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Ms. Matthews from Dallas, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Establishing Financial Literate Scholars

My students need tablets, play money and financial games to become financially literate.

  • $792 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I closely work with twenty five diverse individuals from many different backgrounds. These individuals are faced with many different challenges; one being low socio-economic status. The school that I serve is a Title 1 school where over 90 percent of all students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Despite the hardships that my students face, they always come to school with a positive, can-do attitude ready to do their best.

The school that I serve pride itself in building strong character values, rigorous academics, college readiness and a providing scholars with a safe learning environment.

. My scholars have aspirations of being successful in today's society; but in order to achieve that goal, I must provide them with the proper tools. My goal as an educator is to inspire students to become life long learners.

My Project

Providing my scholars with additional tablets, play money and financial board games in our classroom will significantly help my scholars become more self reliant, increase eagerness to learn and assist students by being an incentive to utilize the Chromebooks. Incorporating technology into our classroom will help scholars prepare for their future, which will be intertwined in various pieces of technology. My goal is to prepare scholars to be financially literate in today's society. In order to accomplish this goal, I must provide my scholars with the proper tools and resources.

My goal is for my scholars to have an understanding of the importance of finances and how they work.

By completing their online financial courses, scholars will be on a path of becoming financial literate. Upon completion of the online financial courses they will be on a path to success, as well as enter them in a chance to win a scholarship. It's never to early to begin preparing financially for college!!

By receiving the play money, board games, and Chromebooks my scholars will have the opportunity to collaborate in small teams, take ownership to ensure that their materials are charging and ready-to-go to complete daily class assignments, etc. Having this project funded will increase productivity, ability for research, the possibilities are endless!

Ms. Matthews Uplift Pinnacle Preparatory Primary Grades 3-5

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. Matthews

Dallas, TX 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fire Tablet, 7" Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB - Includes Special Offers, Tangerine • Amazon Business $49.99 7 $349.93
Fintie Silicone Case for Fire 7 2015 - [Honey Comb Series] Light Weight [Anti Slip] Shock Proof Protective Cover [Kids Friendly] for Amazon Fire 7 Tablet (Fire 7" Display 5th Generation), Black • Amazon Business $15.99 7 $111.93
Fire Tablet, 7" Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB - Includes Special Offers, Tangerine • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Monopoly Game: Ultimate Banking Edition • Amazon Business $23.96 2 $47.92
The Game of Life Electronic Banking • Amazon Business $22.71 2 $45.42
Fintie Silicone Case for Fire 7 2015 - [Honey Comb Series] Light Weight [Anti Slip] Shock Proof Protective Cover [Kids Friendly] for Amazon Fire 7 Tablet (Fire 7" Display 5th Generation), Turquoise • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Six Packs of Best Real looking Play Money, Smaller Size, Packs of: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, The # 1 Seller For Education, Play, Fun, Props • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99

Materials cost

$633.17

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$672.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$118.71

Total project goal

$791.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$791.38

4 Donors

-$374.51

Donations toward project cost

-$354.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.18

match offer

-$374.52

Match offer toward project cost

-$318.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$42.35

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$0.00

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