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Ms. Mendoza from San Rafael CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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First Year Teacher!

Help me give my students the necessary books and materials for learning in a 3rd grade classroom.

  • 11 donors
  • $882 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Project

As a first-year teacher, I ask for your help in providing my third-grade students with the necessary materials to help them grow this upcoming 2024-2025 school year. A printer will be very beneficial for having quick access to printing materials for students. A mail sorter would help promote students with organizational skills by getting into the habit of keeping their finished work in one place and checking it each day. An electric pencil sharpener is an essential piece of equipment in any classroom as well, especially for a new classroom. I am also looking forward to building my classroom library with book series that'll interest the students.

Please help fund a first-year teacher with materials such as a printer, mail sorter, pencil sharpener, and books for our third-grade classroom library so students can thrive!

Ms. Mendoza
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AdirOffice Classroom Mailbox - Wooden Literature Organizer, Construction Paper Storage Organizer, Mail Sorter with Slots, Office Mailboxes with Removable Shelf (27 Slot, White) • Amazon Business $212.95 1 $212.95
Brother HL-L2460DW - printer - B/W - laser • Best Buy Education $159.99 1 $159.99
Junie B. Jones Books in a Bus 28-Book Boxed Set: The Complete Collection: Books 1-28 • Amazon Business $120.31 1 $120.31
My Weird School 21-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $54.91 1 $54.91
Bad Guys Book Series 1-10 • Amazon Business $39.90 1 $39.90
Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles: The Complete Series: Books 1-6 (Minecraft Woosdword Chronicles) • Amazon Business $34.97 1 $34.97
Electric Pencil Sharpener Heavy Duty, 6 Holes, Auto Stop AFMAT Pencil Sharpeners for School, Classroom Electric Sharpener for 6-11mm Pencils, 7000 Sharpening Times, Do not Eat up Colored Pencils • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99

Materials cost

$650.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $59.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$749.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.22

Total project goal

$881.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $881.47

10 Donors

-$671.18

Donations toward project cost

-$600.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.68

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.29

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 $0.00

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