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Mr. Phillips from Saint George, UT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Pencils- Can't Do Work Without Them

My students need pencils and a good pencil sharpener. The current sharpeners we have is an old hand crank and electric that over heats after 4 pencils. Please help!

  • $205 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

It is hard to have students work with dull and broken pencils. Cheap pencils break very easily and don't last long. The school supplies cheap low quality pencils and the sharpener we have is an old hand crank and an old electric sharpener that over heats after a few pencils. Please help!

I teach at a Title 1 school which is a high poverty school.

The school has 50% transition rate, which mean half of students move during the year. Most of my class is from single parent homes and quite a few are living with grandparents. We could use your help.

My Project

I have to convince you to donate pencils and a class sharpener with 250 words. A simple thing like quality pencil and sharpener is truly NEEDED. Imagine children getting frustrated with their pencil breaking and when they try to sharpen it, they can't. Please help.

Your donation will make students day so much better.

They won't spend as much time with pencils that break easily and spend that time learning. They will also love using the new sharpeners that will sharpen their pencils quickly without frustration. I know this is a little thing and many people take things like this for granted but this will mean so much for theses students.

Mr. Phillips
Grades 3-5
  • Heritage Elementary School
  • Saint George, UT
  • 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

    This project will reach 25 students.

    4 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
iScholar Gross Pack Pencils, #2, Yellow, Box of 144 (33144) • Amazon $15.99 5 $79.95
Stanley Bostitch QuietSharp6(TM) Classroom Pencil Sharpener With 6-holes And Quiet Motor, Blue (EPS10HC) • Amazon $35.03 1 $35.03
X-Acto School Pro Heavy-Duty Electric Sharpener (1670) • Amazon $26.79 1 $26.79

Materials cost

$141.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$173.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.69

Total project goal

$204.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$204.59

2 Donors

-$102.29

Donations toward project cost

-$86.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.34

match offer

-$102.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$86.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.34

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$0.00

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