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Ms. Pantuliano from Brooklyn NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Point of a Pencil

My students need 100 pencils and 25 hand held pencil sharpeners.

  • $402 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Point the way! Everyone loves to have a pencil with a sharp point. We use pencils for our daily work. Needless to say, the quantity of pencils used over the course of a school year is rather large.

My students are industrious and eager to learn.

In order to accomplish this and reach their goals, they need proper supplies. We always need pencils. Students, unfortunately, do not always come to school withal the necessary supplies. This is not due to any fault of their own. They want to do their work. They want to succeed. They need support in order to do this.

My Project

A substantial amount of pencils will provide my students with the necessary tools for their daily endeavors. Not having the proper tools, or not enough of them, can really slow down the learning process. Since we use pencils for all of our work, we need to have a sufficient amount at our fingertips (both literally, and figuratively). Hand held pencil sharpeners will allow my students to maintain a sharp point on their pencils so that their work will always be neat and legible. These sharpeners are silent, so they will not disturb the other students as they work.

Please consider funding this project.

It isn't a flashy project, but one that supports "flash". These pencils will be part of the creation of exquisite writing pieces, monumental math discoveries, and a myriad of other accomplishments. Thank you for your support. It is greatly appreciated.

Ms. Pantuliano
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
#2 PENCIL MIRADO PACK OF 12 • ABC School Supply, Inc $2.08 100 $208.00
SHARPENER HAND HELD • ABC School Supply, Inc $2.84 25 $71.00

Materials cost

$279.00

Vendor shipping charges

$27.90

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$341.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.19

Total project goal

$401.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$401.27

2 Donors

-$200.63

Donations toward project cost

-$170.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.09

match offer

-$200.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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