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Mr. Hooper from Brooklyn, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Make Hallway Braille Learning Fabulous

Help me give my students with visual impairments an iPad, cart, special paper, and other supplies they need to thrive in a sighted world.

  • $3,163 goal

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My Students

I teach students with visual impairments ranging from low vision to total blindness. I have students across multiple schools in NYC. My students are in classrooms with sighted peers.

All of my students have visual impairments.

They access learning through braille or auditory means. Some of my students have visual impairments and additional disabilities - like deafblindness or learning disabilities. They are a diverse group of wonderful students, and they need lots and lots of stuff to support their learning!

It is only October, and I have spent over $1,000 on materials for my students. I am reaching out to you to help get some remaining big items that would make a huge difference in their school year.

My Project

We need some things!

In NYC, space is a luxury, so it makes sense that in NYC public schools, space is hard to come by.

At one of my schools, I work with students in a hallway. My little teaching cart has to be rolled in and out of a classroom each day. However, the cart that I found in my school's basement (gross) is too small. Braille supplies take up so much space! One braille textbook is possibly twenty volumes in braille. We need a bigger cart to fit all of our supplies.

My students are various ages - from first grade to fifth grade. We need a new table with height adjustment so that we can find the goldilocks height in between little braille reading first-graders and tall, growing fifth graders. Because we have to move our things out of the hallway at night, we need wheels so our table can be more easily moved.

Apple uses a built-in accessibility feature called VoiceOver to read the information available on the screen to a student who is blind. For example, an iPad will read a webpage to a student to allow them to independently do research for a project. Additionally, for my kids with multiple disabilities, there are iPad apps that can be used for communication and instruction.

A machine called a PIAF can be used to make tactile graphics for students who are braille readers - from a bar graph to a map. However, the paper used to make the graphics is over $1 a sheet.

Mr. Hooper PS 102 the Bayview Grades 3-5

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Brooklyn, NY 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

15 students impacted 24donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 12.9-Inch iPad Pro (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 64GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $999.99 1 $999.99
PIAF Paper 11 x17 (100/pack) • Humanware $250.00 2 $500.00
PIAF Paper 8.5 x 11 (100 / pack) • Humanware $145.00 2 $290.00
JJ185 - All-Purpose Teaching Cart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $249.00 1 $249.00
EE545GR - Kids Colors™ Adjustable Rectangular Table - 30" x 60" - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $239.00 1 $239.00
PIAF Pens (set of 2) • Humanware $30.00 2 $60.00
CN615BU - Classic Stacking Chair - 15 1⁄2" - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
CN615YE - Classic Stacking Chair - 15 1⁄2" - Yellow • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
CN615RD - Classic Stacking Chair - 15 1⁄2" - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99

Materials cost

$2,487.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $133.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$37.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,688.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$474.40

Total project goal

$3,162.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,162.68

22 Donors

-$3,044.15

Donations toward project cost

-$2,590.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$453.62

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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