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Ms. Elizondo from Austin TX is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Basics Are Never Boring

Help me give my students basic classroom needs that don't make them feel left out!

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My high school students struggle often to bring the basics to class. They often walk around the school day using little golf pencils or broken wooden pencils without erasers. Often, this makes my students feel inferior to their peers who usually only carry mechanical pencils or pens.

Feeling left out shouldn't happen because of a pencil.

These basic needs like pencils, paper, and index cards should be a given to all students in any school, regardless of their financial status.

Laminating their work will not only preserve it, but allow for display of it around the classroom or school to serve as a constant reminder that their work is worthy of a "fancy lamination!" It boosts their motivation and reminds them daily that they deserve to be there just as much as anybody else, especially when their work is showcased around the room.

Ms. Elizondo
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Scotch Pro Thermal Laminator 9 Width White (TL906) • Staples $51.93 1 $51.93
Astrobrights 65 lb. Cardstock Paper, 8.5" x 11", Assorted Colors, Pack (91715) • Quill.com $25.19 2 $50.38
BIC Xtra-Sparkle Mechanical Pencil, Medium Point (0.7mm), Fun Design With Colorful Barrel, 48-Count • Amazon Business $13.49 3 $40.47
BIC Xtra Smooth Pastel Edition Mechanical Pencil, 0.7mm, #2 Medium Lead (MPNP24-BLK) • Quill.com $11.33 3 $33.99
Staples 110 lb. Cardstock Paper 8.5 x 11 White 250 Sheets/Pack (49701) • Staples $10.67 1 $10.67
Coopay 600 Pieces Lead Refills 0.7 mm HB Break Resistant Mechanical Pencil Refills, 12 Pack Per Tube, 50 Tubes(0.7 mm) • Amazon Business $9.88 1 $9.88
Staples 3 x 5 Index Cards Lined White 500/Pack (TR51009) • Staples $4.70 2 $9.40
Sooez 120 Pack White Pencil Erasers, Pencil Top Erasers Cap Erasers Eraser Tops Pencil Eraser Toppers Erasers Studying Supplies for Teachers Eraser Pencil Erasers • Amazon Business $6.84 1 $6.84

Materials cost

$213.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$246.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.55

Total project goal

$290.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $290.31

1 Donor

-$3.75

Donations toward project cost

-$3.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.56

Kleenex match offer

-$3.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$3.19

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.56

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $282.80

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