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Mr. Melluso from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Abilities for Disabilities

My students need a Galaxy Tablet that is light and portable that will improve there abilities to manipulate their hands and fingers when attempting to improve success in life.

  • $693 goal

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My Students

Do you remember the first time you were so close to finishing a project, but just couldn't because your body wouldn't move? Well, my students are faced with that frustration everyday, as they are so close to completing a task except there disabilities prevent them from moving there arms and legs.

I'm an Occupational Therapist and our students have disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida and come from various cultures, economic and social challenges in New York City.

I work with students to overcome there disabilities and present ways to seize the future and maximize their abilities. Though our school community has faced all manner of hardship and more than our share of tragedy, our students are amazingly talented and ambitious. Utilizing technology is a huge component when giving our students the opportunity to focus on the future within the school setting. As we focus on getting students to function as independently as possible when completing class assignments, communicating with peers and researching appropriate vocations. Showing students with just the movement of you finger you can access the world and connect with people is major stepping stone when looking forward. Unfortunately, Special Education resources are scarce.

My Project

This requested Galaxy tablet will be used by my students and myself in the classroom to gain a better understanding of overcoming physical challenges, and how to use technology to become successful. The knowledge that the students, and I garner from this tablet will help us gain understanding and practice perseverance, which is a crucial step to becoming successful within life. We will also use this tablet to research, and review, which technologies we would like to use when living independently after school. After reviewing the technologies we will decide which ones would be useful to each students diagnosis and we can further educate the school community as a whole. By educating our community about independence with a disability, we can help to build bridges of understanding and a culture of empathy.

Use the ability in your disability.

As educators we must strive to give our students not only facts and information, but a moral education as well. Empathy is a trait that is critical to moral development and it needs to be taught and nurtured if we are to have a constructive and compassionate society. Students should be instructed at a young age about how we are alike but also how we are different and have unique talents as well as challenges.

Mr. Melluso William Maxwell Career Technical High School Grades 6-8

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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Brooklyn, NY 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Samsung - Galaxy Tab S 10.5 - 32GB • Best Buy for Business $549.99 1 $549.99

Materials cost

$549.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$588.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.81

Total project goal

$692.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $692.05

4 Donors

-$570.99

Donations toward project cost

-$562.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$91.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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