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Ms. Berkhoudt from Honolulu, HI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We are Ready for Hackers Club!

My students need 15 laptops to effectively engage in Hackers Club- an afterschool program partnered with Google to teach middle schoolers how to program!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Berkhoudt's classroom raised $4,334

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore." - Cesar Chavez, 1984

Our students are brilliant knowledge-seekers.

They are excited to learn. They ask deep questions. They are playful and hilarious. They are adventurers, visionaries, and risk-takers, and artists. They want Hackers Club. Our school, Voyager PCS in Honolulu, HI is founded upon project-based learning, letting students lead the curriculum as a community of learners. We have a diverse population of students that reflect the local community of Hawaii: 34% Pacific Islander/Asian, 33% Native Hawaiian students and 14% White. Because the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated, inhabited land mass in the world, our students need culturally responsive teaching techniques that develop their 21st century skills. They need to be ready to engage in a world much bigger than our island home. We believe that demystifying technology for our students will give them the powerful tools necessary to access opportunities for their futures and to feel in control of their lives.

My Project

Hackers Club will be the first of its kind in Hawaii. We will use a computer science program created by Google. The curriculum is called CS First and it allows student imaginations to run free as they use coding to create games, music, animation and more. The club will be facilitated by a brother-sister duo that is passionate about preparing students in Hawaii to succeed in this high-tech world. They believe in the Hackers ethic. A hacker is a person who follows a spirit of playful cleverness, love for programming, and who are "adventurers, visionaries, risk-takers, [and] artists."

The donation of 15 computers to this classroom will make Hackers Club possible.

Students will gain: - Employable, 21st Century Skills in computer programming - Critical thinking skills and problem solving skills - A larger, better understanding of how computers work (hardware, script, programs, viral protection) - A larger, better understanding of how humans can/do interact with technology (UI, web design, info sharing, databases)

Ms. Berkhoudt Voyager Public Charter School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Asus - 15.6'Laptop - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black • Best Buy for Business $229.99 15 $3,449.85

Materials cost

$3,449.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $151.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$51.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,683.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$650.01

Total project goal

$4,333.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $4,333.40

58 Donors

-$2,868.52

Donations toward project cost

-$2,451.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$416.78

match offer

-$1,449.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,231.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$217.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.88

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 $0.00

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