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Mrs. Arias from Millsboro DE is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Pencil Sharpener for Sharp Writing

Help me give my students a new pencil sharpener and pencils. We are at the point in the year where supplies are running low, but we still have five months left of school.

  • $156 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are creative, thoughtful and full of questions! They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions! They come to school each day ready to try new things and take brave chances in order to grow both personally and academically. Truly, they are my inspiration!

More than a third of my students come from a low income household without many resources.

This doesn't stop them from being ready and excited to learn each day. They push me to be a better teacher so that they can reach their full potential every day!

My Project

My fourth grade students are learning to become good writers, which means we go through pencils like crazy. Our best pencil sharpener was broken last week, and that has made it very hard to focus on our writing. Individual pencil sharpeners make such a mess, so I need to purchase a new one for the class.

My students work hard and come to school ready to learn each day.

One of the basic necessities is pencils. We are halfway through the year and supplies are dwindling. In order to make it through the rest of the year, we need more pencils and a new sharpener.

Mrs. Arias
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
X-ACTO School Pro Classroom Electric Pencil Sharpener, Blue, 1 Count • Amazon Business $30.37 2 $60.74
Ticonderoga Pencils, Wood-Cased, Graphite #2 HB Soft, Yellow, 96-Pack (13872) • Amazon Business $9.95 4 $39.80

Materials cost

$100.54

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$132.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.30

Total project goal

$155.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$155.35

3 Donors

-$152.71

Donations toward project cost

-$132.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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$0.00

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