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Ms. Hickman from Los Angeles, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Day Learning Came Alive!

Help me give my students pencil boxes, color pencils, sticky notes and other tools they need to organize and engage with their learning, and help me be able to model thinking and student tasks using the AVerVision document camera.

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My Students

My class is the last stop for many of these highly-motivated English learners of all ages. My goal: for them to achieve a critical mass of English language by June 2019.

This combination ELD/English/Theater class is comprised of students ages 13-19, with varying levels of English proficiency.

Many have arrived here only three years ago, knowing only oral Mayan languages. They are bright, funny, and compassionate, and help each other at every opportunity.

They come from impoverished, unstable backgrounds, but every day they make the choice to show up to class and try their best, avoiding the many temptations for disengagement and trouble in their neighborhoods. They deserve the best I can give them.

My Project

My diligent English Language Learners need to engage with their lessons more creatively and with better annotation, in order to deepen - and retain - their learning. They also need help in organizing their materials to be at their disposal when they need them to practice their English. I am requesting art boxes, color pencils, pencil sharpeners, binders and binder tabs materials will help them better use the resources I create for them, and the work they complete.

"What do you mean?

Can you show me?" I am also requesting a document camera which will be a valuable addition to my ability to model thinking, writing, note-taking, etc. As I have my students often write about art and photography, this camera will enable me to be more flexible and deliver more images to them to respond to.

Ms. Hickman Los Angeles School Global Studies - Miguel Contreras Learning Complex Grades 9-12

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 Ms. Hickman

Los Angeles, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
AVerVision U50 - document camera • Best Buy Education $178.99 1 $178.99
Staples Insertable Reference Dividers, 8-Tab, Multicolor, 8 1/2" x 11" • Staples Advantage $1.99 35 $69.65
Post-it Super Sticky Notes, 2" x 2" Rio De Janeiro Collection, 90 Sheets/Pad, 8 Pads/Pack (622-8SSAU) • Staples Advantage $8.99 4 $35.96
Crayola Colored Pencils, 24/Box • Staples Advantage $3.65 8 $29.20
Simply Economy View Binder with Round Rings, White, 175-Sheet Capacity, 1" (Ring Diameter) • Staples Advantage $3.99 6 $23.94
Staples Single-Hole Manual Pencil Sharpener, Translucent • Staples Advantage $1.49 8 $11.92
Staples Translucent Pencil Boxes, Blue, 2 1/4"H x 5 5/8"W x 8 1/4"L • Staples Advantage $1.39 8 $11.12

Materials cost

$360.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$429.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.74

Total project goal

$504.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $504.94

8 Donors

-$437.29

Donations toward project cost

-$386.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.59

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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