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Ms. Savage from Brooklyn, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Portable Library

Help me give my students the ability to borrow books without entering the library.

  • $1,468 goal

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My Students

The students from my NY elementary school are from various cultures, have diverse backgrounds, and most come from lower-income families. Many are English Language Learners. They have great ideas, great enthusiasm, and a great desire to learn. They are also a creative group that is and full of questions and ideas. They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges that allow them exposure to the language and the ability to think creatively. They get so excited when they come into the Library because they love to pick out new books every week. Even those that are struggling readers delight in the idea of bringing a book home to share with their family. The books offer them the opportunity to learn the language and expand their vocabulary in a fun way. The pictures allow them to use their imagination. All encouraging them to expand their language and their minds.

My Project

The laptop will allow me to create a portable library and have the ability to checkbooks in and out for students. This will give the students access to books, bring them home, and share them with their families. Due to the COVID crisis, the students who come to school for in-person instruction cannot walk throughout the building to come into my Library. Therefore, they do not have access to books for reading time at home. Many students in our Title 1 school do not have funds to purchase their own books. So having access to our school Library is of paramount importance to these students. I have arranged to have my portable carts carried to the 3rd and 4th floors. Daily, I carry books to these carts and bring them to the children's classrooms to borrow.

Unfortunately, the school is without any laptops at this time since all were given away to the students in our community when Covid first hit last March.

Therefore, I do not have a laptop to take with me to log the books in the Destiny Computer System used in DOE schools. A paper and pencil system is time-consuming and interfering with the classroom teachers' instructional time. Having a reliable system of checking books out is even of greater importance this year since we already lost over 300 books that have never been returned last year due to Covid.

Ms. Savage PS 153 Homecrest Grades 3-5

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More than three‑quarters 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

250 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Air 13.3'Laptop with Touch ID - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive - Silver • Best Buy Education $1,199.67 1 $1,199.67

Materials cost

$1,199.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,247.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$220.18

Total project goal

$1,467.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,467.85

2 Donors

-$1,467.85

Donations toward project cost

-$1,247.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$220.18

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