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Mrs. Hoover from Houston, TX is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Technology Kids!

My students need various technology items such as iPads, laptops, wireless speakers, headphone splitters, and a pencil sharpener to help make learning fun and enjoyable!

  • $2,420 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

Technology is a gate that opens the student's minds to a whole new world of possibility!

My school is a title 1 school, meaning that the majority of our students are low socio-economic.

They are often from single parent homes. We also do not have a PTA. The students often do not have a lot of support at home, so all of our learning and practice have to come at school. They love using technology! It makes the learning so much more fun to them! Very often, they are hard to motivate when it comes to classwork. I have found that technology is an amazing resources for the students in my class. They use it and don't even realize they are learning!

My Project

The laptops and iPads will be used to run programs and apps to help practice skills that they have previously learned. They can also use them to reinforce the concepts we are learning at school in all subjects. Another great use for these are to have the students research topics on them and then create presentations using the various programs and apps that the iPad and laptops have to offer. The speakers are a great way to practice fluency in reading and in math facts. They can record themselves and then play it back and listen. Also, the speakers are small enough that they are portable for little hands to move around the room. The headphone splitters and the pencil sharpener are both to help our classroom run more smoothly. The headphone splitters are so that more students can use the iPad and laptop at a time. The pencil sharpener is to help us have utensils to write with.

As a donor, you are truly making a difference in these students lives, my life, and the lives of the many students I will have in the future.

All of these items will help teach the students responsibility in taking care of our items and sharing them with each other. Thank you for taking the time to read about my class and for considering donating to our project. We appreciate people like you so much!!

Mrs. Hoover Thornwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

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 three‑quarters 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

20 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® - iPad® mini with Retina display with Wi-Fi - 16GB - Space Gray/Black • Best Buy for Business $349.99 2 $699.98
HP - Pavilion 14'Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 16GB Solid State Drive - Peach Coral • Best Buy for Business $279.99 2 $559.98
Apple® - iPad® mini with Retina display with Wi-Fi - 16GB - Silver/White • Best Buy for Business $349.99 1 $349.99
X-ACTO High-Volume Electric Pencil Sharpener • Quill.com $123.24 1 $123.24
Griffin Technology - Survivor Case for Apple® iPad® mini - Black/Blue • Best Buy for Business $33.99 3 $101.97
Ultimate Ears - MINI BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Speaker - Black • Best Buy for Business $92.99 1 $92.99
iHome - Bluetooth Mini Speaker for Select Apple® iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch Models - Black • Best Buy for Business $22.12 3 $66.36
Insignia? - Dual 3.5mm Mini Headphone Jack Adapter - Black • Best Buy for Business $1.12 2 $2.24

Materials cost

$1,996.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,056.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$362.95

Total project goal

$2,419.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,419.65

1 Donor

-$2,419.65

Donations toward project cost

-$2,056.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$362.95

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