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Northstate Teachers Receive Special Funding
Generous donors have fully funded project requests for classroom materials submitted by local teachers, the online education charity DonorsChoose.org announced recently:
* Mr. Hardy, an 11th grade teacher at Gridley High School in Gridley, CA submitted a project titled ‘Vocabulary Builder With Rockin’ Music’ that will provide literacy resources and experiences for 30 students. Three generous donors contributed $300 in total to the project, which was matched with funds from a DonorsChoose.org grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To view this funded project, visit: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=282114.
* Mrs. Howard, a 10th grade teacher at Las Plumas High School in Oroville, CA submitted a project titled ‘Constructing New Pathways! Class set of Geometry Compasses’ that will provide mathematics resources and experiences for 80 students. One generous donor contributed $64 in total to the project, which was matched with funds from a DonorsChoose.org grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To view this funded project, visit: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=255482.
* Ms. Dagitses, a 10th grade teacher at River Valley High School in Yuba City, CA submitted a project titled ‘Help Students Write Daily!’ that will provide literature and writing resources and experiences for 90 students. One generous donor contributed $100 in total to the project, which was matched with funds from a DonorsChoose.org grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To view this funded project, visit: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=238907.
These local teachers are among tens of thousands of teachers across the country who are turning to DonorsChoose.org to get the learning materials they and their students need.
“Too often, teachers lack critical resources in their classrooms - and in many instances they spend their own money trying to provide for their students,” said Charles Best, founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org. “Unfortunately, even hundreds of dollars out of pocket each year doesn’t necessarily cover the costs of what’s needed. That’s where concerned citizens come in; anyone, regardless of means, can donate directly to project requests like these at DonorsChoose.org.”
Donations go twice as far for many of the project requests posted at DonorsChoose.org. DonorsChoose.org received a $4.1 million grant from the Gates Foundation in 2008 to support teachers who aim to promote college-readiness among students in high-need urban and rural public schools.
In addition to these projects, there are currently several other project requests in your local area posted at DonorsChoose.org and in need of funding. They can be found by using DonorsChoose.org’s search tool at http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html.
Individual donors can contribute any dollar amount to these and thousands of other projects nationwide at DonorsChoose.org. Once a project is completely funded, a team at DonorsChoose.org will purchase the requested materials and send them to the teacher. All donors will receive photos of the project taking place, a thank-you letter from the teacher, and a cost report showing how each dollar was spent. Donors who gave more than $100 will also receive hand-written thank-you letters from the students.
Any public school teacher can post a project request at DonorsChoose.org; those projects aimed at college-readiness in high-need or rural high-schools may be eligible for the Double Your Impact match.
DonorsChoose.org Founded in 2000, DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school teachers describe specific educational projects for their students, and donors can choose the projects they want to support. After completing a project, the donor hears back from the classroom they supported in the form of photographs and student thank-you letters.
To date, 109,000 public and charter school teachers have used the site to secure funding for $39 million in books, art supplies, technology, and other resources that their students need to learn. Through www.donorschoose.org, individuals from all walks of life have helped 2.5 million students from low-income families.
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