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Mrs. Barlett from Glen Allen VA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bound for Self Expression

Help me give my students the opportunity to create their own visual journals with a bookbinding system.

  • $305 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are curious, creative and enjoy hands-on, engaging activities. My students are in grades K-5 and represent a diversity of ages, languages, interests and abilities and they all love to create!

My students have a love of art and embrace creative challenges with enthusiasm.

They appreciate opportunities to explore these challenges both independently and collaboratively with their classmates. My students are encouraged to experiment with materials and invent new ways of sharing their ideas.

My students have a true love of making and learning in our school community!

My Project

My students are imaginative natural storytellers. They love to express themselves through art and literature and will often ask to create their own wonderful books in the art room. These books provide an outlet for students to share their thoughts and ideas with their friends and family.

With the help of a comb binding system, our students will be able to make visual journals, sketchbooks and graphic novels to treasure for years to come.

We will integrate their love of making with self-expression, literature and communication.

Scrap papers and other recycled materials will be used to construct the bound journals. Each book will be thoughtfully constructed by the young artist.

Mrs. Barlett
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fellowes Pulsar+ 5006801 Comb Binding Machine, 300 Sheet Capacity • Staples Advantage $178.27 1 $178.27
Staples Comb Plastic Binding Spine, 55 Sheets, 100/Pack (17461) • Staples Advantage $4.28 6 $25.68
Fellowes Plastic Comb Binding Spines, 1/4" Diameter, 20 Sheets, 100 Pack, White • Staples Advantage $3.58 6 $21.48

Materials cost

$225.43

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$258.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.67

Total project goal

$304.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$304.48

6 Donors

-$247.67

Donations toward project cost

-$222.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.50

match offer

-$43.10

Match offer toward project cost

-$36.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.71

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$0.00

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