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Mrs. Richardson from Richmond, VA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Can't Sharpen my Pencil!

My class needs a set of 3 pencil sharpeners that will last an entire school year.

  • $194 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am a fourth grade teacher at a Title 1 school that provide services to a diverse community. My students come to school every day with little or no supplies. I try everyday to provide them with paper and pencils to use in their daily assignments. But no matter what you do, it is never enough. Can I sharpen my pencil? Teacher, my point is broken? I hear these words about 50 times a day and I can't do anything about it. We had a pencil sharpener, but it stopped working after the first week of school. I requested another one, but we don't have the funds for another electrical one. So I go to other classrooms early every morning to sharpen my students' pencils. But during the day, they break and I can't leave my class or send students to other classes. So what do you do? I have a couple of small personal sharpeners, but you need to stand over the trash can. It is distracting when students get up during instruction to go over and stand at the trash can. Or it gets messy when pencil shaving are all over the classroom. What I need is three high volume, heavy duty pencil sharpeners that my students and I can use in our classroom. It would cut down on my students getting up during instruction to sharpen pencils when they should be engaged in instruction. Also it would help me to use my early morning planning for other things like setting up centers, pulling supplies for experiments, or reviewing for the day's lesson, instead of running all over the school sharpening pencils. This seems like an unnecessary request, but when you don't have a sharpened pencil, then things don't feel right. Your assignments like messy and you feel like you are not doing your best. My students need all the opportunity to be at their best. You can put smiles on my students' faces and help to improve their education by supporting this project. A dull point lessens productivity, but a sharp point increase creativity.

Mrs. Richardson
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DELUXE HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER -- X-ACTO by Boston Heavy-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill $44.99 1 $44.99
BOSTON SCHOOL PRO ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENER BLUE • Lab Safety Supply, Inc. dba Highsmith Inc $43.99 1 $43.99
X-ACTO TEACHERPRO ELECTRIC SHARPENER -- X-ACTO Teacher Pro Desktop Electric Pencil Sharpener; Blue/Black • Quill $44.99 1 $44.99

Materials cost

$133.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$158.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.77

Total project goal

$193.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $193.15

6 Donors

-$193.15

Donations toward project cost

-$158.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.77

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