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Mr. Cuevas from Miami, FL is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Our Environment Accessible for Mental Health Projects

Help me give my students a way to make our projects mobile and able to do projects out in the community.

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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.

My Project

There are many advantages to learning about mental health in the great outdoors from a laptop. The setting outside can do wonders for both cognitive function and emotional well-being. Nature can lower stress and increase mood, which are key ingredients of greater mental health according to research. If students use their laptops to study mental health topics and get help with assignments in a relaxed environment, the learning process may be more attractive to them and cause less stress.

Students are able to access a variety of resources including scholarly articles, videos, interactive modules and support communities Such flexibility is a key characteristic of mental health education that typically involves more of an individualized approach.

Also, it helps to engage with mental health more broadly, not just academically but practically understanding how nature can heal.

For topics like mental health, being outside can allow students to understand and connect with the content on a different level. The calming presence of nature allows us to open up about difficult topics and cogitate on such in photographs. In so doing, the stigma that is often attached to mental health will be lessened as many students find it challenging to become open about this topic.

Finally, the fusion of technology and nature may even inspire creativity & out-of-the-box thinking. The expansive outdoors and the laptop full of information are perfect for sparking new ways to learn and think about mental health. This interplay can result in greater learning and a deeper understanding of the importance of mental health. In conclusion, doing mental health learning via a laptop outside provided an impressive mixture of cognitive, emotional and educational advantages that combined to enrich the learning process and mental well-being.

Mr. Cuevas Miami Senior High School Grades 9-12

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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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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo - Ideapad 1 15.6" Full HD Touchscreen Laptop - Ryzen 7 5700U with 16GB Memory - AMD Radeon Graphics - 512GB SSD - Cloud Gray • Best Buy Education $459.46 1 $459.46

Materials cost

$459.46

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$496.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.59

Total project goal

$583.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $583.94

2 Donors

-$542.00

Donations toward project cost

-$460.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.30

match offer

-$41.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$35.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.29

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 $0.00

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