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Ms. K from Santa Cruz, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help a First Year Teacher

Help me give my students a safe, colorful, and organized 2nd grade classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. K's classroom raised $182

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

Please consider donating to fund a purchase of the last few items I need to establish my second grade classroom in my first year of teaching. Each item on the list will help me maintain my classroom as safe, colorful, and organized. All items are ones that in the first two weeks of school, I have realized would really help me in my teaching, or ones that students use quickly and will be used all year such as soap, tissues, and pencils. I appreciate your support in providing a rich education for my second graders!

Ms. K Gault Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Santa Cruz, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

23 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sharpie© Ultra-Fine Point Markers - Box of 12 - Black • Nasco $14.50 2 $29.00
Dixon Ticonderoga Laddie No. 2 Pencil - Box of 12 • Blick Art Materials $4.92 4 $19.68
Kleenex Boutique Standard Facial Tissues 2-Ply 90 Sheets/Box 6/Pack (21271) • Staples $14.69 1 $14.69
Lakeshore Heavy-Duty Supply Cups - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $8.99 1 $8.99
Method Foaming Hand Soap Refill Waterfall 28 Fl. Oz. (328107) • Staples $8.19 1 $8.19
Astrobrights Colored Paper 24 lbs. 8.5 x 11 Radiant Assortment 300 Sheets/Ream (91642) • Staples $8.15 1 $8.15
BIC Wite-Out Correction Tape White 4/Pack (50589) • Staples $7.28 1 $7.28
Scotch Blue Painter's Masking Tape Blue 3 Core 1 x 60yds. (2090) • Staples $4.78 1 $4.78

Materials cost

$100.76

Vendor shipping charges

$12.85

Sales tax

$9.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$154.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.24

Total project goal

$181.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$181.58

6 Donors

-$181.58

Donations toward project cost

-$154.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.24

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$0.00

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