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Mrs. Baniak from Youngstown, OH is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Start A Fire to Learning With Amazon Fire Tablets

Help me give my students Amazon Fire Tablets to enhance both their reading and math skills.

  • $513 goal

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Help Mrs. Baniak

Mrs. Baniak has another project! Donate to Fueling Minds, Nourishing Futures to help her classroom.

$162 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I work with ten significant special needs children. They always have something special to share with me and always have smiles on their faces. They get very excited when I introduce new learning materials and love "hands-on" activities.

My students come from an inner-city environment, with little to no support from relatives at home.

My classroom is designed as a place where students can go and know they are safe.

My Project

My students all love to use electronics. In school, we use Chromebooks, but since most of my students are in kindergarten, first, and second grades, the tablet will be more user-friendly.

The tablet is more accessible for younger children to manipulate.

The touch screen on the tablet is much easier for little fingers to manipulate than a mouse on a Chromebook. The screens on the tablets are in color, which helps to hold the student's attention. The use of the tablet will help to enhance both their reading and math skills.

Mrs. Baniak Horizon Science Academy - Youngstwn Grades PreK-2

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

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.

More about Mrs. Baniak

Youngstown, OH 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

10 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amazon Fire 7 - Kids Edition 9th generation - tablet - Fire OS 6.3 - 16 GB - 7' • Best Buy Education $100.00 4 $400.00

Materials cost

$400.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.94

Total project goal

$512.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$512.94

2 Donors

-$257.11

Donations toward project cost

-$239.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.86

match offer

-$231.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$196.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.36

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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