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Mr. R. from CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listen To This!

My students need a set of speakers so that they can hear the examples I play in class.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. R.'s classroom raised $837

This project is fully funded

My Students

Have you ever tried to listen to quiet classical music while driving in a car? My students have that same feeling while in my class and would love to be able to HEAR the music that I play for them!

My 580 students (K-8) will most likely be the first person in their family to attend college.

While they are extremely musical, very few families can actually afford to attend concerts, buy Cds, or take piano or vocal lessons. We are a California charter school that received the Title I Academic Award last year, meaning we DOUBLED our API over the past two years!

My Project

This project requests a Bose® - CineMate® Series II Digital Home Theater Speaker System. Currently my students listen to music through small, external computer speakers! Being able to truly hear the music will enable my younger students to "feel" the beat and my middle school students to understand the concepts that we are learning all about in class.

I strive everyday to instill in my students the same love of music that I have, yet I am unable to even play a recording for them that they can actually hear!

More than likely, my students have never heard music through a high-quality sound system. It is hard for my students in Music Appreciation class to appreciate something that they cannot hear! "Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. ~Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Mr. R. Grades 6-8

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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

580 students impacted 51donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
This home theater speaker system features 2 speaker arrays with Digital Dynamic Range® speaker compression circuitry and an Acoustimass® module for delivering lifelike sound to your movies, TV shows or games. Learn more about the Bose® CineMate® Series II. • Best Buy $599.99 1 $599.99

Materials cost

$599.99

Vendor shipping charges

$12.00

Sales tax

$54.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$710.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.45

Total project goal

$836.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$836.34

47 Donors

-$833.69

Donations toward project cost

-$710.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$122.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

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$0.00

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