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Mrs. Santos from Baytown, TX is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Responsibility: Messy Room No More!

Help me give my students a stick vacuum cleaner to help promote responsibility and to help our hard working custodians.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Santos's classroom raised $386

This project is fully funded

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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

This vacuum will help teach my students responsibility and help build culture and pride in the classroom.

Accidents happen, and when they do, students will either try to pick up their messes, but not get it all because they don’t have the right tools, or they will try to hide it because they know there’s no vacuum and they aren’t able to pick it up by hand.

A big part of learning in the classroom revolves around classroom management and an emphasis on responsibility and respect. A cordless vacuum is an easy and quick way for students to have access to a tool to clean up after themselves. It’s also a great way to help students have pride in their classroom because they are taking part in cleaning up their personal space. It builds empathy for others as well since they are learning to care for a space and clean it up so that others don't have to. This is extra necessary as there is a shortage of custodians. This will alleviate some of the extra load they have had to taken on.

Mrs. Santos Miraibeau B. Lamar Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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.

Baytown, 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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Shark - Cordless Pet Plus Stick Vacuum with Anti-Allergen Complete Seal & PowerFins, Self-Cleaning Brushroll - Blue • Best Buy Education $293.40 1 $293.40

Materials cost

$293.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.85

Total project goal

$385.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$385.65

1 Donor

-$192.82

Donations toward project cost

-$163.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.92

match offer

-$192.82

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.90

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.92

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$0.00

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