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Mr. Phipps from Boca Raton, FL is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Build Florida's First Solar Cruiser

Help me give my students these SunPower 170 Watt Flexible solar panels for our solar car project!

  • $3,317 goal

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My Students

My students are driven, dedicated, and determined young adults who focus on addressing today's most complex challenges. These diverse students with various backgrounds work in teams to bring out each other's strengths and motivate each other to learn new skills.

My students take the lessons learned in the traditional classroom setting and apply those lessons to solving real-world problems.

My students are focused on pushing themselves, and each other, to be the best in whatever they attempt whether it be building an electric car, competitive robot, virtual reality simulation, or a solar cruiser.

My Project

My students are tackling issues of energy efficiency and showing the viability of alternative energies by building a solar cruiser to compete in a national competition. Unlike typical solar race cars, a solar cruiser is a 4-seater solar car that best represents a solar commuter vehicle.

We will be the FIRST in Florida to build and race a Solar Cruiser in the Solar Car Challenge!

This year's race will be at the Texas Motor Speedway. Next year, our solar cruiser will go from Ft Worth, TX to Boulder, CO over a 7-day cross-country race!

The solar panels my students have researched and selected are highly efficient and flexible so they will fit the curvature of our solar cruiser. They are also lightweight which is an additional bonus.

My students are spending hundreds of hours on this project to design, build, and race a full-size custom-made solar cruiser. Large-scale project-based learning where my students focus on systems thinking truly prepare them for the STEM workforce!

Mr. Phipps A.D. Henderson University School Grades 9-12

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Boca Raton, FL View local requests

More than a third 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

40 students impacted 36donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SunPower 170 Watt Flexible High Efficiency Solar Panel • Amazon Business $395.00 6 $2,370.00
SunPower 110 Watt Flexible Solar Panel • Amazon Business $189.00 2 $378.00

Materials cost

$2,748.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$41.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,819.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$497.51

Total project goal

$3,316.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,316.73

35 Donors

-$2,371.44

Donations toward project cost

-$2,058.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$312.97

match offer

-$895.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$760.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$50.29

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 $0.00

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