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Mrs. Coltrain from Norfolk VA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Everybody Loves a Laminator!

Help me give my students this equipment that we really need in our school to keep our important educational STEA(rt)M materials in tip-top shape!

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Our students would benefit from having a laminator here at school to protect the STEA(rt)M lesson visual aids and project examples that I use to teach them in my art classes. Its my hope that these projects bring them together with their families, school community, local businesses, and community leaders to facilitate hands-on projects promoting kindness, inclusivity, and social and emotional learning. Its not just STEM that we're learning here, its STEAM!

We incorporate ART into the lessons about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!

We're making masterpieces at our school to help promote a kinder, more accepting, and more inclusive environment for all our lifelong little learners. My students need a new laminator machine to laminate our lesson materials to prevent wear and tear.

The machine is expensive and we have gone without a new laminator for as long as I have worked here, which is 24 years.

Mrs. Coltrain
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GBC HeatSeal Pinnacle EZLoad Thermal Laminator, 27" Width, Blue and Gray (1701720EZ) • Quill.com $2,375.99 1 $2,375.99

Materials cost

$2,375.99

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$35.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,441.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$430.88

Total project goal

$2,872.51

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Total project goal

 $2,872.51

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 $2,872.51

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