Equitable School Supplies

We ask teachers what they need and we purchase supplies in bulk, saving everyone time and money. Purchase your supplies for the current school year now!

Parents, caregivers, friends and families contribute and we distribute the supplies to students when school starts in the Fall. The PTA of PS166Q started this program in 2018, and since then, the PTA has been able to provide the same supplies to all students at PS166Q each year and the silver lining is that parents, caregivers, and guardians don’t have to shop for what’s needed.

If you’re able to, please pay it forward and purchase supplies for another student at PS166Q who may not be able to afford supplies this year. Simply increase the quantity at checkout or add another amount as a donation.

You can also donate a custom tax-deductible amount to the General PTA Fund to help supplement this project. Visit our Donate page (always accessible from the top of any page on this website).

Below gives you a sense of what the ESS Team does each year DURING THE SUMMER to get all of your child(ren)'s supplies ready and in the classrooms! It's a monumental FEAT!

You can also pay with cash or by check.

Parents and caregivers can send in cash or check in their children’s backpack(s) in an envelope with their (a) full name and (b) teacher’s name/class# and (c) “ESS” for Equitable School Supplies written on it. If you have multiple children at the school, one envelope to one of their teachers is sufficient. Also, the envelope can simply be a reused envelope from your junk mail; no need to waste a new one if there’s one in your recycling bin.

If you would like to sponsor another child or donate additional funds to the project, you can include that amount in your check or cash amount and make a note of it. Please be sure to include the student names and grades they’re entering in the Fall so we know who you are paying for. Example: Penne Lasagna (PreK) and Hummus Pita (4th) + additional $20

The Equitable School Supplies program has saved so many parents from having to get a list from each individual teacher and then shop for all of those items themselves when everyone else is also trying to buy them in stores or online at retail values.

We save everyone money by buying in BULK and parent/caregiver volunteers give their time to receive all the shipments, organize it all, and deliver it to YOUR child(ren)’s classroom.

And then you never have to think about it again, because staff like Ms. Elise in the school continue to deliver supplies to each classroom when more is needed throughout the year.