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Mr. Carlson from Pocatello ID is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Digital Camera for Native American School Newspaper

My students need a digital camera and a 2GB memory stick.

  • $302 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

I teach fifth grade to Native American students in a high need community. Writing skills are greatly lacking and I am confident that by publishing a school newspaper I can help my students increase their self-esteem and improve their writing skills.

My students have great difficulty in writing. In order to help they improve their writing skills I decided that a school newsletter/newspaper, where students write the articles and take the pictures would motivate my students to improve their writing skills. The newsletter/newspaper will allow the students to build their self-esteem as well as improve their writing skills.

If we were able to obtain a digital camera and memory stick we could make the newspaper even better as well as teach the students how to use a camera. There are a lot of upcoming school/community activities where we could really use a camera (pow-wows, Native American dance competition, etc). Imagine the improvement of the paper if we could add pictures of the events to the articles written by the students.

My students desperately need to improve their reading and writing skills and a quality school newspaper would go a long way towards accomplishing that goal. Your contribution will help a young Native American student improve their self-esteem and their writing skills. Who knows, maybe you'll even inspire them to become a journalist or photo-journalist.

Mr. Carlson
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SONY 2GB MEMORY STICK PRO DUO -- Sony Memory Sticks; Pro Duo, 2GB • Quill $22.49 1 $22.49
DIGITAL CAMERA -- Sony Digital Cameras; Cyber-shot DSC-W230, Blue • Quill $179.99 1 $179.99

Materials cost

$202.48

Vendor shipping charges

 $20.25

Sales tax

 $12.15

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$246.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.20

Total project goal

$301.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $301.12

9 Donors

-$301.12

Donations toward project cost

-$246.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.20

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