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Mr. Masselle from Miami, FL is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Gus Gibbs Holiday Basketball Tournament

My students need hotel accommodations while participating in the Gus Gibbs Holiday Tournament. It is a 3 day basketball tournament.

  • $1,127 goal

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My Students

My students are student athletes who are looking to compete on a platform that can open college scholarship opportunities to them. The student athletes I work with have for the most part never left their neighborhood. This trip would provide a huge opportunity for cultural enrichment.

My students are likable, hardworking and optimistic.

They come from a low socioeconomic background. Our school is a Title I school with around 90% of the students receiving free or reduced price lunch. Many of my students are Haitian-Americans and are often first generation Americans. Many of my students will be the first in their family to attend college.

My Project

The student athletes need funding for lodging to enable them to travel out of town to compete in their sport against their peers from all over. This will put them in an atmosphere that will test their fortitude and resiliency. It will also put them in a space where they will be visible to college scouts, providing opportunities to continue their passion on the next level.

A donation will make this this basketball tournament a reality for my students.

It will provide memories that will last a lifetime. It will instill confidence and pride for the hard work they have put into their craft, by allowing them to showcase these efforts on the road. It will open their eyes to possibilities. It will enrich their lives and understanding by bringing a group of students who have never left their neighborhood to a part of the world they never knew existed.

Mr. Masselle North Miami Beach Senior High School 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

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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Miami, FL View local requests

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

13 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Miscellaneous Comfort Inn $913.50

Trip cost

$913.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$957.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$168.92

Total project goal

$1,126.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,126.12

1 Donor

-$957.20

Donations toward project cost

-$957.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$168.92

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 $0.00

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