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Mrs. Berretta from Staten Island, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Robot Parking Needed!

Help me give my students an organized place with shelves to keep our various robots charged and accessible in our STEAM lab.

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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

Our students get excited to use the Sphero, Dash, Botleys and Code n Go Mice robots that we have in our STEAM lab. However, the current layout of our lab does not have any shelving to make the technology readily accessible to students, resulting in a loss of instructional time as they wait for their teachers to access the materials from various spaces inside the room, particularly when switching grade levels from period to period with virtually no set-up time in between classes. Having the technology readily available and organized into shelving will allow the students to become more independent and maximize the amount of time spent engaged in projects, rather than waiting around.

My goals for this project are to have an organized space where students can take ownership and independence as they progress through different robot and technology uses throughout their years utilizing the STEAM lab.

They will learn to be more efficient in their roles helping to keep their learning materials organized and their technology charged at all times.

My students are special because our STEAM program is a true model of equity. We are not limited to special clubs or after school times which exclude the majority of our population. Our program is built to include STEAM instruction throughout every student's regular school day. We are a a Title I school, where more than half of our student population come from financially disadvantaged homes. We are also an ethnically diverse school and take pride in the fact that our all inclusive STEAM program serves our general education, special education (ICT and Self Contained) as well as our Gifted and Talented learners.

Mrs. Berretta PS 45 John Tyler Grades 3-5

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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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Staten Island, NY 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sauder Beginnings 3-Shelf Bookcase (416438) • Quill.com $65.99 6 $395.94

Materials cost

$395.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$431.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.21

Total project goal

$508.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $508.09

8 Donors

-$503.68

Donations toward project cost

-$431.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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