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Mr. Kirk from Baltimore, MD is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Kirk's classroom raised $680

Bringing Books to the Bigger Screen: Stars Are Born

My students need a new projector, they have none, and would really shine with such a powerful tool for seeing so much of the world that they have yet to see!!!

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Mr. Kirk Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Science
Baltimore, MD Grades 6-8

My Students

Sometimes dreams must begin from inspiration, that is, you need to draw on vast experiences and people who have touched your life, and my students believe everyday in the chance to change the world. However, almost all of them have never been out of our city.

My students attend a Charter Middle School in a school district that like so many other ones, has been ravaged by draconian budget cuts and an ever ending migration of teachers and classmates to the suburbs.

They have been portrayed in the main stream media as such rough and tough young individuals, but those of us who are with them on a daily basis, find such imaginative and curious about life young people, they give you hope. Our students revel in traveling through the mainstream electronic media, especially seeing the images that so many of us have used to connect them to the world that they seldom see. My students become so engaged with the world around them when they are exposed to it. They love science, math, and our school mission is to expose minority students to the potential of the health related fields, I cannot underscore how important it is to stimulate and empower these young and hungry minds.

My Project

Imagine if you will a street on which you live has every other house boarded up. A cycle of violence that has abated, but still leaves you with around the clock on site police at most corners. Requesting an LCD projector almost seems absurd as a means for transporting students away from their immediate neighborhoods, and yet it does! We will be able to explore on an educational scale serious content, and on such a grander vista, a world that is truly waiting to be exposed to students who really will be extremely challenged to ever make a simple connection to anything outside of their zip code. Each day we will be able to view an enriched level of intellectual stimulation that will reinforce daily gateway skills that we are engaged in mastering. Students will learn so much more than the one text book that we have as our resource. We will incorporate many parts of the world's experiences into our daily curriculum;

I truly wish I could impress upon you how much of a struggle it is to find daily resources that enrich our students lives.

I purchased a computer with my own money that can really be enhanced as an educational tool if we could utilize it with an LCD. An eighteen-year old overhead projector really limits the education experience. A new LCD links the imagination of thirteen and fourteen year old with the world of old and new, it expands and enhances their entire education experience. Thank you

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

226 students impacted 3 donors
Mr. Kirk Maryland Academy of Technology and Health Science Grades 6-8

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.

Baltimore, MD View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

226 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EPSON EX21 MULTIMEDIA PROJECTOR -- EPSON EX21 Digital LCD Multimedia Projector • Quill $499.99 1 $499.99

Materials cost

$499.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $30.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$577.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.91

Total project goal

$679.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $679.40

2 Donors

-$295.00

Donations toward project cost

-$250.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.25

match offer

-$384.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$326.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.66

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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