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Mrs. Barstow from Trenton, NJ is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Students Make the Cut

Help me give my students a CricutMaker 3 cutting machine to enable me to prepare proportionally scaled shapes and letters from a variety of materials for arts integrated projects combining math and literacy with visual arts.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Barstow's classroom raised $589

This project is fully funded

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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

My students, although economically disadvantaged, are the best! We are an urban school in Trenton NJ with a high concentration of English Language Learners. Students come to my classroom happy and motivated to learn.

I would like to get a cricut maker 3 machine for my classroom so that we can easily cut out shapes and letters for arts integrated lessons, from a variety of materials.

I have lessons on collaborative Gee's Bend quilting, and a variety of other math integrated lessons planned for my primary school students. Having materials pre-cut to scale will help my students to be creative while grasping concepts in their core content areas as well.

Mrs. Barstow Washington 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.

Trenton, NJ View local requests

More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Maker 3 - Smart Cutting Machine, 2X Faster & 10X Cutting Force, Matless Cutting with Smart Materials, Cuts 300+ Materials, Bluetooth Connectivity, Compatible with iOS, Android, Windows & Mac • Amazon Business $429.00 1 $429.00
Cricut Roll Holder -With Built in Trimmer – Perfect for Clean Precise Cuts of Cricut Smart Vinyl and Heat Transfer Vinyl Iron On – Compatible with Cricut Maker 3 and Cricut Explore 3,White • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99

Materials cost

$462.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$499.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.22

Total project goal

$588.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$588.15

5 Donors

-$331.57

Donations toward project cost

-$281.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.73

Matching donations from our partners

-$256.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$218.09

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.49

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$0.00

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