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Ms. Soriano-NBCT from Los Angeles, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need a heavy duty electric pencil sharpener and an individual pencil sharpeners to have at their desk.

  • $220 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

It is 10:30 am in room 118. It is our writing time, time to write stories about our winter break, time to write about a furry animal's habitat or simply write an opinion about something we just read. Table 1 comes to me and asks me to sharpen their pencil, but our last 2 pencil sharpeners do not work.

Someone in table 2 shouts, "I have a sharpener!"

This is the story that has been heard lately in my classroom. I have bought 2 pencils sharpeners both at different amounts and they seemed to be defective. This past week I made another trip to Home Depot and I bought a basic sharpener. However it does not sharpen different size pencils. As a teacher it is my duty to provide my students with the essential tools and supplies to become great writers.

My Project

How can I ask my students to add more details to their sentences, when sometimes their pencils do not have any lead in them. As a teacher it is my responsibility to provide them with the basic tools in the classroom. Having the freedom to be able to sharpen my students' pencils when ever they need to be sharpen is something that should be done without worry.

The look on their faces I see when I sharpen their pencil is priceless!

The excitement they get, and compare each other's pencil to see whose is the pointiest, who can finish that point faster in their writing is almost like a competition with each other. I have witness how a simple everyday thing like this motivates them to finish their story and continue growing as writers!

Ms. Soriano-NBCT Ascot Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ES119 - Heavy-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
TW507 - Student Pencil Sharpener - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $18.99 2 $37.98
TW506 - Student Pencil Sharpener - Each • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1.99 2 $3.98

Materials cost

$141.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$186.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.92

Total project goal

$219.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $219.44

3 Donors

-$219.44

Donations toward project cost

-$186.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.92

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