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Ms. Pease from Saint Paul, MN is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lights, Cameras, Action!

My students need 1 digital video camera and 45 DVD+R disks.

  • $661 goal

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Everybody has a story to tell and everyone wants to be heard. It's with this philosophy that I approach my work in The Lab, a program serving urban youth in special education. The students with whom I work have the educational label EBD (Emotional- behavioral disorder)and attend school in small self-contained classrooms. Their emotional behavior struggles interfere with their success in a mainstream classroom setting. The Lab supports their success and school engagement. They are affected by a variety of challenges, including post-traumatic stress disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, anxiety and/or depression. For many of our students, their behavioral and mental health struggles are linked to challenging circumstances of living in poverty. 85% of students in our EBD programs receive free and reduced lunch; the majority (80%) are male.

Too often, these youth are only seen for their deficits instead of their strengths. The Lab empowers these students to find creative and healthy ways of understanding and managing their emotions and lives. We facilitate creative experiential groups in 11 of our district’s EBD programs serving youth in grades 7-12. The format is simple: students are given a culturally-relevant prompt (spoken-word poetry, hip-hop song), time to write, and the option to read their poem aloud. Students have a chance to record their poetry for a CD, and inclusion in a poetry anthology. Students who initially claim to hate poetry are soon “spitting rhymes” with a renewed sense of self-confidence and improved literacy and public speaking skills. A survey conducted last year indicated that 86% of students felt that their confidence in writing increased in the group; 85% felt that being in the group helped them express their feelings in a healthy way. We now have paired this spoken word poetry foundation with technology, visual art and experiential wellness.

The Lab embraces the artistic strengths of all students by integrating technology, visual art and experiential opportunities in addition to written/spoken word. Last semester, I brought in my personal video camera and a few kids were assigned to be "documentary film makers" of their own experience. They used the accountability of a video camera to increase their interview and conversation skills. At the end of the semester, students took pride in their involvement in the group when their short clips were showcased at a celebration. Yet as the program has grown, my personal video camera is no longer sufficient. More students can record their work and make social and emotional progress via video journaling with a second video camera. I’m also requesting blank DVD+Rs on which to burn these video anthologies to give students at the end of the year.

Your donation will truly help further expand my services to students, as I also train volunteers and interns to run circles in other schools, and more supplies means I can bring more students to The Lab. With your help, I can continue to support these students to gain the courage to speak about their lives, gain healthy coping strategies, and find success at school!

Ms. Pease Homecroft Elementary 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.

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Saint Paul, MN 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

30 students impacted 17donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
IMATION DVD+R AQUAGUARD 45 PACK SPINDLE Imation DVD+R Discs; 16x, with AquaGuard , 45-Pack Spindle • Quill $35.99 1 $35.99
SONY DVRDVD810 DVD HANDYCAM CAMCORDER Sony Camcorders; DVD Handycam DCR-DVD810 • Quill $404.99 1 $404.99

Materials cost

$440.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $44.10

Sales tax

 $28.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$542.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$118.98

Total project goal

$660.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $660.98

13 Donors

-$637.65

Donations toward project cost

-$542.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.33

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 $0.00

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