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

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We Can See Clearly Now!

My students need an illuminated compound microscope for use in the 5th grade science lab.

  • $446 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.

Creepy crawlies and teeny, tiny microbes! Those are the things we long to see, but alas we have no illuminated microscopes in our lab. Won't you help? My students are inner city children, 98% Hispanic and 98% receiving reduced/free lunch, with few opportunities to experience Science outside the classroom. They are fascinated by the natural world and love to look at various things through hand lenses and Magiscopes, but what they are able to see with those devices is limited. Currently, we are studying Life Science, and although we can see some pond organisms from our school pond and some of the details of the insects we study, I would love to give them the opportunity to see more. I am requesting an illuminated compound microscope for the 5th grade Science lab, which will be used by 5 classes of students. Your gift will enable my students to get "up close and personal" with the world around them and spark their desire to continue their explorations.

Mrs. Laforet Herrera Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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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
Frey E-Series Compound Microscope • Frey Scientific, Inc. $309.00 1 $309.00

Materials cost

$309.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $30.90

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$365.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.12

Total project goal

$445.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $445.12

3 Donors

-$210.00

Donations toward project cost

-$182.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.75

match offer

-$215.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$176.30

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.26

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 $0.00

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