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Ms. Valdivia from New Orleans, LA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Can I Borrow a Pencil, Please?!

My students need 100 packs of pencils and an electric pencil sharpener for the school year to ensure that a lack of basic materials is not holding students back from learning!

  • $242 goal

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My Students

"The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost." - Albert Einstein. This is the philosophy of my science classroom and one of the major ways that I get students to do this is to write!

I teach sixth grade science in a low-income school in New Orleans, Louisiana.

I teach at a charter school whose aim is to empower students to live happy, healthy lives with unlimited possibility. With our extended school year and hard-working teachers, we are committed to making our students reach their maximum potential. Our students are brilliant and they deserve all the resources to prove it.

My Project

One of the biggest challenges we have in our classroom is when our students lack the most basic of materials to be successful in school. It would be a huge lift on teachers and my students if we had a supply of pencils and a sharpener to ensure that kids are prepared to fully engage in exploratory learning of science which requires them to observe and write, theorize and write some more!

I am asking for pencils and a sharpener to help my students express their learning in writing.

By donating to my students, you will be supplying them with a basic resource that many of us took for granted in school. Your donation would ensure that there are enough pencils for all my students to use for the year. You will be ensuring that my students come to school excited about learning instead of being stressed about needing to ask, "Can I borrow a pencil, please?!" Thank you!

Ms. Valdivia KIPP Believe College Prep Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Valdivia

New Orleans, LA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

100 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Quill Brand Standard-Grade Pencils #2-1/2 • Quill.com $1.19 100 $119.00
X-ACTO School Pro Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill.com $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$158.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$205.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.23

Total project goal

$241.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $241.51

6 Donors

-$241.51

Donations toward project cost

-$205.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.23

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