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Ms. Griffin from Chicago, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Smart Projector Will Help Us Be Really Smart!

My students need a projector and the pen that accompanies the projector to use on any whiteboard surface for all curriculum areas to enhance their school experience.

  • $2,846 goal

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My Students

Every morning, I say, "You are the smartest kindergrtners in the whole city!" I want to show my students that they deserve to have the same resources as their peers in other areas of the city.

I have 27 students in kindergarten.

We are in a mid size elementary school located in Illinois. My students live in and around the neighborhood of our school. Our school is 98% African-American 1% Latino-American and 1% white. 98% of all our students receive free or reduced priced meals. My class is 99% African-American and 1% Puerto Rican-American. We are in a charter school in the inner-city.

My Project

In awesome schools across our city and state, teachers and students have access to interactive whiteboards to inspire and engage student learning. My students with different learning styles and needs would benefit from a projector that turns any whiteboard surface into an interactive whiteboard. At our school, my students do not have access to a magnetic board let alone a smart board. An interactive whiteboard would open the door to a wealth of online resources, and activities that meet my students at their level. In order to use the projector the students would need the specialized pen to change the surface into an interactive whiteboard. My students will be able to use the projector and pen for every subject area in school. This will also allow my class to have exposure to state of the art technology.

The students who are in my class love learning.

They are excited for the possibility to be the smartest kindergrtners in the whole city. This projector and pen, that transform any whiteboard surface into an interactive whiteboard will allow my students to be on the same playing field as their peers at other schools in our city.

Ms. Griffin Learn Charter School - Excel 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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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

28 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Casio XJ ST145 Short Throw XGA Lamp Free Projector USB Wireless Whiteboard • CDW Inc. $1,880.99 1 $1,880.99
CASIO INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD PEN • CDW Inc. $256.75 1 $256.75

Materials cost

$2,137.74

Vendor shipping charges

 $213.77

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$32.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$2,418.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$426.81

Total project goal

$2,845.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,845.39

6 Donors

-$2,835.39

Donations toward project cost

-$2,410.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$425.31

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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