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Mrs. Latham from Barberton, OH is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Connect Code to Electronics!

Help me give my students the opportunity to connect coding and electronics! This will not only be educational and relate to our previous coding experience, this will be so much fun for the students!

  • $208 goal

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My Students

Students at our middle school come from diverse backgrounds. With over 75% of our students on free and reduced lunch, they come to school with a broad range of challenges. Students and community members are unique in the fact that they take pride in their community and support each other. Often the people of Barberton who are born and raised here choose to stay here. The students running cross country this season just need help staying motivated and this gives them something to work towards!

My Project

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields are rapidly growing in today's workforce and the need for students to be adequately trained in these areas is essential. My job as the STEM teacher at Barberton Middle School is to prepare meaningful STEM experiences and to prepare students for their future successes. In a school district in which 71% of students are on free and reduced lunch, students often do not have access to the types of technology and resources that would prepare them for these successes at home. This makes it even more essential that we provide them with these experiences at school.

In order to have the necessary technological skills to become a valuable asset in the fields of STEM and to be competitive in the future workforce, my students need greater access to technology that will allow them to explore and create through hands-on experiences.

A Makey Makey is a system using a series of circuits where students can code and invent anything that they can think of. From a guitar to a robot, they can write the code and watch it in action. Utilizing technology to enhance academic growth, excitement and creativity is essential for my students.

Mrs. Latham
Grades 6-8
  • Barberton Middle School
  • Barberton, OH
    • 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

    This project will reach 100 students.

    7 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Makey Makey - An Invention Kit for Everyone • Amazon Business $47.98 3 $143.94

Materials cost

$143.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$176.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.08

Total project goal

$207.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $207.18

4 Donors

-$148.36

Donations toward project cost

-$133.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.76

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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