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Mrs. Polo Oates from El Paso, TX is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Replenish Science Supplies

Help me give my students science supplies that we need to replenish, please!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Polo Oates's classroom raised $209

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 Project

My classroom consists of various grade levels together! As you can imagine, there are many questions asked throughout the day, lots of talking, lots of exploring, and so much curiosity!

You will never come into my classroom and see a quiet classroom!

My students are in all parts of our classroom investigating, learning, problem solving, questioning, wondering, working as a team, you name it!

I do many activities that both fit our state standards and hands-on for my students! But by doing so, at times we run through materials and basic supplies pretty fast!

I would love help replenishing staples to help us put up our learnings and findings on the wall to display, baking soda for exploring with matter, air replacement filters to help our indoor air, ball beads chains to make key chains with things that my students made, and lastly the rock polisher tumbler kit to polish more rocks during our rock investigation lessons!

Mrs. Polo Oates Herrera 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.

El Paso, TX View local requests

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

40 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Rock Tumbler Media – Rock Polisher Tumbler Kit, 4 Stage Tumbling Grit and Polish, Ceramic Pellets, GemFoam Polishing Foam, 3 lbs Madagascar Rocks, Great for All Rock Polishers • Amazon Business $47.49 1 $47.49
115115 Replacement Filters A for Winix PlasmaWave 5300, 6300, 5300-2, 6300-2, C535, P300,9000, 5000, 5000B Air Purifier, 2 x True HEPA Size 21 Filter Plus 8 x Carbon Pre-Filters • Amazon Business $35.99 1 $35.99
Pure Original Ingredients Baking Soda (1 Gallon) Aluminum Free, Cooking, Baking, Cleaning & More • Amazon Business $33.99 1 $33.99
100Pcs Ball Beads Chain, Bulk Dog Tag Metal Chain, 4.72 Inch Ball Chain Keychains with Connectors for Hanging Christmas Decoration (Mixed Color) • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
Arrow 508 Heavy Duty T50 1/2-Inch Staples for Upholstery, Construction, Furniture, Crafts, 1250-Pack • Amazon Business $3.94 1 $3.94

Materials cost

$145.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$177.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.33

Total project goal

$208.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$208.89

2 Donors

-$97.83

Donations toward project cost

-$94.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.42

match offer

-$97.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$83.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.24

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$0.00

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