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Mrs. CHAVEZ from Mission, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Writing With Depth

The cost of scissors, colored paper, glue sticks, chart paper, colored pencils, colors and other miscellaneous supplies is $801, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. CHAVEZ's classroom raised $820

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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.

Writing comes from the heart. I tell my students that writing helps them find their true self. What lies buried beneath the rubble that teenage life creates, will emerge when they pour their heart on paper. For many of my students, writing is a form of therapy; it allows for a teenager to voice what can't be said to a schoolmate or a parent. In my classroom, students explore the writing process by writing about life and the experiences it brings. We use hands-on strategies to deepen our writing. These hands-on activities require basic school supplies such as scissors, colored paper, glue sticks, chart paper, colored pencils, etc. Students use these items to implement the strategies provided by New Jersey Writing Project of Texas. One such example is called "framing," a strategy in which a student picks a word from his/her essay, cuts a picture frame out of colored paper, and places it above the chosen word. The student then elaborates on a word by focusing on a close physical detail and zooming in so that the reader can "see it, hear it, feel it." Unfortunately, it becomes costly for a teacher to buy a set of 30 for each item. Students are asked to bring their own materials, but most of our students live in an extremely high poverty area. Money at home does not allow for spending on colors for a teenager. A 50% dropout rate shows many of our students lack motivation to succeed. A student just told me, "You are the first person to make me think. Thank you! I have never written like this before." With tears in his eyes he repeated "thank you" and walked away. I want to be able to make every child walk away knowing there is much more inside him/her to be retrieved and written down. Writing is a process that allows us to find our true self. Help me teach students to find and write about what is buried under the rubble in their life.

Mrs. CHAVEZ Palmview High School Grades 9-12

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wausau Bright White Premium Card Stock, 8 1/2quot x 11quot, 65 Lb, 96 Brightness, Pack Of 250 Sheets • Office Depot Inc. $13.99 2 $27.98
Pacon Chart Pad, 1quot Ruled, 24quot x 32quot • Office Depot Inc. $11.99 10 $119.90
Wausau Astrobrights(R) Bright Color Paper Assortment, 8 1/2quot x 11quot, 24 Lb, 89 Brightness, Assorted Colors, Ream Of 500 Sheets • Office Depot Inc. $11.29 3 $33.87
Sanford(R) Sharpie(R) Flip Chart(TM) Markers, Set Of 8 Colors • Office Depot Inc. $6.65 3 $19.95
Pacon Chart Tablet, 1 1/2quot Ruled, 24quot x 32quot • Office Depot Inc. $5.99 5 $29.95
Office Depot(R) Glue Sticks, 032 Oz, Clear, Pack Of 12 • Office Depot Inc. $5.66 5 $28.30
Binney amp Smith Crayola(R) Colored Pencils, Set Of 24 Colors • Office Depot Inc. $4.19 5 $20.95
Mead(R) Notebook, 3 Subjects, 9 1/2quot x 6quot, 150 Pages • Office Depot Inc. $3.59 50 $179.50
Office Depot(R) Wood Pencils, 2 Medium Soft Lead, Pack Of 72 • Office Depot Inc. $3.59 3 $10.77
Pacon Kaleidoscope Tag Sentence Strip, 1 1/2quot Ruled, Pack Of 100 • Office Depot Inc. $3.39 2 $6.78
Binney amp Smith Crayola(R) Colored Pencils, Set Of 12 Colors • Office Depot Inc. $2.49 10 $24.90
Sanford(R) American Checking Pencils, Red, Box Of 12 • Office Depot Inc. $2.42 2 $4.84
Binney amp Smith Crayola(R) Standard Crayon Set, Assorted Colors, Box Of 24 • Office Depot Inc. $1.89 20 $37.80
Falcon Stainless Steel Scissors, 5quot Sharp • Office Depot Inc. $1.16 30 $34.80

Materials cost

$580.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$672.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.60

Total project goal

$820.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $820.00

9 Donors

-$728.65

Donations toward project cost

-$672.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$91.35

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