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Ms. Hackett from Upper Marlboro MD is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Capturing Student Stories

Help me give my students the tools that they need to learn about and create high levels of journalistic photography. Having access to photography equipment is important for them to practice using images as a means of communication.

  • $1,261 goal

This project expired on February 23, 2020.

This project expired on February 23, 2020.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are high-achieving, motivated, and fun! Our school environment is smaller than most high schools, which means that students get to follow their passions. In general, the school is geared towards math and IT learning experiences but many students also express a love for the humanities.

This year, I am teaching the first yearbook and newspaper classes.

The students are incredibly excited by the opportunity to create publications for their peers and learn about the topic of journalism. It has been so much fun to see their engagement and energy poured into their assignments!

My Project

Currently, we only have access to one school camera. By adding more cameras to our supply, multiple students will be able to work on their stories simultaneously. My students don't mind sharing the one camera, but admittedly, it complicates our deadline schedule and is a major inconvenience. By helping to fund more resources, my students will be able to create more stories, and dig deeper into the subject of journalism as a whole.

The students are currently busy working on their first articles in both the school newspaper, The Tiger Byte, and yearbook, The Tiger's Den.

They're covering everything from school sports to individual classrooms. These students are busy investigating newsworthy happenings all over the school to highlight in both publications.

Ms. Hackett
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sony DSCW800/B 20.1 MP Digital Camera (Black) • Amazon Business $98.00 8 $784.00
Hard Travel Case for Sony DSC-W830/W800/W810 Digital Camera by Aenllosi • Amazon Business $12.99 8 $103.92
SanDisk Ultra 32GB Class 10 SDHC UHS-I Memory Card up to 80MB/s (SDSDUNC-032G-GN6IN) • Amazon Business $6.79 10 $67.90
SanDisk Extreme Pro 32GB SDHC UHS-I Card (SDSDXXG-032G-GN4IN) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89

Materials cost

$968.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $58.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,071.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$189.06

Total project goal

$1,260.42

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