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Mr. Alur's classroom raised $312

Wall Mount A Projector (And Give My Students Room To Learn)

My students need a projector wall mount for our interactive whiteboard and new projector.

Mr. Alur Lake View High School

Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

Celebrating 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.

I teach Honors and Advanced Placement Chemistry at a high needs urban school in Illinois. In my experience, my students need assistance learning about ideas that they cannot see and dynamic ideas that require manipulation. Recently, my classroom received an interactive whiteboard. My students and I agree that it is the coolest learning tool that we have in our classroom. I use it almost every day to provide a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum. Not only does it make learning fun and interactive, but students learn by manipulating ideas dynamically. In addition, they learn about concepts that they cannot see in the microscopic and atomic world. Using this technology, I have been able to expose my students to the rigor of the competitive college and career world that awaits them. Many of them have shown a great deal of success. This year, I envision that more than 75% of my AP Chemistry students will pass the AP exam (up from 45% last year) and earn college credit. Though this tool has revolutionized the way that I teach, a significant problem has arisen. Approximately 20% of the seating area of my classroom is usurped by the positioning of the LCD projector on a cart, causing my students to be even more cramped than before. In order to regain that space, my students would benefit from mounting a short-throw projector in the area above the board using a wall mount. Students would be more comfortable and more of my students would be able to interact with the board, increasing performance of students in preparation for success in my class and in higher learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

160 students impacted 6 donors

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More than half of students from low‑income households

Mr. Alur Lake View High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than half of 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

160 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

NEC wall mount kit • CDW Inc. $221.20 1 $221.20

Materials cost			$221.20
Vendor shipping charges			$22.12
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$3.32
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$255.64
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$56.12
Total project goal			$311.76
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$311.76
3 Donors			-$155.88
Donations toward project cost			-$127.82
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$28.06
match offer			-$155.88
Match offer toward project cost			-$127.82
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$28.06
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Wall Mount A Projector (And Give My Students Room To Learn)

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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