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

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Kindergarten Authors

Help me give my students a fun way to express themselves through writing.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Schirding's classroom raised $508

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 Students

Our Kindergarten students are wonderful and caring children with a bright educational future ahead of them. I want to provide my new students with the right start they need and deserve when they begin their educational careers. My goal is to make their first school experience a tremendous one.

Our students are motivated to learn, play, and achieve success!

Our school has made tremendous gains over the past 12 years, moving from one of the lowest-performing schools in the area to achieving the honor of being named a Distinguished School! We are an example of a community of students, teachers, parents, and staff, all working together for academic achievement. Our hope is that many of our students will be the first generation in their family to go to college!

My Project

I would love for my students to have individual writing journal to collect their writing and illustrations throughout the year. These journals will show how much their writing and drawings have developed from the first day of school.

My students are going to love learning to write in their new writing journals.

In addition, the crayons will provide my students with more colors to choose from when they are illustrating their writing. Currently, my students only have a box of 8 crayons with basic colors. They often ask me for pink, light blue, gray, and white and we don't have those colors. They will be so excited to have a larger variety of colors to use daily.

Our kindergarten students begin learning to write by drawing and explaining their story. They can do this in their new journals. As they develop into writers, it will be so amazing to see how far they have come!

Mrs. Schirding Garvanza 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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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
VX276Z - 12-Color Jumbo Crayons - Dozen Packs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $46.99 4 $187.96
AA787 - My First Draw & Write Journal - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 5 $174.95

Materials cost

$362.91

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$33.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.16

Total project goal

$507.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$507.72

3 Donors

-$375.00

Donations toward project cost

-$326.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.75

match offer

-$123.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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$0.00

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