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Mrs. Valasek from Lower Burrell, PA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Staying Sharp

Help me give my students new pencil sharpeners to keep us on point.

  • $164 goal

This project expired on August 25, 2025.

This project expired on August 25, 2025.

My Project

My students use pencils for every single subject. Please help us get new pencil sharpeners. The electric sharpeners will help us save so much time from stopping to sharpen pencils in the middle of our lesson. I have purchased other options over the years and nothing ever seems to last.

A reliable pencil sharpener will reduce the time that students spend finding sharpened pencils and will minimize classroom disruptions.

Being able to sharpen pencils in the classroom is crucial to student success and adding new sharpeners would save time in our classroom giving students access to quickly sharpen several pencils to have ready to go each morning. We will keep one of them exclusively for colored pencils too.

Mrs. Valasek Bon Air Elementary School Grades 3-5 Lower Burrell, PA View local requests

Half 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

44 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AFMAT Electric Pencil Sharpener for Colored Pencils 7-11.5mm, Robot Pencil Sharpener, Fully Automatic Rechargeable Hands-Free Pencil Sharpener for Large Pencils, Home, Classroom, Battery Operated • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
Heavy Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener, 6 Holes, AFMAT Classroom Pencil Sharpener for 6-11mm Pencils, Auto Stop, Super Fast, Never Eat Pencils, School Teacher Must Have Pencil Sharpeners Plug in, Pink • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
Electric Pencil Sharpener Heavy Duty, 6 Holes, Auto Stop AFMAT Pencil Sharpeners for School, Classroom Electric Sharpener for 6-11mm Pencils, 7000 Sharpening Times, Do not Eat up Colored Pencils • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
AFMAT Electric Pencil Sharpener, Pencil Sharpener for Colored Pencils, Auto Stop, Super Sharp & Fast, Electric Pencil Sharpener Plug in for 6-12mm No.2/Colored Pencils/Office/Home-Black • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$106.98

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$138.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.46

Total project goal

$163.04

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