year long

- Assist students in creating a personal study system

- Reinforce note-taking and test prep strategies

- Develop ownership and accountability for student learning.

I'd love to expose my current, and future, students to different types of learning materials that I feel can be beneficial to their learning both now and in the future. A flex binder is where I would like to start.

Thank you for believing in this work and in our students' futures.

Thank you.

Ms. Rawlings University Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

Irvington, NJ View local requests

More than half 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

Never Before Funded 100 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Five Star Flex 3-Subject Notebooks 8.5 x 11 College Ruled 120 Sheets (08126) • Staples $15.91 100 $1,591.00

Materials cost

$1,591.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,644.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$290.27

Total project goal

$1,935.13

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