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Mrs. Serota from Brooklyn, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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An Apple a Day Keeps the SMART Board OK!

Help me give my students a new Mac mini computer for our SMART board.

  • $991 goal

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My Students

I teach first grade in an inner city school. The majority of the students live in the community, with families of African American and Afro Caribbean decent, and with Arab families moving in. Some students live in private homes while others live in the projects. I have been here for the last 20 years. In that time, our school had its ups and downs. We went from being known for our gifted and talented programs and drew students from all over the borough, to being a school that was a "in need of improvement".

In the last few years, we have been making steady gains and improving test scores and years worth of growth progress.

Many students come in reading below benchmark at the beginning of the school year. By the end of the year, the majority of the students are approaching, at or above grade level reading. I am a strong believer that guided reading is the key to helping students grow as readers. We read independently daily to practice skills and/or fluency. Additionally we have a biweekly "D.E.A.R" time school wide where students get to select books of interest to them.

My Project

This will be my second year in my classroom. Last year I struggled with my SMART board because it was unreliable. It meant that planned interactive lessons had to be set aside in the moment. This led to less interesting lessons that caused student interest to wane. By the end of the year, the Mac mini stopped working all together. As a result I had to use my personal computer to display lessons.

I am requesting a Mac mini computer to run our classroom SMART board.

This new device will not only be more reliable, it will enable me to use SMART software where I wasn't able to before. The boys and girls love coming up and being part of the instruction where they can manipulate the board to help model skills and strategies being taught. Having this computer will open up a world of technology that will enable students to interact with center activities during small group instruction.

Mrs. Serota PS 279 Herman Schreiber Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - Mac mini - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory - 128GB Solid-State Drive - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $799.99 1 $799.99

Materials cost

$799.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.59

Total project goal

$990.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $990.58

46 Donors

-$660.00

Donations toward project cost

-$564.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.40

Matching donations from our partners

-$326.40

Match offers toward project cost

-$277.44

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.24

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 $0.00

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