You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mr. Garcia from Brownsville, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mr. Garcia is requesting

Tools for Academic Success

My students need notebooks, pencils, crayons, tissues, scissors, and glue.

  • $561 goal

This project expired on August 1, 2016.

This project expired on August 1, 2016.

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 Students

My students come to school ready to learn. Most work twice as hard because they have to conquer the English barrier. Their parents only speak Spanish, but they put them into an English class. They get excited learning information, so they can go home and teach their parents.

The majority of my students live with just one parent and many siblings.

They come to school with limited supplies. I have gratefully spent my money for them, but it is not enough. They smile when given a supply they can't afford. They are hard working children who have issues they can't control. My students come to school happy and hiding their home life with a smile. They are dressed in the same clothes they wear two or three times a week. They walk their little siblings to their classroom. They are proud of their recently built school. They pride themselves by having the only Green School in the area. Our school has solar powered lights in some areas and a water collecting tank to water plants.

My Project

My students can not afford buying pencils for the whole year, so this program will help with this problem. Our wall sharpener eats the little pencils my students do bring to school away. They spend a lot of time at the sharpener trying to get it sharp. They rather try getting a point by trying with their scissors. We live in a high allergen area with their homes being filthy, so my students are constantly sniffling. Only five of my twenty-two students purchased Kleenex boxes, so we are in need of Kleenex. My students have large families who can not afford buying supplies for all the siblings. They often share scissor and even ask to go to their siblings classroom to borrow scissors.

My students come with little confidence, so this project will allow them to feel good knowing they have what they need for the day.

Students will no longer need to look down at the floor for pencils when our custodians are sweeping. I have seen students steal pencils just to do work. Homework is often not completed because they don't have pencils at home. If they do complete homework, they usually forget their pencils at home. This project will alleviate there problems.

Mr. Garcia Dora Romero Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Brownsville, 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

22 students impacted

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mr. Garcia is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
PAPER NOTEBOOK 10.5'' X 8'' 70 SHT/140PG - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $1.77 50 $88.50
PENCIL TICONDEROGA #2 PACK OF 96 • School Specialty $18.10 4 $72.40
PENCIL CRAYOLA COLORED FULL SIZE PK/12 • School Specialty $2.41 24 $57.84
TISSUE FACIAL KLEENEX • School Specialty $2.52 20 $50.40
CRAYONS CRAYOLA TUCK STD SIZE SET OF 24 • School Specialty $1.98 24 $47.52
SCISSOR KIDS 5'' BLUNT PACK OF 12 - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $16.68 2 $33.36
SHARPENER PENCIL ELEC 4X8.25X6 BLK EPI1799 • School Specialty $33.15 1 $33.15
GLUE STICK .74OZ WHITE P/12 SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $8.51 2 $17.02

Materials cost

$400.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $40.02

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.04

Total project goal

$560.25

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Garcia and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"TX","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":561,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/tools-for-academic-success/1956921/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":22,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Garcia","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-12449901","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Brownsville","teachersOnPage":[3559687],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":1956921,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":102741,"schoolName":"Dora Romero Elementary School","authorIds":{"3559687":{"owner":"Mr. Garcia","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1956921],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp3559687_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1459618763600","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":20743166,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":3559687,"schoolCounty":"Cameron","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"TX","name":"Texas"}}