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Mr. Messer Hinton from Dallas TX is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Design Like A Professional

Help me give my students a Cricut machine to aid them in making professional looking projects.

  • $429 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.

My Students

I work in an inner-city school and the majority of my students are Hispanic; with low SE status. My school is a Title I campus. My Gifted and Talented (G/T) students (grades KN-05) love to learn and are always coming up with new unique ideas. In fact, our guiding principles are to think outside the box, to love to learn and to create something new.

In the past students have created everything from their own unique holiday, the ideal city, invented their own original games, created a personal quilt, constructed robots, and so much more.

My Project

My students do a variety of projects throughout the year. Being able to design projects beyond what they are currently able to do, and cut a variety of materials - safely, only enhances the authentic learning for students.

Being able to utilize a machine like the Cricut will allow students to imagine and create beyond markers and paper.

It will provide a greater sense of ownership in their completed projects as they will be able to make more a more professional level looking completed project. A tool such as this allows them to see what can be accomplished using technology to assist.

Mr. Messer Hinton
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Maker, Champagne • Amazon Business $329.00 1 $329.00

Materials cost

$329.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$363.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.22

Total project goal

$428.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $428.16

4 Donors

-$405.16

Donations toward project cost

-$344.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.77

match offer

-$23.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$19.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.45

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 $0.00

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