One Chicago Public Schools teacher's passionate essay has helped bring an entire year's worth of school supplies to not just her students, but to all the students at her school.

An assembly was called to end the first week of school on the news that non-profit, 'Back 2 School Illinois' had chosen the Little Village school as a grant recipient -- and they chose it because of eighth-grade teacher Mari Mendoza-Ramirez.

Mendoza-Ramirez wrote to the nonprofit over the summer and her essay garnered 1,000 supply kits, tailored to three age groups.

Read the full article by Kye Martin about school supplies on NBC Chicago