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Mrs. Melissa Smith from Spooner, WI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rat a Tat, Splash, Squeeze, and Whoosh With Supplies!

My students need art and classroom supplies to create projects to inspire learning and creativity.

  • $446 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

When you walk into a classroom what do you hear? There may be students answering, laughing, working, reading, and hopefully you hear these at some point: rat a tat, splash, squeeze, and whoosh. Those are the sounds of true creativity.

My 17 third grade students are creative and joyous.

They take recycled cereal boxes and turn them into beautiful art sketchbooks. Recently we ran out of glue sticks. Our classroom is in a low income community. This year we cut the classroom supply list, to help our families out. Things like glue sticks, staples, and colored pens help us create projects that help our learning come to life and are needed in our classroom. More than ever, we need these creative projects to help our hard topics resonate.

My Project

We are requesting art supplies such as glue, tape, staples, glitter, pens, and pencils. In every unit, in every classroom subject area, there are chances for creativity and design. My students love to create, they simply need to be given the materials to do so. Art is not something that can be taught in one 50 minute block, but instead needs to be incorporated in every subject. Without art and creativity math, language arts, science, and social studies become dull and boring subjects.

By donating you will be restoring items to our classroom that should have never went away.

These items are necessary to the growth and learning adventure of every student. Without these materials our classroom won't be a classroom.

Mrs. Melissa Smith
Grades 3-5
    More than half 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

    This project will reach 17 students.

    57 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
GLUE CLASSIC GLITTER GLUE ASSORTED COLORS BLUE/YELLOW/RED SET/3 • School Specialty $11.87 3 $35.61
CRAFTS COLOSSAL BARREL • School Specialty $42.74 1 $42.74
TAPE 3M PERFORMANCE MASKING TAPE 2 X 60 YD YELLOW • School Specialty $10.54 4 $42.16
PAINT TEMPERA PREMIER INTRO KIT PINTS SET OF 6 • School Specialty $41.41 1 $41.41
PEN Z4+ FASHION ROLLERBALL FINE SET OF 5 • School Specialty $7.31 4 $29.24
SHARPENER PENCIL POWERHOUSE ELECTRIC BLUE • School Specialty $33.24 1 $33.24
GLUE STICK ELMER'S PURPLE .24OZ PACK/60 • School Specialty $22.79 1 $22.79
GLITTER SLIVER 2 OZ SCHOOL SMART SET OF 5 • School Specialty $7.31 3 $21.93
TAPE SCOTCH 3650 MOVING/STORAGE PACK OF 4 • School Specialty $16.81 1 $16.81
CORD W/SPRING CLIPS CLOTHESLINE • School Specialty $13.10 1 $13.10
STICKS JUMBO NATURAL PACK OF 500 - SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $7.12 1 $7.12
STAPLES LIGHTTOUCH HEAVY DUTY PACK OF 2500 • School Specialty $6.93 1 $6.93

Materials cost

$313.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $31.31

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$379.09

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.90

Total project goal

$445.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $445.99

49 Donors

-$410.99

Donations toward project cost

-$356.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.95

match offer

-$27.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$22.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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