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Mrs. Connell from Bronx, NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Virtual Restorative Environment

Help me give my students a Virtual Reality headset so that they can transport themselves into a virtual restorative environment.

  • $513 goal

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Mrs. Connell has another project! Donate to Empowering Students Through Play: A Gaming Computer for Career Exploration to help her classroom.

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Help Mrs. Connell

Mrs. Connell has another project! Donate to Empowering Students Through Play: A Gaming Computer for Career Exploration to help her classroom.

$1,588 - complete this project and be a hero

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 Project

The latest school research on restorative justice in school has revealed that our environment can heal and restore. “An essential feature of healthy space but what is equally if not more beneficial is having a room with a view.

Views of nature, and longer views of people or objects in the distance, are found to reduce fatigue, help with physical healing, and support better outcomes of student learning (Heschong Mahone Group, Inc, October 2003).

A virtual reality headset will enable my students to escape the stresses of the day and embark on a healing journey. Restorative practices include what we see, hear, and experience. The VR will give my students that view of nature and the virtual environment needed to find emotional rest without leaving the building.

Mrs. Connell Intermediate School 206 Ann Mersereau Grades 6-8

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. Connell

Bronx, NY 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

180 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Meta - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 128GB • Best Buy Education $399.99 1 $399.99

Materials cost

$399.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.94

Total project goal

$512.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$512.93

5 Donors

-$507.93

Donations toward project cost

-$431.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.19

match offer

-$5.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$4.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

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$0.00

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