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📣 Calling all teachers who haven’t had a project funded on 📣

Need pencils? Notebooks? New furniture? Let the DonorsChoose Community help you start off the year strong! Submit your project between August 25-31st and you’ll get a guaranteed $50 first donation.

Learn how to qualify, or share this info with a teacher who does:

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📣 YO Philly teachers! 📣

Back to School 2024 starts now! 📚✨ On August 14, the Gates Foundation is making sure every donation to classroom projects on is matched at least 50%.

Don’t miss out — request the classroom supplies you need today:

Teacher Sign-up | DonorsChoose DonorsChoose lets you share your classroom needs with a thriving community eager to help. Supporters have brought teachers' ideas to life in more than half of all U.S. public schools.

Here's a great library project at Shawmont Elementary school - and all donations on 8.14.2024 are being matched by the Gates Foundation!

Comfortable School Library Couches For Pre-K Through 3rd Grade Children, a project from Ms. White Help me give my students comfortable, colorful, flexible seating so they can enjoy reading library books in the new Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd grade section of our school library. Our newly reorg...

Please consider supporting this awesome Library project at Shawmont Elementary School!

A New Chapter Begins: Shawmont Elementary's Library Renovation! Join me in helping Shawmont Elementary Renovate their library!

Congratulation to our Office of Transportation Services on being awarded nearly $9M by the U.S. EPA Mid-Atlantic Region for 25 more ZEV buses!

Thanks EPA!

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Hey SDP teachers!

Congratulation to the Office of Transportation! This award of $7.9M will fund 20 more ZEVs for the School District of Philadelphia!
Thanks EPA Region 3! Thanks President Joe Biden!

Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1B in awards for clean school buses across the nation as part of Investing in America Agenda | US EPA EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration announces nearly $1B in awards for clean school buses across the nation as part of Investing in America Agenda

Hey SDP Teachers! DonorsChoose is matching every donation on November 28, all day long. Get those projects up!

Hey SDP teachers! Get those DonorsChoose projects up!

On October 11, donations to historically underfunded schools will be doubled!
To learn more about the match go to: https://help.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/17797666242199

Yo SDP Teachers! The DonorsChoose community & an anonymous partner are supporting projects from Equity Focus Schools
Starting October 11th, all Equity Focus Schools projects will receive a 2X match on new donations. That means a $20 donation will become a $40 donation, and so on.

If you teach at an Equity Focus School, any of your projects posted to the site will be eligible for matches on new donations as long as funding remains. You will see the match offer applied to your project as soon as it is approved and live on the site.

Yo, SDP teachers! Save the Date. On September 20, DonorsChoose is celebrating by doubling donations on every project by Latino teachers and teachers at schools where most students are Latino.

Find out if you qualify and post a project!
lp.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/17322533686039

Hey SDP teachers! DonorsChoose just announced that starting at 7AM ET on Wednesday, August 2nd, donations to every live, approved project will be matched 50%. That means a $20 donation will become a $30 donation, and so on.

The Office of Grant Development has TWO open positions: Specialist 1, entry level, and Specialist 2, for individuals with more grant-writing and fundraising experience!

Link to 1: http://o.rfer.us/AA0804P486
Link to 2: http://o.rfer.us/AA080ab385

PFT represented roles, 35 hour workweek, good benefits. Reach out with any questions!

Grant Development and Support Specialist II in Office Of Grants Development (9890), United States Note; The salary range for this position is $55,127 - $82,737 $55,127 - $82,737 $55,127 - $82,737 The School District of Philadelphia is committed to....

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Our Dress Down Day for Philly Public Schools fundraiser is back with our classics + a special P's & Q's designed t-shirt! | The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia Philly streetwear designers support public schools This year’s Dress Down Day has some extra local flavor. In addition to the classic Dress Down Day t-shirt, you can order a special edition tee, designed by local streetwear mavens Ky and Rick Cao. The brothers own P’s & Q’s, a streetwear brand...

Hey SDP teachers! It's time to ! On March 30th, every donation to book projects on DonorsChoose will be doubled, while funds last.
Submit your book project ***now*** to qualify for doubled donations next week!

Hey SDP Teachers! A message from DonorsChoose: On Wednesday, February 8th, starting at 7AM ET all donations to projects from Black teachers and at schools where the majority of students are Black will be doubled, while funds last. This means that a $20 donation will become a $40 donation, a $100 donation will become a $200 donation, and so on. Check out this DonorsChoose help center article to have a better idea of who qualifies.

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Congratulation to the Office of Climate and Culture on winning this grant!

Philly schools are getting $4 million for program that favors community-building over punitive discipline The program has been a game changer at already-participating schools, like South Philadelphia High School.

Here's a great project at Carnell!

Class Trips For All Students at Carnell! Join me and make a gift to Class Trips For All Students at Carnell!

Hey Philly Teachers! Get ready for another match offer from DonorsChoose on November 29!

Yo SDP teachers! On September 20 starting at 7 am ET, DonorsChoose is doubling donations to all Equity Focus Schools — if you teach at an Equity Focus School, now’s the time to post a project! To find out if your school is a DonorsChoose Equity Focus School and qualifies for the match, head to the Tools & Resources section of your DonorsChoose dashboard and you’ll see a link to your school page.

A cool DonorsChoose project at J Hampton Moore Elementary, an equity-focus school! Please consider sharing and supporting if you can!
J Hampton Moore Home & School

Flexible Seating For A Flexible Classroom, a project from Mrs. Gaston Help me give my students flexible seating for my students to use during the school day. The classroom library is my students' favorite part of our room! They enjoy using flexible seating and choosi...

Yo SDP Teachers! From Sunday, August 28 – Saturday, September 3, teachers who haven’t had a project funded on DonorsChoose will receive a $50 donation when they submit a request. And bonus: they’ll match donations during the project’s first week on the site!

Already a DonorsChoose pro? Your DonorsChoose expertise can help your teacher friends get all the pencils, protractors, notebooks, and/or new furniture they need (while scoring funding for your own projects too)! You’ll get $25 for making the referral and the teacher you recruit gets a $50 kickoff donation! Get all the details of this offer in the DonorsChoose help center: https://help.donorschoose.org/hc/en-us/articles/8116895836311

On August 28th, DonorsChoose donating $50 to new projects from never-before-funded teachers What kind of match? Starting August 28th 8am ET until September 3rd 5pm ET, every teacher without a fully funded project can submit a project and receive one $50 donation to that project. If your p...

SDP teachers! Gates Day at DonorsChoose is coming up soon! All donations will be boosted by 50% on August 9th ONLY, thanks to the generosity of Bill Gates. This means that every $50 donation your project receives will automatically become a $75 one, and so on.