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Ms. Smith from Miami, FL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need a Laminating Machine and Pouches for Our Classroom!

Help me give my students a Laminating Machine, some laminating pouches, and index cards to preserve their classwork and multiplication cards!

  • 4 donors
  • $381 goal

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Ms. Smith has another project! Donate to Paper = Possibilities: Copy and Card Stock Paper for Learning! to help her classroom.

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Ms. Smith has another project! Donate to Paper = Possibilities: Copy and Card Stock Paper for Learning! to help her classroom.

$167 - 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 Project

A laminator is an essential part of any classroom supply. We want to use our laminator and pouches to keep our resources such as our index cards in good enough condition so that they can be reusable for the years to come.

A laminator can turn a piece of paper from a single-use resource into a resource the children can use for four or five years in a row because it makes the writing more durable and "kid friendly."

Our students struggling with multiplication, can use the index cards and the dry-erase markers during Math small groups. A student will use an index card to write a problem on it. When they are finished, they will add it to a pile to be laminated. Next, they will pick a card. On the front of the card, they will see a math problem. They will write on the laminated card what they think the answer to the question is. At the end of the lesson, students can erase their answers then clean and prepare the cards for the next use.

The children have helped out with laminating so many items that our last machine burnt out and died! Please help us to get a new machine with some pouches and index cards. Thank you.

Ms. Smith Eneida Massas Hartner Elementary School Grades 3-5

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

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Miami, FL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Laminating Machine • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
Classroom Laminating Pouches - Set of 100 - 9" x 11 1/2" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 5 $99.95
Staples 3 x 5 Index Cards Lined White 500/Pack (TR51009) • Staples $7.64 5 $38.20
Staples Book Rings 1 Silver 100/Pack (44418) • Staples $10.84 1 $10.84

Materials cost

$277.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.45

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$323.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.11

Total project goal

$380.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $380.72

2 Donors

-$185.06

Donations toward project cost

-$161.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$190.35

Match offers toward project cost

-$161.80

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

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 $0.00

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