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Mr. DeFronzo from Sandy, UT is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A New Bulb, a Brighter Future

Help me give my students back an image on the screen that they can see.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. DeFronzo's classroom raised $273

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is a STEM focused charter school in Sandy, Utah. We use Evidence Based Instructional Strategies (EBIS) to collaboratively teach and prepare students across the curriculum for life in the twenty-first century.

Our school sees the need for technology-based instruction, as we know our world to be technology based.

While pencil and paper are still useful in a math class, technology is also a must.

We strive to offer students an education that spans Apple, Microsoft, Android, and other systems. Students learn to write software (coding), use OfficeSuite and have even developed medical technologies and video games.

My Project

At three years old our project has become so dim that even with the lights off students struggle to read anything that is projected. It has been a work horse, but its time for some routine maintenance.

A new bulb will do wonders to increase student attention and engagement with the math curriculum.

As you may know, most of what we do in these math classes is technology based. Students air play their questions and their solutions from their iPads to the projectors in each corner of the room.

This week will be a team test. Without the third projector this will be a challenge for each team to get airplay time. They do so much better when they can use the technology to show each other how it is done. In fact, while watching them debate their mathematical ideas their passion for the pursuit of knowledge becomes pleasing apparent.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Araca 5J.JEE05.001 (Osram Original Bulb Inside) with Housing for Benq HT2050 HT2150ST HT2050A HT3050 W1110 W1210ST W2000 Projector Lamp • Amazon Business $99.19 1 $99.19
Araca 5J.JEE05.001 (Osram Original Bulb Inside) with Housing for Benq HT2050 HT2150ST HT2050A HT3050 W1110 W1210ST W2000 Projector Lamp • Amazon Business $99.19 1 $99.19

Materials cost

$198.38

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.83

Total project goal

$272.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$272.19

1 Donor

-$136.10

Donations toward project cost

-$115.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.41

match offer

-$135.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$1.08

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