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Ms. Lowe from Safford AZ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Color Our World

My students need 7 sets of markers and highlighters.

  • $219 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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.

I teach 26-30 of the most wonderful, curious fifth-graders you could ever be fortunate enough to meet. Our community has been hit pretty hard by many layoffs, and of course, our school is also feeling the effects of the budget crunch. We are a Reading First, Title One school, with very eager students. I would just like to supply for them the basic materials some other schools take for granted.

When can we use our whiteboards? Do you have any highlighters? I'd like to edit this essay I'm working on. What can I use for my science display, I only have a pencil, and it's not showing up very well. These are only a few of the questions and comments I hear throughout a regular school day. However, sadly, with no markers, the students return to their seats disappointed. Brighten their world by helping my class obtain colorful markers to use in our everyday schoolwork.

30 fifth graders use markers on a daily basis. We use dry erase markers several times a day on our individual whiteboards(math, literacy, spelling etc.), and on the larger, classroom whiteboards (scheduling, directions, announcements, learning games, guided practice). Highlighters play an important role in the editing process of writing, especially various colors. For example, blue for spelling, pink for punctuation, orange for capitalization. This is the best way I've found to get the students to actually enjoy editing their work. Other types of markers are used for projects such as science fair displays, posters, art book reports, the possibilities are endless! Sadly, without these markers, the whiteboards gather dust on the shelf, the posters lack vivid colors, editing is more of a chore. Children like colors, and when given the opportunity to use them, they are more interested in the topic at hand, and tend to put more effort into their work. All the assorted markers I'm requesting will provide my students with a more exciting, enhanced work environment. This will lead to happier students (and teachers). Happier students perform better in school, overall.

By donating to my project, you will be contributing to a more colorful, brilliant, exciting world. Remember when you were a child and you were handed a brand-new colorful marker? Oh, to think of the possibilities that one single marker contains. It's mind-boggling.

Ms. Lowe
Grades 3-5
  • Lafe Nelson School
  • Safford, AZ
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 30 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Expo® Original Dry Erase Markers - 8-Color Chisel Tip • School Specialty Inc. $11.54 1 $11.54
Bic® Great Erase® Whiteboard Markers - 6-Color Set, Chisel Tip Black, Red, Blue, Green, Orange and Purple • School Specialty Inc. $8.10 6 $48.60
Avery® Hi-Liter® Classroom Pack Highlighters - Yellow. Pack of 20. • School Specialty Inc. $14.99 2 $29.98
Crayola® Head 'n Tails™ Washable Markers • School Specialty Inc. $6.22 3 $18.66
Sharpie-Standard Size - Black Extra Fine. Sold by dozen. • School Specialty Inc. $14.48 1 $14.48
PaperMate® Flair 8-Color Set - Black, Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Sky Blue, Magenta and Tangerine. • School Specialty Inc. $12.20 1 $12.20
Crayola® Dry Erase Markers - 8-Color Set • School Specialty Inc. $10.07 1 $10.07

Materials cost

$145.53

Vendor shipping charges

$14.55

Sales tax

$8.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$179.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.38

Total project goal

$218.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$218.80

1 Donor

-$218.80

Donations toward project cost

-$179.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.38

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$0.00

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