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Teacher DiColandrea from Brooklyn, NY is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Send Brooklyn Speech & Debate Team to Nationals

My students need hotel rooms, registration fees and money for meals.

  • $2,763 goal

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My Students

My school is a public charter school that serves 400 phenomenal Black and Latino students, 75% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Our Speech & Debate Team provides students who are historically underrepresented in Speech & Debate with the opportunities to compete both locally and nationally in public speaking and debating.

Even though it was only our third year having a speech team, over 25 active members were extremely successful at local, regional, and national competitions this past year. We have had students advance to elimination rounds all around the country including at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Harvard, and Emory. We brought a record sixteen students to the State Championship last April and three kids to Nationals last year and look forward to building our program even further this year.

My Project

Two of our students qualified for the National Catholic Forensics League National Championship tournament held in Washington, D.C. over Memorial Day Weekend. We are extremely proud of them and want to make sure that financial costs will not deter them from taking advantage of this opportunity. The chance to compete at Nationals is an extraordinary opportunity that is only afforded to the top students in the league, so we know that it will have a monumental impact on these students' investment in Speech & Debate and in our whole team's self-confidence. Your support will help these brilliant kids take their show on the road at Nationals!

Teacher DiColandrea Achievement First Brooklyn 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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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

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Lodging Marquis Mariott $1,884.00
Activity BQCFL $100.00
Food various $300.00

Trip cost

$2,284.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$34.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,348.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$414.40

Total project goal

$2,762.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,762.66

1 Donor

-$2,762.66

Donations toward project cost

-$2,348.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$414.40

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