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Ms. Sellanes from N Miami, FL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calculating a Successful Future

Help me give my students five powerful TI-Nspire CX II CAS graphing calculators.

  • $959 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

I teach in a magnet secondary high school that focuses on marine and environmental science. Students interested in attending must go through an application process. Once accepted, they are part of a diverse, gifted, and motivated learning environment.

Students at our school are eager to learn and give back to their community.

They jump into a rigorous schedule that includes AP classes and Dual Enrollment classes, to get a better understanding of our world in hopes of contributing to their society.

My Project

The best way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics. In our Calculus class, some problems require a graphing calculator to solve problems because they are too complex to do by hand. In an ideal class, all my students have the same calculator, so that we can help each other learn to use it. Unfortunately, not all my students can afford a graphing calculator. Thus, I would like to start building a class set.

These powerful graphing calculators will be used to find derivatives, complete integrals, solve real-world problems, and to save my students time on their AP Calculus Exam.

The confusion of how to get two different calculators to complete the same task would be eliminated, and thus would save class time. Lastly, some students would be able to practice using it on their own time, in order to figure out how to more efficiently use it to pass their AP exam.

My goal is to one day have enough calculators for all my students so that they can all have an equal opportunity to be successful on their AP Calculus exams.

Ms. Sellanes Mast @ FIU - Biscayne Bay Campus Grades 9-12

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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N Miami, FL View local requests

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Texas Instruments TI-Nspire CX II CAS Color Graphing Calculator • Amazon Business $154.55 5 $772.75

Materials cost

$772.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$814.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$143.71

Total project goal

$958.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $958.05

1 Donor

-$958.05

Donations toward project cost

-$814.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$143.71

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 $0.00

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