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Ms. Sheck from Brooklyn, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keeping Up With Technology Without Any Technology?

Help me give my students a shared laptop that has the capabilities to produce the creative video production and recording features they need. Many of the students I work with have learning disabilities and find a MacBook easier!

  • $1,230 goal

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My Students

Our school is considered a Title I school, with many students living way below the poverty line and many parents holding 2 or 3 jobs. Many of these children go through more than any adults should have to and yet they are 11-12yrs old. These kids are resilient yet remain kind and caring, they are leaders who want to learn. They take care of one another and protect one another and are brilliant while they face tremendous challenges.

Our school itself sits on the bottom floor of a luxury residential building surrounded by coffee shops and stores that our students can not afford, I would like to work towards leveling this playing field as these kids are bright, funny, caring, and worthy!

We also have a Horizon Progam that services 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ASD students who we integrate into our general education program whenever possible. Dock Street believes in having a robust art department with dance drama, and visual arts. Our STEAM curriculum is authentic and our college-level habits start early with syllabus and majors becoming a part of our students' vocabulary in the first week of school.

My Project

Our Title I program has a well-established, much-nurtured arts component. In this way, we are unlike most public schools. We have fought for this arts program, giving it parity in importance with math and ELA. We provide an art cycle in 6th grade where EVERY student learns visual arts, drama, dance, and vocals. The student then picks a major for 7th grade and participates in an end-of-year showcase. This showcase is open to the public and we welcome you to attend for free!

As one of the counselors in this school, I have noticed that we don't have all the tools needed to take our arts program to the next level.

We have the heart, but not the technology to keep us up to par. I would like to offer our students the production capabilities that a MacBook can offer. What I find special about this project is that just one MacBook would meet the needs of our entire student body!

Many of our students struggle with learning disabilities. As I watch them try to move to computer learning, I am aware that the disparity between those with learning disabilities and those without is growing. This is in part because we are offering students PC'S because they are affordable, however, a PC does not have the instinctual components that an Apple product does. This can become a major disadvantage when there is neurodiversity. If you look at any private school, especially those that specialize in learning disabilities, you will see that they are heavily biased toward Apple for precisely this reason. Education should be free and equal.

Ms. Sheck Dock Street School Steam Studies Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple MacBook Air with Retina display - 13.3' - M1 - 8 GB RAM - 256 GB SSD - US • Best Buy Education $999.99 1 $999.99

Materials cost

$999.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,044.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$184.41

Total project goal

$1,229.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,229.40

7 Donors

-$1,115.78

Donations toward project cost

-$1,002.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$113.29

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

-$63.62

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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