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Ms. Ameduri from Lowell, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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DVD Superdrive For French Classes

My students need a USB superdrive and some blank DVDs for our French class.

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My Students

I teach French in an urban public high school. I am lucky that while many high schools are losing their French programs, or even their entire foreign-language departments, we still have a strong demand for our French classes, with more than 300 students studying this language every year. Many of our students are studying a foreign language in order to be able to communicate with grandparents, aunts, and uncles in their parents' countries of origin.

We are a low-income, high unemployment city, but we are also a diverse, culturally rich city.

At school events, I can try food from and see dancing from Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Quebec, all in the same room. We have dozens of different languages spoken in our school of approximately 3000 students. Many of our students are working close to full time to help support their families. Some have access to technology at home, while others can only use it at school. So we want to provide frequent opportunities in the classroom to use technology.

My Project

We're hoping to get a USB superdrive for listening to foreign-language exercises on CD, watching French films on DVD, and creating our own foreign-language materials. Our computers don't have CD/DVD drives.

I have an old boom-box (yes, an actual boom-box from the 90s) but it doesn't allow me to repeat sections of a track the way I could on a computer, and repetition is essential when learning to understand a foreign language.

I also have a small personal collection of DVDs of French films that I'd like to show the students. And right now, I don't have any way to do that.

I would also allow other teachers in my department to borrow the drive, so that it would benefit more students in other language classrooms.

Ms. Ameduri Lowell High School Grades 9-12

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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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Lowell, MA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

110 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® USB SuperDrive - DVD�RW (�R DL) drive - Hi-Speed USB • Best Buy Education $79.99 1 $79.99
Sony - DVD Rewritable Media - DVD RW - 2.80 GB - 3 Pack - White • Best Buy Education $11.35 2 $22.70

Materials cost

$102.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.69

Total project goal

$157.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $157.92

2 Donors

-$142.93

Donations toward project cost

-$134.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.99

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 $0.00

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