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Mrs. Potito from Worcester, MA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Shape My Student's Learning

Help me give my students a yearly subscription to Shapegrams to help with their creativity!

  • $161 goal

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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

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, I work with students who are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences. Many of them are being raised in single-parent households and receive a free lunch based on their socioeconomic status. However, despite their circumstances, they love to learn and I'm trying to create an environment where they'll be competitive in all aspects of digital learning and computer science.

My Project

Shapegrams will allow students to get acclimated to graphic design. The nice thing about Shapegrams is that students do not need prior experience to jump right in and begin to create things. Each Shapegram has an instructional video and design tips for learning to use drawing tools. Learn how to do something new in each Shapegram to build skills over time.

My students need a way to express their creativity while engaging in remote learning.

Shapegrams helps by tiering instruction and providing video tutorials to teach students how to both efficiently and effectively use Google Drawings.

Please help bring my students graphic design abilities to the next level!

Mrs. Potito
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Get Shapegrams • Shapegrams $35.00 3 $105.00

Materials cost

$105.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.10

Total project goal

$160.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $160.68

1 Donor

-$160.68

Donations toward project cost

-$136.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.10

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 $0.00

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