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Ms. Martinez from Panorama City, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Starting a New School Year!

Help me give my students a good start to the school year with essentials that will help them embark in their first year of school. Please help provide my students with a stylus, individual sharpener, and pencil grip.

  • $443 goal

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Ms. Martinez has another project! Donate to Enriching Literacy at Home to help her classroom.

$373 - complete this project and be a hero

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

Our school is made up of over 75% of English Language Learners and offers many special education classes such as special day classes, PALS, and autism classes. Our school has Extended Transitional Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and First through Fifth grade.

Despite having to live and learn during a pandemic, our students always step up and face each challenge with courage and determination.

This new school year will still have its challenges and we want to arm our students with the right tools to be ready to learn on campus, at home, and on their IPADs. No matter what the beginning of our school year will look like, our students will face it and conquer it!

My Project

The 2021-2022 school year will still start with many uncertainties but our students will once again step up to the challenge! With COVID still a very real and big threat, especially to our youngest students, we need to figure out a way to keep on learning but stay safe. These essential items will allow for our students to learn the fundamentals of writing and stay safe.

During the beginning of the school year, our youngest learners must learn initial writing skills and fine motor skills that will help them grow into independent and strong writers.

However, we are still living during a pandemic, which brings its own challenges. Under normal situations we would be taking that first month of school placing our hands over our students hands and helping them place their little digits into the correct position around their pencil. Now as teachers we still need to teach them that and teach them about proper social distancing. With a pencil grip, students will learn proper pencil hold and that will help them develop proper letter formation. During normal school years, each classroom is supplied with their own personal electric sharpener that students share. Individual sharpeners will allow for students to maintain beautifully sharpened pencils, workout those fine motor skill muscles, and maintain social distancing. The stylus will allow for students to write on their IPADs and continue practicing their writing skills, all while turning in their assignments and homework on their IPADs.

Ms. Martinez Chase Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Panorama City, 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fosmon Youth Series Kids Stylus Pen for Apple iPad Air Mini Pro, Kids Edition Tablet, Dragon Touch, Galaxy Tab A E, Leapfrog Epic LeapPad, Nabi JR, Chromo Android Tablets Smartphones (10 Pack) • Amazon Business $19.99 10 $199.90
Mr. Pen- Pencil Grips for Kids Handwriting, 20 PCS(10 Pencil Grips+10 Clips), Pencil Grips, Kids Pencils Grip, School Supplies, Pencil Grip, Grip Pencils for Kids, Pencil Holder for Kids, Pen Grip. • Amazon Business $5.95 10 $59.50
KIDMEN 2 Holes Pencil Sharpener,Pencil Sharpener for Kids,Pencil Sharpener Handheld-12 PACK • Amazon Business $6.64 8 $53.12

Materials cost

$312.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$375.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.32

Total project goal

$442.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $442.13

4 Donors

-$409.31

Donations toward project cost

-$375.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.82

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 $0.00

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