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Mr. Hall from Bronx, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sign It: American Sign Language at School and at Home!

Help me give my students and their parents access to ASL and better communication

  • $872 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Spanish, Afrikaans, Arabic, Fulani, Swahili, Chinese, English, Creole, and American Sign Language are just a few of the languages our students exposed to on a daily basis--both in the home and at school. My students, who are deaf and hard of hearing, are in a self-contained total communication program located in the Bronx, NY. We simultaneously use various forms of communication in our room to fit the needs of each learner.

My students are very hard working compassionate kids with a love of learning and experiencing new things first hand.

They are all incredibly intelligent and intuitive, but lack of language exposure and oftentimes lack of resources contribute to their lack of understanding and access to grade appropriate instruction. For this very reason, literacy instruction is key to their success and eventual language acquisition.

It is our goal to facilitate their learning through hands-on student-centered experiences while challenging preconditioned notions of society, their home communities and themselves. The expectation is that they will become critical thinkers that will formulate their own opinions about the world and change it for the better.

My Project

More than 90% of deaf and hard of hearing students are born to hearing parents. Many of our students have gone years without auditory or manual language exposure and start school with very little language. The first pillar of our program is to provide deaf and hard of hearing students with a strong foundation in a language so they can have access to grade-level curriculum, but also communicate with their families and the world at large.

American Sign Language is just one language we explicitly teach to reach our goal, but many parents/families do not sign or have the resources to learn.

This is why I am requesting 30 "Sign It" subscriptions for my students and their families." Sign It subscriptions will provide full access to families of the online ASL curriculum, much like their children are learning in school for 12 months. They will be able to move through the course at their own rate on their own time.

Parents, guardians, and other family members can learn WITH their deaf or hard of hearing child at home and practice language much like parents of hearing children do. This extra practice/language exposure will allow students to strengthen their language development and address communication needs. I plan to access this utilizing established ASL/English vocabulary pre-test and post-test at the beginning and the end of the year as well as ASL comprehension scores. More importantly, we would like to see how this subscription has helped communication at home, which we will measure with a parent survey at the end of the year. Please consider helping us on or journey to give every student a language and the opportunity for their families to use it too.

Mr. Hall PS 333 Longwood Academy Discovery Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bronx, 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

45 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sign It ASL Classroom: 12 Month Site License • Sign It American Sign Language Made Easy $699.99 1 $699.99

Materials cost

$699.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$740.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.67

Total project goal

$871.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$871.16

13 Donors

-$485.61

Donations toward project cost

-$415.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.59

Matching donations from our partners

-$382.91

Match offers toward project cost

-$325.47

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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$0.00

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