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Help Us Prepare For Battle!

My students need a set of Battling Ropes to add to our circuit training program.

  • $812 goal

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Mr. Duenas has another project! Donate to Bounce Back, Dream Forward: Volleyballs for McCall's Rising Stars to help his classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $92.
2X

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

Every day we come in and get right to work. When my students enter the gymnasium, it is non-stop movement. We begin with an intense 5 minute run/calisthenic workout to jump start their engines (and I do the workout along with them). We then get to our lesson and end with nice static stretches.

The students at our school are given a chance, which is rare in the inner city of Philadelphia, at college.

We are a college prep school, teaching the students how to become successful not only now, but in the future. Students mainly come from low income urban environments, where not only are they statistically fighting the odds of going to college, but also even graduating high school. We give them a shot at making it. 75 percent of our 9th graders enter at least 5 years behind in reading and math, but by the end of their first year 86 percent of those students will catch up. 84 percent of students graduate in four years compared to the Philadelphia district school average of 60 percent. 94 percent of graduates go on to college and 84 percent of graduates who enrolled as first year college students returned. Our school guarantees a safe environment, proactive in peer mediation to resolve disputes before they escalate.

My Project

Battling Ropes are one of my all time favorite pieces of equipment because it's a fun and different way of getting a cardio and strength training workout. They are weighted ropes with handles that you alternate up and down or side to side, working every muscle in the arm. You can do one or two handed workouts, have two students per rope competing for who is faster, timed workouts, rhythm workouts, and much more! This is a fun station in the circuit, but it is also challenging. After their first time on the ropes, their arm muscles will be screaming! They will leave the circuit with jelly-arms, however, as they progress, they will get stronger and stronger, learning how muscle development is key in their workouts. Battling ropes are also a great alternate workout for students with disabilities who may be limited by a wheelchair. They too can get a very vigorous workout and feel like part of the class!

My passion in the gymnasium is fitness for life.

Our school is all about college preparation and I believe that even in the gymnasium this is important. My mission is to instill the value of teaching students how to get a vigorous workout while having fun. When I was in college, the amount of adults who would be in the school fitness center with no idea what they were doing was incredible. I want to change this by helping students become successful and healthy future college students sooner.

Mr. Duenas Freire Charter Middle School Grades 6-8

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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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Battling Ropes - 30 ft. x 2" dia. • Nasco $197.33 3 $591.99

Materials cost

$591.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.20

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$690.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.78

Total project goal

$811.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $811.85

14 Donors

-$722.16

Donations toward project cost

-$647.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.59

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.69

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 $0.00

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