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Mr. Mahan from Speedway, IN is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Thought That's What I Did

Help me give my students an Apple iPad to video their swings and analyze how to make adjustments.

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My Students

We are an inner-city school that serves a population of 80% free and reduced lunch. 35% of our students are ELL (English Language Learners). Like most children, our students have various home situations.

Many of our students go home to empty apartments and houses.

For this reason, it is important to provide positive outlets for those children after school. The creation of an after-school golf club helps provide, not only a monitored safe place after school, but a chance to learn a game that most would never be exposed to in their daily lives. With the use of the nine core values from The First Tee, students get physical fitness, character education, and a safe place to spend those typically alone hours with other people.

My Project

My students in the after-school golf club often think that they are performing the tasks in the same manner in which they are instructed. With the power of video, students can see exactly what I am seeing when they try to replicate the golf swing. We'll use this requested Apple iPad to video their swing and instantly rewatch to see where to adjust.

The most common statement heard at our after-school golf club: "I thought that's what I did!" We as humans all think that we are doing something, until we see it on video and realize it isn't quite what we thought.

The use of the video is to help students realize that, while thinking one did something, it sometimes is vastly different when on video.

Mr. Mahan Frank H Wheeler Elementary School 4 Grades 3-5

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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Speedway, IN 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

75 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 128GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $430.00 1 $430.00
AppleCare+ for iPad Orig & Mini - 2-year plan • Best Buy Education $69.00 1 $69.00

Materials cost

$499.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.67

Total project goal

$631.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $631.15

2 Donors

-$536.48

Donations toward project cost

-$536.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$94.67

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 $0.00

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