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Ms. Shiu from New York, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Strategic Calculation

Help me give my students scientific calculators to learn the necessary calculator skills for 8th grade math and beyond.

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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

Post-COVID teaching and learning is completely different than any other teaching I've done. The students have been through so much during their most important formative learning years. They are eager to learn and be ready for high school, but their understanding and retention of basic number and calculations concepts is very limited because of remote learning and many social-emotional factors holding them back.

Eighth grade math can be intimidating; there are so many abstract and new concepts to learn and understand.

Students should be able to dedicate their focus and energy on learning the 8th grade level thinking instead of struggling with basic number facts. Calculators are the tool that can make this possible. Students do not have to slow down or stop their progress on solving a complicated equation by struggling with a multiplication, division, square root, or exponents calculation.

Besides facilitating student learning of more advanced and abstract math concepts, calculators are now a part of everyday life. All of us carry a calculator in our pockets every day. (So much for my elementary teachers telling me all those years ago that I wouldn't have a calculator with me outside of school.) The skills needed to use a calculator correctly are essential if we are to rely on the calculators themselves. With a class set of calculators we can take time in class to teach and practice calculator skills that our students need to develop.

Ms. Shiu Tompkins Square 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.

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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

110 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Texas Instruments TI-30XIIS 10-Digit Scientific Battery & Solar Powered Scientific Calculator, Blue (TI30XIIS) • Staples $11.09 42 $465.78

Materials cost

$465.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$502.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.72

Total project goal

$591.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $591.49

1 Donor

-$295.74

Donations toward project cost

-$251.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.36

match offer

-$295.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$251.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.36

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 $0.00

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