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Mr. Zinzarella from Washington DC is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Narrowing the Gap: Preparing Students to Become Leaders

Help me give my students the materials they need to be successful in my class by funding my project!

  • $848 goal

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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 incredibly gifted students. Most come from low income families and overcome a number of obstacles every day to come to school on time and ready to learn. These students are some of the most hard working students that I know and deserve equitable resources to be able to truly show their talents and their skills to the community.

This donor choose project will help my students continue to strive for greatness and be able to close the equity gap that exists in our public schools system.

Please consider donating to my project. Anything is appreciated and will go a long way to improving my classroom for my students.

My Project

By funding my project, students will be able to use the materials in order to write down their thoughts and ideas about history and creating visual aids to supplement student learning in class. Students, especially my English Language Learners, will be able to have access to dictionaries and native language dictionaries to increase their content understanding and raise student achievement

Help be the difference that changes the lives of our students.

Please consider donating to my project. My students will greatly benefit from your generosity and will use these materials to complete rigorous course work and articulate their ideas with their classmates on solving the problems in our society.

Mr. Zinzarella
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples Composition Notebook, 9.75" x 7.5", College Ruled, 80 Sheets, Assorted Colors, 48/Carton (25536CT) • Staples Advantage $94.79 2 $189.58
Post-it Super Sticky Easel Pad, 25" x 30", White, 8/Pack (559-VAD-8PK) • Staples Advantage $183.99 1 $183.99
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Paperback (978-0-87779-295-6) • Staples Advantage $6.79 15 $101.85
Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary, Paperback (978-0-87779-824-8) • Staples Advantage $7.99 10 $79.90
Trend Certificate of Recognition Classic Certificates, 30 CT (T-11304) • Staples Advantage $11.18 5 $55.90
Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Visual Dictionary, Paperback (9780877792925) • Staples Advantage $30.99 1 $30.99

Materials cost

$642.21

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$38.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$720.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$127.12

Total project goal

$847.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$847.49

12 Donors

-$784.26

Donations toward project cost

-$677.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.39

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.23

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$0.00

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