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Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab from San Diego, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mighty Mice for STEAM Lab

Help me give my students better control over our computers with a class set of mice.

  • $296 goal

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Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab has another project! Donate to iPad for Digital Drawing to help her classroom.

$955 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

My small school is set in a suburban community near military housing. Even though my school is within a large metropolitan city, it feels like a small community and sheltered; an "island in the hills." Within those hills, we have a variety of ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as several families that have moved here from other countries. Many of our students are grappling with parents being deployed.

My students are exuberant and creative, and I am constantly challenged to investigate new opportunities for them to test the waters in STEM/STEAM learning - and tailor the activities for all grade levels, transitional kindergarten through grade five!

Our STEAM Lab and Makerspace has gone through many changes over the years, and we are keeping in step with new thinking and methodology by focusing on the three-dimensional design of the Next Generation Science Standards. We also make a concerted effort to incorporate exposures to technology, engineering, art, and mathematical applications, and make it relevant to their world and interests. The curriculum is student-driven, and ever-morphing to meet their needs.

As the TK-5th STEAM Lab teacher, I feel I have the best job ever!

My Project

My STEAM Lab has four hundred students that come through its doors! Our equipment gets a lot of use.

These students are fantastic creators and innovators and I want to make that easier!

Our classroom computers all are a little different. The touch mouse pad and the buttons are in different places from computer to computer, and this can often be confusing for my youngest users. When we do any technology activities, they often accidentally click in the wrong place, bring up the wrong menus, or have trouble manipulating the cursor.

Please help my students be able to learn how to use the technology without battling with the touch pads. We need a class set of mice!

Mrs. Allard's STEAM Lab Vista Grande Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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San Diego, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

400 students impacted 48donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Verbatim Corded Notebook Optical Mouse mouse USB blue • CDW-G $6.90 29 $200.10

Materials cost

$200.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.37

Total project goal

$295.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $295.78

46 Donors

-$145.00

Donations toward project cost

-$129.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.90

match offer

-$143.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$122.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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