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Ms. Catalano from Astoria NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What's Art Without Ink?

Help me give my students materials they need with ink, printer paper and a Teachers Pay Teachers gift card so that materials can be provided to them while Distance Learning.

  • $368 goal

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My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, I work with students who are faced with many challenges, both in and out of the classroom. Due to distance learning, they need visuals.

Despite these challenges, my students are remarkable.

They all have severe social, cognitive, and behavioral deficits. My students all have autism. My students are between the ages of five and ten. I teach art and have a total of nine, different classes made up of six students and one class of eight students. Our site has around one hundred students. We have nine sites.

My Project

Teaching art during distance learning to students with autism has been very challenging, especially for my students. They need concrete materials and repetition. Since learning from home, some of our families do not have access to the resources needed for individualized learning.

Being able to provide art templates, visual directions and symbols to my students who lack a printer and resources will give them the learning support they need to create art across many genres.

Now that we are teaching remotely, access to our school and printer is no longer an option. Having ink and paper will help me to create resources and differentiated materials that my students need to complete projects and participate in online learning. Just because they are learning from home doesn't mean students shouldn't have access to the tools and materials they normally have at their disposal.

Please help my students get the necessary resources like paper and ink so materials can be sent home in order to bridge the gap between distance and in person learning.

Ms. Catalano
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP 952XL/952 Black High Yield, Cyan/Magenta/Yellow Standard Yield Ink Cartridges, 4/Pack (N9K28AN) • Staples Advantage $113.99 1 $113.99
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 1 $100.00
Hammermill Copy Plus Paper, 8.5" x 11", 20 lbs., White, 500 Sheets/Ream, 10 Reams/Carton (105007) • Staples Advantage $63.99 1 $63.99

Materials cost

$277.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$312.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.09

Total project goal

$367.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $367.24

2 Donors

-$317.24

Donations toward project cost

-$269.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.59

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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