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Mrs. Olthouse from Garland, TX is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Unique Learning Devices

Help me give my students slanted writing boards, pencils grips, noise canceling headphones and highlighted writing paper.

  • $246 goal

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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

I teach at a high poverty school where 100% of our students receive free breakfast and lunch! I have high expectations that they will grow and learn beyond what is expected. We are learning skills such as robotics, coding, and typing along with our curriculum.

School is a safe and happy place for my students.

Each day, they come into the classroom excited about the day and spending time exploring and learning together. For many of my students, being at school is the best part of their day.

My Project

A few of my students are in need of headphones that block our the unwanted noise of the classroom. These headphones will allow the students to concentrate on their work. The pencils grips will allow all students to grip the pencil in a way that will not hurt their fingers. Learning how to hold a pencil can be tough on your fingers. The two writing boards will allow the papers to come closer to the student and will be slanted to view the paper better. The journal and paper is highlighted to show the students where their writing is suppose to be.

Mrs. Olthouse
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
BOARD WRITING STACKABLE • School Specialty $36.91 1 $36.91
BOARD WRITING ECONOMY • School Specialty $36.91 1 $36.91
LINKS SIX COLOR - SET 1000 • School Specialty $36.91 1 $36.91
HANDIWRITER - SET OF 3 • School Specialty $15.12 1 $15.12
CALIFONE HEARING PROTECTOR-HEARING SAFE-HS50 • School Specialty $3.76 4 $15.04
PAPER LOOSE LEAF NOTEBOOK HI WRITE PACK OF 100 PAGES - 50 SHTS • School Specialty $6.17 1 $6.17
MY FIRST JOURNAL 8.5X11 50 SHTS • School Specialty $6.17 1 $6.17
GRIP PENCIL MIXED PENCIL GRIP PACKAGE PACK OF 5 • School Specialty $4.25 1 $4.25
PENCIL GRIPS EXTREME GEL PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $2.83 1 $2.83

Materials cost

$160.31

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.03

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$208.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.84

Total project goal

$245.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $245.58

6 Donors

-$151.70

Donations toward project cost

-$139.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.41

match offer

-$81.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.17

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