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Mrs. Thomas from Milwaukee WI is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Artistically Inclined to Achieve!

Help me give my students some basic school supplies that they will need.

  • $583 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I serve children in the urban community of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The children I serve are with me for 2 years for 1st and second grades where they learn ELA which is English and language arts. I co-teach with another teacher who is responsible for another subject. Most of these children are African American and come from homes that sometimes cannot provide them with basic school supplies like crayons, color pencils, and markers that are so important at this age level.

My Project

Very often literacy requires students to use creativity which requires them to use very basic supplies such as crayons, color pencils, and other basic school supplies. Very often I find myself every school year buying these supplies myself throughout the school year many times 4 or 5 times during the year. I feel that if parents do not have to worry about getting the basic things then they can focus on other things their children might need. Having a die cast cutter and laminator helps us to decorate our class.

Mrs. Thomas
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CRICUT EXPLORE AIR 2 CUTTING MACHINE MINT • School Specialty $299.47 1 $299.47
Crayola Classpack Crayons, 400/Box (52-8038) • Quill.com $53.09 1 $53.09
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, Letter Size, 200 Pouches (TP3854-200) • Quill.com $44.99 1 $44.99
Crayola Colored Pencils Classpack, 240/Box • Quill.com $31.49 1 $31.49

Materials cost

$429.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.95

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$495.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.43

Total project goal

$582.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $582.86

5 Donors

-$405.05

Donations toward project cost

-$348.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.01

match offer

-$173.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.01

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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