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Ms. Torres from N Hills, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It's Ok To Get Messy! We Love To Paint!

My students need a Space Saver Mobile Art Center, paint cups with carrier, easel paper, & a storage center to develop their creativity and fine motor skills in preschool.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Torres's classroom raised $552

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 Students

My preschool students love to paint every day! Consequently, we use tons of art supplies throughout the school year. Painting is a great tool that allows my students to explore, create, learn, care, share, and work cooperatively.

My preschool students are a great group of 24 children who come to school ready to discover and learn new concepts through our fun yet meaningful hands-on activities.

In our school we serve low-income children and their families. But despite their socio-economic status, my students are always ready and eager to learn.

My Project

Can we paint? That is what I hear from my students every day. Painting is a fun way to help them develop their fine motor skills as they also learn colors and shapes. After a few months my students will also begin to form letters and numbers with paint. I'm requesting a Mobile Art Center (easel) and other painting supplies like paint cups, paper, a paper organizer, smocks, and markers to help us organize our art center and foster our children's creativity. We just moved to another classroom and we don't have an easel right now. Your generous donation of painting supplies will help my preschoolers develop their fine motor skills and love for the arts as well. It doesn't matter if they get messy!

Current budget cuts to early education in California are limiting our resources in the classroom.

Please donate and help our students learn while they have fun creating! They will appreciate it!

Ms. Torres Noble Early Education Center 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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More than three‑quarters 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
EE365 - Space-Saver Mobile Art Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
RR269 - Lakeshore Paper Storage Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99
TA4412 - White Drawing Paper - 12" x 18" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $17.99 1 $17.99
LC323 - Heavy-Duty Toddler Vinyl Paint Smock - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 3 $17.97
LC987 - Newsprint Easel Paper - 16" x 17 1/2" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 2 $15.98
Super Sharpie Permanent Markers Fine Point, Black, 1 Dozen • Quill.com $15.29 1 $15.29
TA5316 - Fingerpaint Paper • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 2 $13.98
LA822 - Paint Cup Carrier • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99
Easel Paper Roll White, 18" x 75' • Quill.com $6.11 2 $12.22
LA820X - Lakeshore No-Spill Paint Cups - 10-Color Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.99 1 $10.99
TD273 - White Tagboard - 12" x 18" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$396.39

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$468.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.70

Total project goal

$551.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$551.31

58 Donors

-$264.27

Donations toward project cost

-$235.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.12

match offer

-$275.66

Match offer toward project cost

-$234.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.38

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$0.00

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