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Ms. Varela from El Monte, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making an Impression With Color!

Help me give my students a colored printer to better present their reports, charts, and portfolios.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Varela's classroom raised $378

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 a wonderful group of third graders. They come to school ready and eager to learn; however, we are Title I school and have a high population of low income families, some of them are living at or near the poverty level. Because our families are on very limited budgets, some students don't have a backpack to hold their school supplies, yet our families love and care very much for their children and want the best education for them. Our students deserve to have every opportunity to be academically successful.

My Project

My third graders do a lot of typing and insert pictures, charts and graphs on their reports. It would be incredible if they could use a colored printer to print these out to be spectacular.

We have a classroom printer however the pictures come out blurry and unclear.

If we are lucky enough to get a colored printer, my students would be proud of their colorful reports. I would be able to use this colored printer for years to come. Please donate to my project to help my third graders produce quality reports and better prepare them for their academic future.

Ms. Varela Cherrylee Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

El Monte, 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
HP Color LaserJet Pro M254dw - printer - color - laser • Best Buy Education $262.52 1 $262.52

Materials cost

$262.52

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$24.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$320.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.56

Total project goal

$377.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$377.04

4 Donors

-$251.36

Donations toward project cost

-$213.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.70

match offer

-$125.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.83

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.85

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$0.00

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