DonorsChoose
DonorsChoose is a website where teachers ask for specific supplies or equipment they need in their classrooms and parents and other donors chip in with donations until the total is reached and the items are purchased. For items that one parent couldn't easily donate, DonorsChoose lets multiple donors combine their efforts. Some organizations make matching donations, which can double donated dollars.
Here's why it's so useful: Donors can choose their favorite classes or requests and give any amount at any time. Teachers get exactly what they need and students are the ultimate winners!
Check out the DonorsChoose Palms Middle School page. After you register for the site, add Palms to your Favorites and DonorsChoose will notify you whenever a Palms teacher asks for supplies or equipment.
Palms Donations
All-time total raised through September 2024: $109,422.
Click or tap to see the teacher's website or DonorsChoose page. Click or tap the fundraiser to see descriptions, photos, comments from donors, and thank-you messages.
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| Tie Dye Chemistry! - Tie-dye kits and shirts |
Deadline Jan 1
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| School Is More Cool With Custom Stickers! - inkjet photo printer and vinyl sticker paper |
Goal not reached
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| Earth Day at PMS! - math workbooks, plastic folders, and notebook paper | Received May 2024! |
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| Robotics Competition Spirit Basics! - card stock, tape, and laminating pouches for signage; heat transfer vinyl for T-shirts; dusters for craft clean up | Goal not reached |
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| Building and Programming! - Robotics kits to let students build and program traffic lights, temperature controlled fans, trebuchets, and more | Goal not reached |
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| Classroom Basic Essentials - notebooks with paper and tab dividers, tissue boxes, pencils, erasers | Received Mar 2024! |
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| Palms Tie Dye - T-shirts, tie-dye paint, laminating paper | Received Feb 2024! |
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| Creativity With Cricut! - material cutter, cutting mats, scoring stylus, engraving tip, scraper, vinyl sheets, pen set, transfer tape | Received Nov 2023! |
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| Tie-Dye Project With Robotics and Special Ed Class - tie-dye kit, T-shirts, fabric, paint brushes, toner ink, laminating sheets, plastic wrap, soap | Received Nov 2023! |
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Attendance Matters - Snack Mix and Fruit Snacks as rewards for students with improved attendance
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Goal not reached |
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| Ink for Arts! - black and tri-color printer ink |
Received Nov 2023!
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| Code Rev Mega-Bots for 7th and 8th Grade Robotics! - robots that students can build, wire, and code |
Received Nov 2023!
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Science in the Real World! - Science World subscriptions
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Received Nov 2023! | |
| Lego Spike Sets for 6th Grade Robotics! - LEGO Education SPIKE set for our Robotics students | Received Oct 2023! | |
| 3D Printing Lab! - 3D printer |
Received Oct 2023!
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Bringing History Alive with Jolly Ranchers! - Jolly Rancher candy to be used for a lesson on taxation and for classroom rewards
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Goal not reached | |
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School Pride! - gymnastics mats for exercise, view binders for memory books, printer ink, and cardstock
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Received Oct 2023! | |
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Math in the Real World - Scholastic MATH subscriptions
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Received Oct 2023! | |
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3D Organization! - 3D printer cart to store filament, printed projects, cords, wires, and much more
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Received Sep 2023! | |
| STEM Materials for Middle School! - STEM Challenge Solar Car Design Kit and 3Doodler Pro+ Pen Set for a car design teaching unit | Received Sep 2023! | |
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Enchanting Spaces, Empowered Minds: Elevating Education Through Decor and Rewards! - lamps, pillows, storage bins, and student rewards
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Received Sep 2023! |
See DonorsChoose History for the DonorsChoose fundraisers from previous years.
Handy Tip
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After you sign up for DonorsChoose, go to the Palms Middle School page and click "Follow school for updates." |
Other Ways to Help Your Child's Teachers
- Buy books requested by a teacher at the Book Fair.
- Support all of the Friends of Palms fundraisers.
- Volunteer!
Thanks!
Palms teachers thank you for supporting them through DonorsChoose!
Cherry Blossom Project
Using supplies obtained through DonorsChoose, Palms students created beautiful representations of cherry trees in bloom by using straws to blow drops of wet ink across watercolor paper and gluing tissue cherry blossoms to the branches.
Using supplies obtained through DonorsChoose, Palms students displayed their knowledge of Medieval Europe by creating individual Coats of Arms.
About DonorsChoose
DonorsChoose was founded in 2000 by high school history teacher Charles Best. It first supported schools in New York, then went nationwide.
Nearly 90% of American schools have had at least one DonorsChoose project fulfilled.