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Ms. Travis from Brooklyn, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Cell Phone Storage in Our Classes

Help me give my students a learning environment with less distractions from devices.

  • $227 goal

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My Project

Student cell phones have become a tremendous distraction to learning in the last few years. Phone apps are specifically designed to make it difficult to look away, and most teachers can not compete with apps like TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, no matter how exciting our lessons.

However, students still need a sense of personal agency and control over their devices, which is why our team has been looking for another alternative.

Students will place their phones in the case at the start of class. Some of us will also be attaching chargers through the back of the case so that our students can charge their phones.

Once class starts, we will lock the case so that students do not have to worry about their devices going missing. Also, since the box is portable, we'll take the box out with us on fire drills, so students know their devices are safe.

A few of the teachers on our staff have already piloted this project with great success, so we are hoping to spread it to the rest of our middle school classrooms.

Thank you for helping our students with their learning.

Ms. Travis PS 288 Shirley Tanyhill 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

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Travis

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

100 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Echaprey Cell Phone Holder Classroom Pocket Chart Wooden Cell Phone Storage Cabinet with Lock 33 Slots Desktop Cell Phone Holder for Classroom Office (33 Slots) • Amazon Business $39.96 4 $159.84

Materials cost

$159.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$192.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.92

Total project goal

$226.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$226.16

5 Donors

-$173.66

Donations toward project cost

-$157.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.75

match offer

-$40.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.12

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$0.00

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