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Ms. DeVeny from Cerritos, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Technology Needed For A Fair Chance

My students need 4 more graphing calculators and batteries.

  • $885 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

All over the United States students are required to take either the SAT or ACT exams to apply to college. The SAT/ACT exams are TIMED tests and when students do not know how to use a graphing calculator they are at a huge disadvantage on these exams.

The majority of my students fight the challenges of households with a single working parent and two or more younger siblings on a daily basis.

Money is tight for most of the students' families and yet they too deserve all the privileges (graphing calculators) a middle/upper class education can give you. However, my students are set up to fail when they (nor their school) can afford to provide those privileges for them. Having graphing calculators in the classroom is not just a technology issue it is also a social justice issue.

My Project

When graphing calculators are used in the classroom students are able to focus on the "why" behind the math rather than the computations. With Common Core State Standards starting next year the "why" is emphasized and without graphing calculators the "why" gets lost in the computations. The "why" is also emphasized on the ACT/SAT exams; and, students who use graphing calculators on these exams out score students who must do everything by hand. With these graphing calculators my students will be able to visually see the mathematics in a way they never have before.

Having graphing calculators in the classroom is not just a technology issue it is also a social justice issue.

Without learning how to use graphing calculators students are set up to score lower on the SAT/ACT exams; and are thus not eligible to apply to top colleges. When students know how to use a graphing calculator they are able to answer questions quickly and accurately (very important on a timed test).

Ms. DeVeny Richard Gahr High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Cerritos, CA View local requests

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

125 students impacted 42donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Texas Instruments TI-89 Titanium - graphing calculator • Best Buy $146.62 4 $586.48
Duracell CopperTop MN 2400 - battery - AAA - alkaline x 16 • Best Buy $13.78 4 $55.12

Materials cost

$641.60

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $58.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$751.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.69

Total project goal

$884.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $884.62

37 Donors

-$884.62

Donations toward project cost

-$751.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$132.69

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