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Mrs. Porter from Millbrook, AL is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Makey Our Makerspace

My students need computer coding and building supplies for our classroom Makerspace stations! They will hone their critical and creative thinking skills using Cubelets, Makey-Makey invention kits, and a Dash Robot!

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My Students

My students are part of the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program. The GATE program strives to provide opportunities and enriched experiences beyond the traditional classroom setting.

In the GATE program, students are provided opportunities for learning the skills related to higher-order thinking; experience an understanding of the world’s people and their relationships to each other; and provide an independent quest of knowledge in areas of interest.

GATE classes emphasize student-initiated learning and offer academic challenges through enriched content, long-term projects, and interaction with intellectual peers. The GATE curriculum includes humanities, literature, science, math, visual arts, critical thinking skills, technology, and research.

My Project

I am a Gifted Education teacher for sixty 5th and 6th grade students. I see each of these students for only 3 hours a week. Since our time is very limited, I strive to make every minute we have together meaningful and productive. By creating a Makerspace in our classroom, the students can be totally engaged in learning during their entire stay in the gifted education classroom.

The Makerspace approach to learning challenges students to explore, create, and invent.

In order to do this, students need a wide variety of materials and resources. This DonorsChoose project will help expand the collection of supplies we currently have. As students complete activities and projects in their Makerspace stations, their creative and critical thinking skills will be strengthened, and their confidence will be enhanced tremendously!

Mrs. Porter Millbrook Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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Millbrook, AL 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
Modular Robotics Cubelets TWELVE robot blocks • Amazon Business $284.95 1 $284.95
Wonder Workshop Dash Robot • Amazon Business $148.57 1 $148.57
Makey Makey An Invention Kit for Everyone • Amazon Business $49.95 1 $49.95
20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00

Materials cost

$500.47

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $40.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$578.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.14

Total project goal

$680.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $680.91

1 Donor

-$340.46

Donations toward project cost

-$289.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.07

match offer

-$340.45

Match offer toward project cost

-$289.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.07

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 $0.00

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