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Ms. Dowding from Flushing, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Save Our Essays! Flash Drives for All!

My students need flash drives to save their work and build portfolios of their growth over the four years of high school.

  • $184 goal

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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 Students

Imagine moving to a new country and not knowing the language. Imagine having to write essays, create resumes, and become college-ready in a language that is not your native tongue. This is what my students face and do it gracefully. They are champs!

My high school students are all recent immigrants to the United States.

As a group, although they come from dozens of countries and speak over a dozen languages, they all have a common mission: to learn English while completing the same high school requirements as native English speakers. To overcome this daunting task, we use a collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary, and content-rich environment in all classes. All teachers are both content and English teachers. In my classes, I use a hands-on activities approach to encourage the use of English in all of its forms - reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Even a student with no English carries education and experiences with them. My projects are designed so students can express who they are and practice their new language with peers. In this system, students who come to me with no English are able to get full scholarships to universities and colleges here in America to pursue their own American Dream.

My Project

I am working with my school to help create a college and career readiness plan including working with students to write their resumes and a portfolio of their work. By providing these USB flash drives, I will be able to help students work on drafts and keep a copy of their work which often they are not able to do on their own without my help. This will assist them to find success and archive their progress of academic and English language acquisition growth.

These USB flash drives will enable my students to save their work and be able to more fully edit their work, craft their resumes, and learn the organizational skills to find success.

Students are unable to buy these for themselves so to be able to provide them will be a huge help to my work and class.

Ms. Dowding Flushing International High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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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Flushing, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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
SanDisk Cruzer USB flash drive 4 GB • CDW Inc. $9.87 11 $108.57

Materials cost

$108.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $10.86

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$156.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.54

Total project goal

$183.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $183.60

2 Donors

-$91.45

Donations toward project cost

-$78.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.42

match offer

-$91.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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