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Mrs. Chalmers from Albany NY is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ticonderoga Pencils will Help our Students Learn! Please Help US!

Help me give my students pencils that work. Ticonderoga pencils are great pencils that can withstand being sharpened and students can use them without the lead falling out of the pencil.

  • 2 donors
  • $177 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement. Ticonderoga Pencils will help my students be more engaged in their learning activities versus getting up out of their seats to continuously sharpen their pencils. Which leads to distractions and students playing as they get up to get pencils. Ticonderoga pencils work very well. They are sturdy and made well. The Ticonderoga pencils will last and students can focus on completing their tasks instead of worrying about a broken pencil.

Please help our students, Ticonderoga pencils are pricey and most of the parents of our students do not buy pencils such as Ticonderoga pencils.

We use pencils throughout the entire day. We use pencils for assessments and they have to color in the bubbles on the bubble sheets. We use pencils to write three paragraph essays. We use pencils to solve our math problems. We use pencils throughout the entire day.

It would really help us if our students had pencils that worked well, and had pencils to use. Most of my students do not have supplies and pencils to use. Our families try and they do their best, however sometimes getting pencils for school is not a priority. Our families are great people, however some of them are going through some tough times.

Mrs. Chalmers
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ticonderoga Golf/Compass Pencils with Erasers, Pack of 72 • School Specialty $17.99 6 $107.94

Materials cost

$107.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.79

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$150.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.53

Total project goal

$176.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $176.88

1 Donor

-$88.43

Donations toward project cost

-$75.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.26

match offer

-$88.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$75.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.27

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 $0.00

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