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Port Chester Middle School Parents Donate $2,000 Worth of Supplies to School
PTA "mini grants" fill requests made by Middle School teachers.
From pencils to an iPad, members of the Port Chester Middle School PTA have come through with more than $2,000 worth of donations to help get teachers supplies needed for their classrooms.
The Port Chester school board has formally accepted the "mini grant" donations from the Middle School PTA. PTA co-presidents Mary Strauch and Angela Caracuel Marciano say teachers were asked to submit applications for tools that would aid in teaching students.
Based on the requests, here are the items donated:
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An Apple iPad - $399
A pencil vending machine - $220
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A Ladibug document camera - $650
A world map - $292
A U.S. map - $292
Study skills supplies - $240
Total: $2,093
The iPad was suggested for helping children with special needs who do well with visual aids. While the iPad is a high-tech educational solution, the Social Studies Department addressed a low-tech need - getting pencils for children. The pencil vending machine is designed to provide students with the pencils they need for class.
The Ladibug takes pictures of items or documents and projects them onto the SMART Board to assist classroom lessons.
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