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Mr. Starks from Midvale, UT is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Better Technology in the Classroom

My students need quality USB mics to record playing tests with good sound quality.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Starks's classroom raised $347

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Students are in band and orchestra classes. They belong to a low-income area is Salt Lake City, Utah. My students face many hardships at home with lots of single parents, and heavy numbers having to relocate schools often throughout the year. Over 70% of the school is on free lunch.

My students are very motivated in their learning and love for music.

These students enjoy creating music classes and are very excited for the opportunity to have better tools at their disposal!

My Project

Students will be recording themselves for playing tests and benchmarks. They will receive individualized feedback on their playing and other abilities. They are in need of quality mics to pick up their sound on their Chromebooks. The built in mics just don't cut it.

These quality microphones will provide the students with the ability to make quality recordings for their playing tests and benchmarks.

Their sound they record will be more like the one they actually produce, and not the terrible quality that is produced through the mics in Chromebooks. These students hard working and deserve some quality in their lives.

Mr. Starks Midvale Middle School Grades 6-8

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Midvale, UT 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blue Microphones - Snowball USB Cardioid and Omnidirectional Electret Condenser Vocal Microphone • Best Buy Education $52.08 5 $260.40

Materials cost

$260.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$294.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.94

Total project goal

$346.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$346.25

6 Donors

-$115.12

Donations toward project cost

-$98.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.51

match offer

-$230.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$195.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

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$0.00

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