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Ms. Zepeda from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Just The Basics

Help me give my students Communicator Parent Teacher folders, dry erase markers and erasers, and pencil to have the basic for the new year.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Zepeda's classroom raised $216

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

My amazing students love coming to school to learn. They are becoming fluent readers and writers. They are also becoming amazing mathematicians.

We are in need of new homework folders in order to transport our homework back and forth from home and school and make sure it is in a safe place.

This folder also helps me send important flyers to parents so they can be informed about all the events happening in school.

We use our white boards daily and with that we are running low on dry erase markers. These tools will help us continue to show our work on our boards and we can use the erasers to erase and begin again. Also, we need more pencils. Since we are always writing, drawing, and solving math problems, we are in need of more pencils to continue to do our daily learning.

All these basic materials are what we need they most to secure that we keep on having a successful year.

We hope you can help us get the materials needed to be successful.

Ms. Zepeda Gates 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.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nicky's Folder® English Communicator, Parent-Teacher Folder, Patented Tear-Resistant, Flexible Plastic, 2 Inside Pockets, 2 Exterior Sleeves, Letter Size Paper, Single Color (24 Pack) (Green) • Amazon Business $57.49 1 $57.49
Dixon Ticonderoga My First Tri-Write Neon Pencils - Set of 12 • Blick Art Materials $9.96 4 $39.84
LAZGOL Dry Erase Markers Bulk, 96 Pack Fine Point Tip Black Dry Erase Markers, Low Odor Whiteboard Markers for Back to School, Office, Home, Work On White board & Calendar, Refrigerator. • Amazon Business $20.89 1 $20.89
Dry Erase Eraser, CUTEFA 48 Pack Magnetic Whiteboard Dry Erasers, Mini Whiteboard Eraser, Dry Erase Board Erasers, White Board Erasers for Kids Classroom (2 x 2 x 0.79 Inch) (03, 4 Color) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$129.21

Vendor shipping charges

$9.95

Sales tax

$11.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$182.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.28

Total project goal

$215.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$215.20

2 Donors

-$97.09

Donations toward project cost

-$97.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$100.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.13

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$0.00

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