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Mr. Pertile from Houston, TX is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Thinkers

Help me give my students drones to expose them to coding and engineering.

  • $639 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

My students are in an undeserved low socioeconomic community that benefit greatly by engaging in hands on engaging activities. Many of my students are new to english and a lot even new to country so exposure is important for their educational experience. The students I serve have linguistic and academic gaps that need to be filled and with more engaging resources that can be provided will enrich the learning environment.

The power of my learners lie within their creativity and their ability to bring ideas to life.

Creation is one of the most powerful tools that all educators need to implement. My students love learning and are hungry for new opportunities.

My Project

My classroom is set to be a STEAM student centered enriching experience. Currently we do not have a lot of technology that could be utilized to expose the learners to new engineering practices.

I plan to utilize the drones to provide a holistic STEAM approach to learning with drones rather than just learning how to operate and basic functions.

The science that will be covered are concepts such as speed, acceleration, and motion. The technology will be drone parts and technical systems involved. Engineering will include coding and problem solving used by exploring search and rescue tactics with retrieval tactics. in addition my learners come form many different cultures so I will also incorporate artistic concepts such as coding them as a class to dance with a song and possible building an extension to hold a pencil and code them to draw. Lastly mathematics will be embedded in all coding experiences so that computational skill and mathematical recognition will show gains without having them in a traditional format.

Students have great potential but without exposure many learners stay within the confides of their environment. Getting my students to build that confidence in the area of STEAM will give them a great foundation with entering secondary education as well as prepare them for the technology based industry. My goal is to increase the underserved, minority, and female presence in STEAM fields.

Mr. Pertile Benavidez Elementary School 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

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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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

200 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Parrot Mambo Fly - Code, Pilot and Play • Amazon Business $49.99 6 $299.94
Parrot Flypad - Minidrone Controller • Amazon Business $29.00 6 $174.00
Anbee 4 Colors Propellers Props Combo for Parrot Minidrones Rolling Spider, Airborne Cargo & Night Drone, Hydrofoil Drone, Mambo FPV, Swing Drone (Colors: Blue/Red/White/Black) • Amazon Business $10.44 3 $31.32

Materials cost

$505.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$542.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.80

Total project goal

$638.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $638.64

8 Donors

-$446.20

Donations toward project cost

-$379.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.93

match offer

-$192.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$163.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.87

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