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Mrs. Arnold from Mission Hills, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Authors, Actors, Poets, Publishers: Bound to Succeed

My students need a binding machine and plastic binding combs to keep their scripts, art portfolios and copious writing together.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Arnold's classroom raised $854

This project is fully funded

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 Students

"To you I am bound for life and education..." (Shakespeare) ...unless I am bound only by a staple, in which case I am bound to fall apart in the middle of rehearsal, scattering paper everywhere. Please help our students keep their scripts, writing packets and art portfolios together.

My 2nd and 3rd grade students have been identified "highly gifted" and have special needs not met by standard textbooks and curriculum.

They need to be challenged academically and intellectually to thrive in school. I do my best to find imaginative and unique ways to engage children to rise to their full potential. They are so bright and creative! They love to share their unique and surprising insights on everything.

My Project

When fully active, these students produce high volumes of stories, art and research reports. We often makes "collections" of their work to share or use in other applications. For example, they perform their own poems at a Poetry Cafe for family and friends, where they also serve refreshments and run activity booths they devised. In addition to their own creations, they are currently rehearsing Shakespeare's "The Tempest" using enormous scripts that are falling apart because they are only held together by staples. The binding machine and supplies will also be used to publish Astronomy Magazines, journals, and public policy papers that they present to policymakers as part of their Project Citizen unit. They would love their packets bound to look "grownup," or at least stay intact.

We are basically running a grade school publishing house!

Staples just can't cut it. If we can produce bound packets of the children's work, not only would they can stay intact during class use, but they would have creative keepsakes of these special years.

Mrs. Arnold San Jose Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Mission Hills, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

80 students impacted 31donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fellowes Galaxy E Comb Binding Machine • CDW Inc. $485.85 1 $485.85
Fellowes Black 3 8 Plastic Comb Bindings • CDW Inc. $7.89 4 $31.56
Fellowes Black 5 16 Plastic Comb Bindings • CDW Inc. $7.89 4 $31.56
Fellowes Black 1 2 Plastic Comb Bindings • CDW Inc. $11.84 2 $23.68

Materials cost

$572.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.26

Sales tax

 $52.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$725.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.10

Total project goal

$854.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $854.00

28 Donors

-$421.71

Donations toward project cost

-$362.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.76

match offer

-$427.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$362.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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