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Dr. Wetmore from Kansas City, MO is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Equipping a STEM Lab for Students of Color

Help me give my students a goggle sanitizer cabinet, an incubator, a molecular building system, and a microwave for real-world lab experiences.

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My Students

When you walk into our high school science classrooms, you will see a room full of brown and black faces actively engaged in learning. Our students are career-minded. They are planning steps to achieve job placement that will enable them to contribute to the flourishing of their community.

Our public charter school is located in Missouri, in one of the most segregated cities in the USA.

Access to quality science education has been adversely impacted by decades of decreased school funding and this has impacted our students' neighborhoods through decreased community development, quality housing, and access to healthcare.

My Project

We are setting up a health and life science laboratory. This equipment will sanitize goggles, incubate experimental samples, enable chemical molecule visualization, and warm ingredients for DNA analysis. We are initiating a Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science program that provides problem-based, open-inquiry, critical thinking laboratory experiences that will prepare our students for future biomedical science careers.

These durable, one-time purchase items will stock our laboratory classroom for our students to gain experience in up-to-date laboratory techniques.

Thank you for contributing to this STEM learning opportunity for our students of color.

Dr. Wetmore Hogan Preparatory Academy Grades 9-12

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.

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Kansas City, MO 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

350 students impacted 26donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Carolina Goggle Sanitizer Cabinet • Carolina Biological Supply Company $549.00 1 $549.00
INCUBATOR LAB 30X25X25 CM 62 C 120 V • Ward's Science $450.50 1 $450.50
Orbit Molecular Building System • Carolina Biological Supply Company $305.05 1 $305.05
Magic Chef Black 1.1 Cu. Ft. 1000W Countertop Microwave Oven with Push-Button Door • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99

Materials cost

$1,394.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$20.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,445.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$255.08

Total project goal

$1,700.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,700.54

25 Donors

-$1,356.72

Donations toward project cost

-$1,160.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$196.01

match offer

-$335.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$284.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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