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Ms. Shannon from Waianae, HI is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sharp Pencils = Sharp Minds

My students need pencil sharpeners.

  • $167 goal

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My Students

There is much promise packed into the tip of a pencil. It begins with a finely sharpened piece of graphite within the first minute of kindergarten and follows a child as they progress through their secondary education.

My students want to learn.

They yearn to pass the state standardized tests and become accepted into AVID and maybe even Gifted and Talented programs. They want to be the first in their family to go to college. It is not drive that they lack; it is materials. They are currently studying ratios in math class and how they can be written in three ways. This objective is hard to practice when there are no working pencil sharpeners in the classroom and no budget to purchase them.

My Project

Working pencils sharpeners will do more than give my students the obvious. Working pencil sharpeners will also drastically cut the noise in the classroom. The sharpeners we utilize now are extremely old and sound like a full size wood chipper. It makes instruction impossible while a student takes minutes to manipulate the sharpener into giving them even a stub with which to write. I have the hope that we are blessed with three new sharpeners to be spread around the room. These new sharpeners will be equipped with a quiet motor so the lesson does not need to pause with every broken tip. This dream also includes the same sharpener equipped with a mechanism to prevent over-sharpening thus increasing a pencil's life. My students will no longer have cramps in their fingers from trying to grip a two inch pencil. Working pencils sharpeners will allow my students to write ratios in a quiet environment without a sore hand.

A donation of new pencils sharpeners will make learning easier for my students.

A sharp pencil equals a sharp mind. It brings the promise of passing state tests and entering into honors classes and acceptance to college. Pencil sharpeners seem like a simple gift but they will hugely impact the students lives for the better.

Ms. Shannon Makaha Elementary School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Waianae, HI View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
QUIET SHARP EXECUTVE/SHARPENER • Blick Art Materials $34.99 3 $104.97

Materials cost

$104.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $4.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$141.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.91

Total project goal

$166.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $166.07

4 Donors

-$141.07

Donations toward project cost

-$119.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.16

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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