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Ms. Ripo from New York, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Technology Needed to Advance Student Learning!

Help me give my students the best education possible during this difficult school year! This includes a MacBook Air.

  • $1,229 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

I am a special education teacher at a Title I elementary school located in the East Village of New York City. My students have diverse needs and abilities in all areas of academics and social-emotional development. Many of my students live in shelters or subsidized housing, and do not have easy access to all of the materials needed to be successful learners. However, despite the challenges they may face at home, my students are passionate about learning and try to do their best every day!

This year my third grade students will face an additional challenge, adapting to the significant changes in their daily routines, academics, and social life due to COVID-19. I want to help them be as comfortable and productive as possible as we navigate this new normal together.

As we start this new school year using a blended learning model, my students deserve a safe and well-equipped learning environment that will allow for them to work to their best abilities given the uncertainties of this school year. To achieve this goal, I ask for your help in gathering the technological tools that I need to ensure that they have access to high-quality digital learning materials.

My Project

This school year is unlike any other! I am teaching a small group of students in the classroom every day, a mix of general and special education students. Due to safety considerations, I need my classroom to be better equipped for presenting content via video and remotely than ever before.

I will be using this laptop in order to access visual tools to enhance my lessons, including interactive graphic organizers and read-alouds for my special education students.

My current laptop is older, and doesn't have the audio and visual capabilities that I need to utilize all the technological components that our curriculum requires this year. Having the right technology to be able to access high-quality digital content for my students will greatly enhance their learning this year!

Ms. Ripo PS 64 Robert Simon Grades 3-5

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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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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

32 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Air 13.3'Laptop with Touch ID - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $998.94 1 $998.94

Materials cost

$998.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,043.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$184.22

Total project goal

$1,228.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,228.14

7 Donors

-$802.74

Donations toward project cost

-$697.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.41

match offer

-$407.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$346.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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