Rockport Heights Teacher Asks for Internet Donations to Help Classroom

A Rockport Heights Elementary School teacher has turned to the Internet to improve her students’ chances of success.

The teacher who identifies herself as Ms. Polk on the DonorsChoose.org website has asked donors to help fund a computer printer, an electric pencil sharpener, testing pencils and test preparation books.

“Most things seem unobtainable because we have a very limited amount of funding available due to major budget cuts in the state of Missouri,” the teacher wrote on the website on Jan. 1.

“My students are amazing, truly inspiration people who deserve the same quality education as their peers across the country,” she wrote.

DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that seeks to help public school teachers fund classroom projects, the website states.

The teacher said the printer is needed to help her students with their computer and Internet-related projects.

There are two building printers that are used by 31 classrooms filled with children, from kindergarten to sixth grade, the person said.

The current pencil sharpener ruins the student’s pencils, the person said. Few students can afford to buy extra pencils in this economy, the person said.

Test preparation books to help students improve their skills in mathematics, grammar and reading, she said.

DonorsChoose associates verified the projects, the website states, and that about $191 is needed for the pencil sharpener, pencils and test books. They also verified that about $284 is needed for the printer and ink cartridges.