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Mrs. Saenz from Cudahy, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Getting to the Point!

My students need a working pencil sharpener that works and doesn't eat up pencils, a heavy duty stapler that works, and pencils, pencils, pencils.

  • $313 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

Do you love to write? Don't you hate it when you are so into your writing that your pencil breaks? What about keeping all your papers together? Don't you hate to have papers scattered all over the place? If all these thing have happened to you, you know what my students go through daily.

I teach 4th grade in a public school.

We are located in an urban school in the county of Los Angeles. Our school is located in a low socio-economic, bilingual community. Most of these students are English language learners, many of which also come from disadvantage homes.

My Project

Having these essential tools in our classroom, my students don't have to stop what they are doing, lose their concentration, and have to sharpen or staple loose papers. With a quality sharpener my students don't have to get their fingers dirty from the wall mounted sharpener. They don't have to worry about their pencils breaking or always becoming dull. Many of our students are disadvantaged, that they may not also have access to quality pencils. Some students do buy pencils, but purchase them from bargain stores that will easily break. With the use of a heavy duty stapler, the students will be able to keep their papers together and of course not lose any important papers. I usually make students their journals, but not having a quality electric stapler usually their notebooks fall apart.

By having these essential tools my students will continue to become successful in their education.

With a sharpener, pencils and stapler, the students and I don't have to worry about these tools to continue being successful.

Mrs. Saenz Ellen Ochoa Learning Center Grades 3-5

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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Cudahy, 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

25 students impacted 20donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bostitch SuperPro6 Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill $71.99 1 $71.99
Ticonderoga Pencils #2, Black Finish • Quill $2.49 15 $37.35
Swingline Optima Electric Staplers 45 Sheet, Silver • Quill $98.99 1 $98.99

Materials cost

$208.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.06

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$265.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.85

Total project goal

$312.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $312.36

16 Donors

-$258.54

Donations toward project cost

-$252.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.78

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.82

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 $0.00

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