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Ms. FitzGerald from Baltimore, MD is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chromebooks for Building Tech Skills and Learning Independently

My students need 12 Chromebooks to be able to read at their own pace, create and share meaningful writing pieces and presentations, and engage with tech tools that will prepare them for life after high school.

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My Students

My students are eleventh and twelfth graders who range in age from 16-19 years old. They attend a small, close-knit neighborhood high school in South Baltimore. They are a diverse group: they've come to our little part of the city from places like Colombia, El Salvador, Iraq, St. Louis, and California. Most have received special education services for the entirety of their academic careers. They are reading and writing anywhere from 3-10 years below grade level.

Students in my class have been diagnosed with intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and autism, but they love reading and writing and are always excited to participate in class.

They consistently support and encourage each other, and they have worked hard to create a classroom environment where it's safe to take risks and make mistakes. Their enthusiasm and resilience inspires me every day.

My Project

My school tries its best to provide technology access to all students. However, our budget is limited, so each of our laptop carts has to be shared among several teachers and classrooms. The laptops that my students are assigned to use are aging significantly – many are missing keys and have trouble with charging, running programs, and connecting to Wi-Fi.

Having our own Chromebooks will enable my students to have reliable access to technology every single day.

Students already have email accounts through Google for Education, and so far this year they’ve all learned how to access Docs and Drive, locate and share files, and remember passwords. These Chromebooks will allow my students to continue working with these apps and hone critical Internet skills. They will also allow me to take more of my teaching online – students will be able to use Google Classrooms to respond to texts and interact with each other. Understanding how to learn via online platforms is becoming a critical college skill.

My school has access to a reading intervention program called Achieve 3000 that allows students to read and respond to short, engaging non-fiction texts at their own reading level. Regular work with this program has been proven to raise student Lexile levels. My students have enjoyed the program so far, but our current laptops cannot reliably run it.

Chromebooks will also enable my students to use technology to overcome obstacles related to their disabilities. Students would be able to listen to many of our classroom texts online, and they can download browser extensions in order to listen to Internet content and dictate essays and assignments. Understanding how to find and use these supports will foster feelings of independence and confidence in students who traditionally rely on me when a task is “too hard.”

Ms. FitzGerald Benjamin Franklin High School at Masonville Cove 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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Baltimore, MD 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo - N22 11.6'Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - Black • Best Buy Education $148.39 12 $1,780.68

Materials cost

$1,780.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $106.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$26.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,944.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$343.10

Total project goal

$2,287.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,287.33

13 Donors

-$1,132.64

Donations toward project cost

-$981.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$151.15

match offer

-$1,132.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$962.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$169.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.05

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 $0.00

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