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Ms. Paradise from New York, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Warm our AP Student Spirits!

Help me give my students AP sweatshirts to keep their spirits warm as try to push through this first year back together since Covid.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Paradise's classroom raised $494

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 Students

My students are as diverse as New York City in race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and ability. Our school demographics are sixty-two percent Hispanic, twenty-eight percent black, five percent Asian and three percent white, with over 85% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. My students come to school every day from all five boroughs with various needs, persevering against all the challenges life has thrown at them.

I have students who come to school with so little and students come to school without breakfast and without backpacks.

Some students cannot live at home with their parents and some do not even have a place to call home. Our students deal with many challenges including mental health issues, gun violence, and pregnancies. I want to be able to use my time with my students to provide them all with the educational opportunities they deserve.

My Project

Our AP students have been through so much this year. They had a late start to Covid-19 push backs, and then 2 back to back quarantine periods, which had the whole group starting the year significantly behind. Then they had to adapt to what in person learning was like after being remote for over 18 months. So many of the exciting and engaging activities that make AP Environmental Science special had to be dropped due to safety protocols and social distancing, which meant dropping field trips and some in person labs and activities. They had to learn how to manage more work on their own, and deal with added stresses on top of AP coursework and the more rigorous demands that in school learning is placing on their shoulders, such as college, family, and outside jobs,

We want to bring some joy and energy to our AP Environmental Science students by bringing them class sweatshirts to keep them both warm and connected this year.

It has been very hard to find ways to remind my AP students of how school used to be, as they are still transitioning back from the remote education landscape. It's my hope that by providing them with something tangible, they can feel connected to one another and to the school. As they see one another in the halls once more, they will be able to connect with one another and start building those in person relationships. By celebrating them, and all they have done so far, we hope to raise spirits and community within my AP class.

Ms. Paradise Leadership & Public Service High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hanes Sweatshirts (Eco 50/50 and Ultimate Heavyweight) • Custom Ink $383.43 1 $383.43

Materials cost

$383.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$419.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.97

Total project goal

$493.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $493.15

4 Donors

-$246.57

Donations toward project cost

-$209.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.98

match offer

-$246.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$209.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.99

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 $0.00

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