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Ms. Pereira from Plainfield, NJ is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hurricane Sandy Recovery: Elmo for the 21st Century

My students need an Elmo TT-12 document camera in our ESL class to provide everyone a chance to see the daily activities.

  • $987 goal

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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

Are you or do you know an English Language Learner? One hundred percent of my students are English language learners and need to have access to as many materials as possible to help them become proficient speakers of English.

My students are fascinating!

They come from several different countries and in various stages of their educational lives. They come to school every day happy and excited to learn something new. They are all in Dual Language classrooms and work hard every day to maintain their first language while also learning to become proficient in English. This is not an easy task but it is one that they relish! Recently we were out of school for two weeks because of Hurricane Sandy. This is an interruption we simply could not afford and are still working to catch up on our curriculum to stay on pace with other students throughout New Jersey and the US. This means we need to be extra rigorous and work even harder!

My Project

ESL classes normally have a small number of students. However, where I work it is very common for me to teach groups of ESL students that number over 20 in one room and of varying language proficiency levels. This makes really providing individualized instruction very difficult. An Elmo TT-12 is a document camera (that will get connected to our projectors or Promethean boards, which we already have) that allows children to see on a big screen what they would normally have to get up close to see. The camera can project whatever you are holding at that time: a book, small objects, a work in progress, and more. This also helps eliminate the "I can't see!" comments and makes learning fun and exciting because none of our students have ever used or seen one before!

An Elmo TT-12 is a new and exciting educational tool that is perfect when working with large group of students that need to be able to see small items up close.

It also allows children to gain an even broader sense of technology and its uses in a modern classroom.

Ms. Pereira Charles H Stillman Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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Plainfield, NJ View local requests

Nearly all 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
ELMO TT-12 Document Camera • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $719.00 1 $719.00

Materials cost

$719.00

Vendor shipping charges

$79.09

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$838.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.04

Total project goal

$986.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$986.91

1 Donor

-$986.91

Donations toward project cost

-$838.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.04

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$0.00

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