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Mrs. Polz from Jamaica, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Code!

My students need a variety of tools, including Osmos, to help them learn the basics of coding. With so many careers in the computer science fields, it is becoming more important for children to be exposed to coding.

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My Students

As a teacher in a Title 1 school in the NYC Department of Education, my students are faced with many challenges both in and outside of school. All students in my school receive free breakfast and lunch and many live in temporary housing.

The majority of our students struggle academically with little support outside of school.

School quickly becomes their second home.

Although I may not be able to control what goes on outside of school, I try my best to give them the greatest experiences during the school day. By doing this in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire our earliest learners to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

With my students being all below grade 1, including students with disabilities, they need tools that allow them to manipulate and visualize the coding. The Osmo gives children hands-on coding and allows them to manipulate the blocks. Bloxels allows students to use pixels to create their own video game. Code-a-pillar gives the students a robot to program in the simplest form. By receiving these materials, it will give my students more opportunities to code. Rather than using unplugged materials students will be able to use technology and become more engaged.

Introducing children to computer programming and coding at a young age gives them an edge up for the future.

With so many careers in the ever-growing computer science field, children often receive little or no exposure to programming until high school or even college.

At the young age of 5, my students are learning how to code and are engaged in not only playing on computers and tablets but creating with them. Coding also helps the students with their computational thinking and problem solving. All skills that are important in all of their subject areas.

Mrs. Polz PS 52 Queens Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Jamaica, NY View local requests

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
Osmo Coding Jam Game + iPad Base • Amazon Business $89.98 1 $89.98
Bloxels Build Your Own Video Game • Amazon Business $34.99 2 $69.98
Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar • Amazon Business $30.99 2 $61.98
Osmo Coding Jam Game (Base required) • Amazon Business $59.99 1 $59.99
Puzzlets Starter Pack with Free Programming Game: Cork the Volcano • Amazon Business $57.83 1 $57.83
Osmo Coding Awbie Game (Discontinued by manufacturer) • Amazon Business $44.97 1 $44.97
ALEX Toys Future Coders Poppin' Pictures Coding Skills Kit • Amazon Business $17.55 2 $35.10
Osmo iPad Base • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Fisher-Price Think & Learn Code-a-Pillar Silly Sounds & Lights Expansion Pack • Amazon Business $10.34 2 $20.68

Materials cost

$470.50

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$507.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.57

Total project goal

$597.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$597.13

5 Donors

-$298.56

Donations toward project cost

-$253.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.78

match offer

-$298.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$253.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.78

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$0.00

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