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Ms. Minor from Compton, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Magical Math and Super Science!

My students need a PC and Mac compatible LCD projector.

  • $1,043 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Did you ever have the feeling that something amazing was just out of your reach? I teach 5th grade low-income, high risk, culturally diverse students, in a "difficult" neighborhood in California. Many kids have gang influences, broken homes, or live with foster families. I teach science for all our 5th graders, plus math, language arts, and all other subjects to my core group of 30 students. I also teach an after school engineering program to 3rd through 5th graders.

The district that I work for has just purchased new science and math texts and materials for the school. I was so excited to learn that they both have a technology component, including power point presentations made for each lesson. Now that the materials have arrived, I discovered that, although I have a mac laptop that I bring to school, and a PC in my classroom, I still can't use the technology with my whole class. Why not, you may wonder? I don't have any way to project what's on the computer screen so all the kids can see at once. Imagine trying to cram 30 bodies, many near adult size, around a 12 inch monitor, and still try to teach, and see what everybody is doing, make sure everybody "gets it," nobody is daydreaming; the list goes on. About a third of my students are below grade level and need all the help they can get.

I have found a reasonably priced LCD projector that is compatible with both a mac and PC, that I can use in class so that everybody can see the entire lesson from their seats. Kids could take notes, be focused, and ask questions easily. This item would be used for years, and would benefit hundreds of students. It could be used not only for math, science, and engineering, but for any other subject.

Your generous donation will enable my students to use the new technology available from our district and the textbook publishers as it was meant to be used. Please help my students move forward, not only in academic skill, but in technological advances. Thank you in advance for your kind donation.

Ms. Minor McKinley Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Compton, CA 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

90 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dukane ImagePro 8077A Portable LCD Projector • Highsmith Inc. $699.60 1 $699.60

Materials cost

$699.60

Vendor shipping charges

$69.96

Sales tax

$50.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$855.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$187.68

Total project goal

$1,042.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,042.68

11 Donors

-$1,005.88

Donations toward project cost

-$855.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$150.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.80

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$0.00

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