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Mrs. A. Martinez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inner City Kinder Kids Are Artists!

Help me give my students art supplies such as an art easel, paper, felt tip pens, construction paper, and crayola markers to develop their artistic talent!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. A. Martinez's classroom raised $595

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

My students are creative and intelligent! I am a Kindergarten teacher at a small inner city public elementary school in a high poverty area of Los Angeles. My Title I school students where 100% receive free lunch. We have been greatly affected by the budget cuts to education in California and we are experiencing more budget cuts this year.

My students deserve to have the resources they need to learn at school.

Please help my young students get the resources they need to become successful!

My Project

Your donation will give my young kindergarten students the tools they need to express themselves through art and more opportunities to create individual works of art on a daily basis. My kindergarteners will use these tools in a variety of academic subjects. My students will use Crayola markers on a daily basis to draw and share their personal experiences. My students will use the construction paper and collage materials to make books, create art collages and to illustrate their ideas.

These experiences will provide a vocabulary for children and a way of helping them talk about their own processes, products, and the works of other artists.

Their engagement with the forms of learning in art—drawing, painting, printing, constructing, modeling, and sculpting—all involve the use and understanding of the following elements and principles within the visual-spatial domain of artistic learning.

Mrs. A. Martinez Farmdale 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.

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Nearly all 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

26 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
GG824 - Indoor⁄Outdoor 3-Station Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $189.00 1 $189.00
21218-1109 - Crayola Classic Original Marker Set - Assorted Colors, Broad Tip, Set of 256 • Blick Art Materials $71.36 1 $71.36
Staples 8.5" x 11" Copy Paper, 20 lbs, 92 Brightness, 5000/Carton (135848) • Staples Advantage $40.73 1 $40.73
Paper Mate Flair Felt Pens, Medium Point, Black Ink, 12/Pack (8430152) • Staples Advantage $18.89 2 $37.78
CA110 - Mavalus® Stick Anywhere Tape Pack - White • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
SE201 - Kinetic Sensory Sand - 2.2-Pound Bag • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
FF491 - Alphabet Collage Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
FG639 - Yarn Laces with Tips • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
TA50WT - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - White • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 4 $4.76
TA50VT - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Violet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50RG - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50HP - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Hot Pink • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50DW - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Dark Brown • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50YE - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50DG - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Dark Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50BU - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38
TA50RD - Construction Paper - 9" x 12" Pack - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.19 2 $2.38

Materials cost

$429.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$505.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.18

Total project goal

$594.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$594.56

9 Donors

-$381.04

Donations toward project cost

-$339.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.41

match offer

-$195.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$165.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.52

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$0.00

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