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Ms. Menard from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Math Connected

My students need a MacBook Pro computer, quad composition notebooks and security cables for 2 laptops.

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Ms. Menard High School for Global Citizenship
Brooklyn, NY Grades 9-12

My Students

Our classroom needs both a new computer and good old fashioned notebooks. I want to give my students access to the same technology as their more affluent peers, but I also want them to learn the value and necessity of maintaining accurate and thorough notebooks for their math classes.

The school in which I teach is a high-need inner city high school.

Many of the students are economically disadvantaged and quite frequently socially dislocated. But ours is a mission-driven school with the goal of preparing our students for college, and also educating them to be global citizens - people who accept responsibility for their role in society and who try to create positive change wherever they go. The majority of my students enter high school with below standard math skills. But I am convinced that each of them can have success in mathematics - it is my job to find the approach which engages each student. This means appealing to different learning styles and accommodating a range of learning needs, and it also means convincing children who have frequently met with failure to try one more time to master material that has challenged them in the past. It is always heartening to me to see a student who struggles willing to attempt another approach to math.

My Project

Many of my students do not have reliable or up-to-date computers and Internet available at home, so I want to make that technology available to them in the classroom. By purchasing this computer, we will be able to have a dedicated machine available for interactive geometry software, web-quests, and other online investigations. And by giving each student a notebook, we can make sure that everyone has the proper supplies and also work on note-taking skills (something they badly need practice in for future use in college). I teach geometry, a subject which is new to most of the students. Success in geometry is dependent on the mastery of the specific vocabulary and theorems, but also relies on the ability to visualize spatial relationships. The notebooks will help students with the written work, and the computer will give them the opportunity to visualize and manipulate geometric images for better understanding. These resources are high and low tech - and equally important.

The benefit of using a computer for visualization in geometry is immeasurable.

I have written proposals for notebooks for my students before, and can attest that they have had a significant and positive impact on classroom performance and mathematical understanding. There are no school resources for these purchases; your generosity as a donor will help my students become competitive as they seek to attend college and enter the real world. Thank you for considering a donation to this project.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 31 donors
Ms. Menard High School for Global Citizenship Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

120 students impacted 31donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
13.3" MacBook Pro (2.53GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB HD, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, 8x SuperDrive) (Standard) • Woodwind & Brasswind $1,499.00 1 $1,499.00
COMPOSITION BOOK,10"X7-7/8",80-SHEETS,QUAD RULED 5" -- Ampad Composition Notebook; Quad Ruled • Quill $2.06 100 $206.00
Brenthaven Notebook Cable Lock security cable lock • CDW Inc. $29.92 2 $59.84

Materials cost

$1,764.84

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.04

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$26.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$1,808.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$396.95

Total project goal

$2,205.30

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,205.30

27 Donors

-$2,130.67

Donations toward project cost

-$1,808.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$322.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$74.63

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 $0.00

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