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Mrs. McDonald from Gresham, OR is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Powerful Writers Seek Pointy Pencils

My students need 2 pencil sharpeners that can handle a large quantity of sharpening!

  • $273 goal

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My Students

Our classroom is full of movement and energy and bursting with literacy-based instruction. We begin each day with literacy-based activities and students love choosing their own reading materials, including graphic novels, magazines and nonfiction books.

My students are an energetic group with boys outnumbering girls in the classroom by a 2:1 ratio.

They love having choice in their learning environment and are happy to be buddies with first grade students and help one another out. They respect our classroom, each other and the school and love coming to school each day.

My Project

My students will use these pencil sharpeners daily during writing instruction. They need to sharpen regular pencils and colored pencils. We use colored pencils to edit our writing and, therefore, there are many pencils for students to sharpen throughout the day. Our current pencil sharpener is very old and it overheats quickly, making this task quite arduous and time-consuming.

The students will benefit by always having sharp pencils to write with.

Students love having sharp pencils to work with and this will help them stay engaged in writing by having nice materials to use.

Mrs. McDonald Kelly Creek Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Gresham, OR 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

28 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ES119 - Heavy-Duty Electric Pencil Sharpener • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 2 $199.00

Materials cost

$199.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.94

Total project goal

$272.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$272.92

1 Donor

-$136.46

Donations toward project cost

-$115.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.47

match offer

-$136.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.47

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$0.00

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