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Mr. Connell from Douglas, GA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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iPads for i-Mazing Students

My students need individual iPads to engage them in issues around the world and at home. I want to engage their interests and promote active involvement.

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My Students

My students are from a rural, southern area of Georgia. We are a Federal Title 1 school - meaning that more than 50% of the students that we serve are classified in poverty, and over 1/3 of our students are minority.

It is not unusual for a student to let me know that he or she has never been outside of the county or much further than the town limits.

Many times, the only window my students have to the outside world is in my classroom. We are academically diverse, with students of all levels working together and helping each other.

My Project

An iPad inspires creativity and hands on learning with features you won't find in any other educational tool and on a device that students really want to use. Powerful built-in apps and apps from the App Store let students engage with content in interactive ways, find information in an instant, and access an entire library where ever they go. And now, with the introduction of multi-touch textbooks, iPad takes learning to a whole new level.

From birth to death, students are surrounded by technology.

Mounting pressure to meet state curriculum requirements and assessment tests means current events rarely get discussed thoroughly. Current events are something that can used every day if a a teacher has the skill and the imagination to connect the present to the past. An iPad collection will allow us to look through online magazines, news stations and see what is going on in the world around us.

Mr. Connell Coffee 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.

More about Mr. Connell

Douglas, GA 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

91 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
iPad 2 with Wi-Fi 16 GB - White • Apple $399.00 12 $4,788.00

Materials cost

$4,788.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$330.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$71.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,220.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$921.21

Total project goal

$6,141.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$6,141.40

6 Donors

-$3,180.10

Donations toward project cost

-$3,180.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$2,400.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$2,040.09

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$360.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$561.19

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$0.00

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