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Ms. Chu from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Supplies For S.

My students need basic school supplies such as paper, pencils, erasers, glue sticks, a pencil sharpener, etc.

  • $888 goal

This project expired on June 26, 2012.

This project expired on June 26, 2012.

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Ms. Chu Soto Street Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA Grades PreK-2

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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 Students

Schools have been hit hard with huge budget cuts as a result of the economy. Many teachers and support staff have been laid-off, and the budget for supplies has also been slashed. Teachers at our school need basic supplies to help our students continue to learn and achieve.

The majority of our students are low-income and are second-language learners who need extra support to learn the curriculum.

We are a Title I school, and 100% of our students receive free/reduced lunch. We are part of a district that has been hit particularly hard by the state's budget cuts. We are also a small school with less than 300 students. As a result, we also have a harder time leveraging our resources, as they are limited to begin with.

My Project

The resources we are requesting are basic school supplies, such as paper and pencil, that I feel every child who attends a public school here in the United States should be entitled to. They are the basic necessities of schooling and without them, both learning and teaching become even more difficult tasks than they already are. This shouldn't be the case, but unfortunately with the economic situation today, many schools, including ours, are struggling with providing these necessities and have to make choices about what students and teachers can live without. Please help us provide these necessities to our students because going to school without paper and pencils shouldn't be an option.

Your donation will help our students who come from a socio-economic disadvantage acquire the basic school supplies they need to learn and achieve.

While every child has free access to public education, which is the very foundation of our democracy, not every child has equal access to the same quality education, which includes quality teachers AND school resources. Help our students achieve some of those basic resources by donating to our cause.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 270 students impacted
Ms. Chu Soto Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

Never Before Funded 270 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAPER 20# WHT 8.5X11 RECYLD COPY 500 SHT/RM CASE OF 10 RMS • School Specialty Inc. $46.54 4 $186.16
ERASER 1 7/8''X3/4''X3/8'' PACK OF 36 - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty Inc. $5.03 4 $20.12
PENCIL #2 PACK OF 96 - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty Inc. $7.59 4 $30.36
SHARPENER PENCIL HEAVY DUTY PROSHARP 6 • School Specialty Inc. $85.49 3 $256.47
GLUE STICK CLASSROOM PACK BLUE .28 OZ • School Specialty Inc. $5.50 10 $55.00
MARKER DRY ERASE CRAYOLA BLACK PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $11.96 1 $11.96
MARKER DRY ERASE CRAYOLA GREEN PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $11.96 1 $11.96
MARKER DRY ERASE CRAYOLA RED PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $11.96 1 $11.96
MARKER DRY ERASE CRAYOLA BLUE PACK OF 12 • School Specialty Inc. $11.96 1 $11.96

Materials cost

$595.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.60

Sales tax

 $54.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$754.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.06

Total project goal

$887.08

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