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Ms. Porter from Phillipsburg NJ is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Pencils And A Sharpener Please!

My students need pencils and a good sharpener. Pencils aren't made the way they used to be...they break and don't sharpen right anymore.

  • $180 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Pencils are not made the way they used to be. They break often and don't sharpen properly. Kids are often frustrated because their pencil points break constantly!

My students are mostly economically disadvantaged.

The ones who are able bring in their own pencils, and often share them with the rest. However, I don't feel like this is fair. I want to offer my kids as many pencils as they want/need; rather than me saying, "where is the pencil I just gave you this morning?"

My Project

Seems simple, pencils and a sharpener! But in a classroom a good pencil and a good sharpener is like a hammer and level to a carpenter. Good work often starts with a nice good pencil point. It's a shame that my students can't get as many pencils as they need and our sharpeners we have just "eat up" our pencils!

We would love to have an abundant supply of pencils in our room.

It would be wonderful to have a mug full of beautiful sharpened pencils, for anyone at anytime. I believe their work would look neater which would enforce self pride in their products...something many of my students are taught or modeled at home!

Ms. Porter
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PENCIL SHARPENER ELECTRIC 1744 BLACK • ABC School Supply, Inc $54.10 1 $54.10
PENCIL TICONDEROGA #2 PACK OF 96 • ABC School Supply, Inc $17.00 3 $51.00

Materials cost

$105.10

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.51

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$152.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.86

Total project goal

$179.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $179.05

1 Donor

-$179.05

Donations toward project cost

-$152.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.86

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 $0.00

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