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Mrs. Kadel from Bakersfield CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We See Beauty Everywhere We Go!

Help me give my students the necessary tools to complete their campus beautification projects. My students need a Cricut Machine to place educational and inspirational quotes around campus for everyone to enjoy.

  • $1,000 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

The students at my school come from low income households with more than 80% receiving free and reduced lunch. All of the students here are bused in from surrounding neighborhoods. This makes it hard for the students to have a sense of pride in our school.

Education is beautification of the inner world and outer world.

Kids want an environment that makes them feel comfortable, safe and happy. When kids like what they see, they want to be at school. The purpose of beautifying a campus and creating a community service committee is to use education to involve students in community service. This allows students to see and understand the importance of giving back in our school community as well as the outside community.

Our school was built in the 1940's and has been lacking in the 21st century feel for some time. This project will teach students to have pride in their school. It will allow them to understand what it takes to give back to the community and why that is important.

My Project

My students want to place educational quotes in the hallways, sports quotes in the gym and positive messages throughout our campus to improve the way every student feels about school. They want every student to feel valuable, loved and respected, ultimately their goal is to make every student feel welcomed and included with simple sayings.

My students are eager to perform random acts of kindness as a part of our campus beautification and community service class.

My students need the tools to carry out a list of projects that will benefit others. With our Cricut machine we will be improving our hallways, bathrooms and common areas with permanent vinyl cutouts with motivational and educational sayings. This project will allow my students to be a part of something greater and give back to their fellow students and teachers. We need a printer and paper to print motivational quotes, speakers for the teacher to show community service project videos and a speaker to carry outside of the classroom while the students carry out these projects. These projects will allow my students to step outside of their familiar environments and see what it's like to expand their horizons and truly do something that will benefit others.

My students have planned, implemented and successfully worked outside of the classroom to improve the appearance of our school cafeteria and cannot wait to start working on another project. These materials will allow them to start spreading joy around our school.

Mrs. Kadel
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cricut Explore Air 2 Bundle - 40 Sheets of Vinyl/Transfer Tape, Basic Tool Kit, and 30 Pack Pen Set. • Amazon Business $305.42 1 $305.42
Brother Compact Monochrome Laser Printer, HLL2395DW, Flatbed Copy & Scan, Wireless Printing, NFC, Cloud-Based Printing & Scanning, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled • Amazon Business $122.28 1 $122.28
12 Pack of Oracal Glossy 12 Inches by 6 Feet Rolls - 12 Rolls of 651 Permanent Adhesive Vinyl • Amazon Business $44.99 2 $89.98
Luxja Carrying Bag Compatible with Cricut Explore Air and Maker, Tote Bag Compatible with Cricut Explore Air and Supplies, Bag Only, Purple • Amazon Business $56.99 1 $56.99
[with CHIP] Arcon 2PK Compatible for Brother TN-760 TN760 TN730 HL-L2395DW HL-L2350DW Toner Cartridge Brother DCP-L2550DW MFC-L2710DW HL-L2390DW MFC-L2750DW HL-L2370DWXL HL-L2370DW MFC-L2750DWXL Ink • Amazon Business $43.29 1 $43.29
Logitech Z313 Speaker System • Amazon Business $39.45 1 $39.45
DOSS Touch Wireless Bluetooth V4.0 Portable Speaker with HD Sound and Bass (Black) • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
MK Mat for Cricut Silhouette - 12"x24" - Standard Stick Pink Cutting Mat (3 Pack) - by Miss Kate Cuttables • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Neenah Cardstock, 8.5" x 11", Heavy-Weight, White, 94 Brightness, 300 Sheets (91437) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Sabrent 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub with Individual Power Switches and LEDs (HB-UMLS) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Oracal 651 Matte Permanent Vinyl 12 Inch x 6 Feet - White • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
ORACAL 651 Permanent Vinyl, Matte Black • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95

Materials cost

$740.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$67.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$849.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.85

Total project goal

$999.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$999.01

2 Donors

-$999.01

Donations toward project cost

-$849.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.85

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$0.00

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