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Mrs. Watson from Mission Hills, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Organizing Our Magazines From the Inside Out

Help me give my students the materials, including a laminator, to help them create Space Magazines.

  • $346 goal

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My Students

My students have all been identified as highly gifted. These children have special needs and require a differentiated instructional program to provide them with a challenging and rigorous academic setting. My students are inquisitive and thoughtful. They love to learn! It is important to bring in as many supplemental materials as possible to stimulate their minds and encourage their exploration of new concepts.

As a teacher, it is my job to meet the unique needs of my students by helping them to build on all aspects of learning including exploring classroom group projects.

Benjamin Franklin said it best, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I will learn.” My students will have fun working together, using research projects, to better understand concepts. This will enable the children to go beyond the core standards.

My Project

To keep up with the high volume of student output, I am asking for a laminator, folders, and binding combs. Especially at this time of year, getting ready for Open House, our school’s laminator is overused and it is very expensive to go elsewhere to laminate. Your support would allow the students to keep their unfinished work in a folder until they are ready to laminate their projects, which includes their Space magazines that they are currently working on. Then we can bind their magazines with the combs. This would enable them to immediately see their finished product put together. Our students have also started their Science Fair Projects and many of them have me bind their final reports to exhibit in front of their display board. It is important to the students that we are able to put their final products together so they may proudly display them for their parents and others at Open House.

A laminator will give my students the opportunity to look through each other’s magazines without the fear of accidentally bending or ripping a page.

Your donation will help me to provide my students with the tools they need to have them feel comfortable with others looking through and learning from the articles they have written for their magazines. We thank you so much for your support!

Mrs. Watson San Jose Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Mission Hills, CA View local requests

More than half 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

60 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Laminator Machine for A3/A4/A6, YE381 Thermal Laminating Machine for Home Office School Use with 20 Pouches, Paper Trimmer and Corner Rounder • Amazon Business $75.99 1 $75.99
Heavyweight Plastic 2 Pocket Portfolio Folder, Letter Size Poly Folders by Better Office Products, 24 Pack (Red) • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4 -Inches, 3 mil thick, 100-Pack (TP3854-100) • Amazon Business $14.56 2 $29.12
Smead SuperTab File Folder, Oversized 1/3-Cut Tab, Letter Size, Assorted Colors,100 per Box (11961) • Amazon Business $21.88 1 $21.88
Apollo Transparency Film, Write-On, Clear, 100 Sheets/Pack (VWO100C-BE) • Amazon Business $19.58 1 $19.58
Fellowes 52367 Plastic Comb Bindings, 3/4" Diameter, 150 Sheet Capacity, Black (Pack of 100 Combs) • Amazon Business $17.45 1 $17.45
Staple Removers Staple Pull Office Staple Removal Tool Hand-held Comfort and Energy Saving, no Damage to Paper(Pink and Blue) • Amazon Business $13.96 1 $13.96

Materials cost

$237.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.76

Total project goal

$345.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $345.05

11 Donors

-$340.64

Donations toward project cost

-$293.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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