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Mr. Cancilla from New Bedford, MA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Student-led project

Capturing the Beauty of Our City

We need 2 high quality cameras with zoom lenses and memory cards.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Cancilla's classroom raised $1,135

This project is fully funded

About My Students

My students are very excited to bring the Photography Club back to our high school. Right now, the students are excited to show off their photos taken on old, cracked cell phones. Imagine their excitement if they had access to proper equipment!

This project would allow our Photography Club to flourish! Our community may have a bad reputation but we would like to highlight its beauty and character through photography. My students developed this idea by showing each other photos taken on their cell phones. Despite having a low-resolution and broken screens, they possess photography skills that ought to be developed (pun intended).

Providing a DSLR camera to the Photography Club would allow opportunity for professional growth and responsibility. Many of the students already demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit and photographic eye. With professional cameras and guidance, students would be able to take high-quality photos at school events. This would be a tremendous opportunity to practice responsibility and demonstrate professionalism, while doing what they love.

In Their Own Words

Our project goal is to take unique pictures with these cameras. We would like to take pictures of our unique city to show outsiders what it's like to live in our community. We want to capture the scenery, people, buildings, and art. Our city is big on art and we would like to give high school students a vision of what it's like to be a part of the city.

We will be leaders in bringing this project to life by promoting it within our school and on our school's website. We will spread the word by telling our peers and parents about this project. We want to set up our own website to share our work and abilities.

This project is important to us and our school community because we want to put our lives and experiences in photographs. This equipment would give us experience and provide a better perspective of the art form of photography.

Mr. Cancilla New Bedford High School Grades 9-12

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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.

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Nearly all 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

15 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon - EOS Rebel T5 DSLR Camera with 18-55mm and 75-300mm Lenses - Black • Best Buy Education $440.04 2 $880.08
Lexar Professional - flash memory card - 32 GB - SDHC UHS-I • Best Buy Education $20.23 2 $40.46

Materials cost

$920.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.81

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$964.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$170.18

Total project goal

$1,134.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,134.53

7 Donors

-$420.50

Donations toward project cost

-$358.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.57

Matching donations from our partners

-$712.26

Match offers toward project cost

-$605.42

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.84

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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 $0.00

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