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Ms. Finnell from Los Angeles, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Laptop for Learning!!

Help me give my students laptop so they can have equitable technology in the classroom.

  • $1,336 goal

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My Students

My students come from a high-risk, low social economic area of California.

Many come from single parent households, with a high percentage living below the poverty line.

They live with daily violence in a community that visually seems depressing. My students want to learn and thrive but have very limited resources outside of the school. Our teachers and school staff work very hard at enriching the lives of the students at our school. We want the very best for EVERY student. However with limited financial resources our students don't always have what's needed to have adequate access to the essentials of learning.

My Project

My amazing scholars worked hard last year completing home assignments and participating in class zoom instruction for most of the 2020-2021 school year due to the COVID 19 school closure. Now the school is back open now realize that my technology is not only sub-par but having one device is not enough. I am currently using a 5-year-old Macbook with limited capabilities. I know my students would benefit greatly from our class having a Macbook with sound and video capabilities. As a reading teacher, I pull students for small group instruction and we are using shared technology. I need my students to participate in digital phonics, guided reading, and phonemic awareness lessons. The digital storytelling apps and the book creator app are a couple I know will be incorporated in daily learning rotations

Ms. Finnell 59th Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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

40 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple MacBook Air with Retina display - 13.3' - M1 - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD - US • Best Buy Education $998.92 1 $998.92

Materials cost

$998.92

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $91.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,135.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$200.35

Total project goal

$1,335.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,335.65

1 Donor

-$586.58

Donations toward project cost

-$583.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

match offer

-$649.08

Match offer toward project cost

-$551.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$97.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$99.98

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 $0.00

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