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Ms. Kenaston from South Gate, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Build My Confidence With Creativity!

Help me give my students a Base Coding Kit, piano, car, rocket, and speaker to build STEM interest and get my students, especially my girls, to learn to code.

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My Students

My fifth grade students are working diligently to increase their twenty-first century skills. They are highly motivated students in need of higher level thinking opportunities. I am interested in supporting my students to achieve their dreams.

My students are deserving of the best the world can offer because they are our future!

They are a fun-loving, creative and dedicated group of learners coming from primarily Latino families living in suburban California. Our school has about one thousand students in a PreK-5 environment where free or reduced-price lunch is the standard. We are co-located with a Magnet school on our campus.

My Project

This Base Coding Kit along with the piano, speaker, car, and rocket kits can provide non-threatening experiences in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) that can build creativity, self-esteem, collaboration, and enhance computer coding skills. These materials will also provide motivation to write creative, collaborative stories that include all of the objects constructed. This will boost their writing skills in a fun way.

Girls need to be motivated to pursue STEM careers because they too are capable of doing great things!

So often my girls lose interest in coding because they think it is for geeks or it is only for boys. Since I have already incorporated women in science studies and beginning computer coding, these materials can help my students appreciate the contributions have women.

The hands-on aspect of these materials allows all my students to interact with the circuit boards and develop their engineering and coding skills. The addition of these electronic projects can further my STEM instruction and build on the knowledge students have about 'failing forward' and never giving up.

Ms. Kenaston San Miguel Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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South Gate, CA 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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Base Coding Kit | Kids 8-12 Learn Real Code Hands-On | Free Lessons and Guides Included! • Amazon Business $64.99 1 $64.99
Code Car Toy for Kids Age 8-12 | Typed Coding for Beginners | Free Project Guides Included • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Code Rocket | Coding Toy for Kids Age 8 - 12 | No Experience Needed! • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Code Piano | S.T.E.A.M. Toy for Kids 8-12 | Learn Real Code • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Code Speaker Toy | Intro to Computer Coding| STEM Gift for Kids 8-12 | Free Projects and Examples Included • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$209.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$262.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.29

Total project goal

$308.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $308.60

1 Donor

-$52.46

Donations toward project cost

-$52.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$246.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$209.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.03

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.26

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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