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Ms. Farrand from Chicago, IL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Breath of Fresh Air

Help me give my students filters for 2 classroom air purifiers to keep the classroom healthy.

  • $294 goal

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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

My general music students attend a middle school in the Chicago area. They excel at expressing themselves through music at this challenging and critical age when students have so much potential, creativity, and curiosity.

My students create, compose, and improvise with classroom instruments and technology.In my general music classes, I teach over 330 students a year.

Students are in grades 6-8 and range in age from 11-15 years old. Ninety-seven percent of the student population identifies as Hispanic, and ninety-eight percent of the student population is low income.

Students participate in many musical activities including electronic composition, performing, improvising, and composing on guitars and ukuleles. They explore world percussion, and students learn to play music from the Caribbean and Africa. Students love to learn!

My Project

Every student wants to and deserves to attend school in a healthy classroom free of worry about illness and sickness, especially in the current health crisis. My classroom was designed in a different era and has no windows that open to allow for circulation of fresh air, and this is worrying as we will eventually return to live instruction.

In this project I am requesting several filters to be used with the portable air purifiers which were recently obtained through Donors Choose.

These filters and air purifiers will create the healthiest possible classroom for my very deserving middle school music students. Thank you for your consideration and your dedication to youth.

Ms. Farrand Irene Hernandez Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

More about Ms. Farrand

Chicago, IL 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

350 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LifeSupplyUSA Replacement HEPA Filter Compatible with Alen Air Flex HEPA-Pure Purifier BreatheSmart • Amazon Business $54.00 4 $216.00

Materials cost

$216.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$249.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.98

Total project goal

$293.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$293.22

3 Donors

-$221.71

Donations toward project cost

-$220.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

match offer

-$34.15

Match offer toward project cost

-$29.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.36

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$0.00

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