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Mrs. Searfoss from Kailua, HI is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Chromebooks for Creative Writing

My students need 5 Chromebooks to allow them to research, explore, create, connect, collaborate, and meet their goals to support their learning!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Searfoss's classroom raised $1,029

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our classroom is a place where students strive for excellence and embrace the many learning opportunities that come their way. Located in Kailua, on the island of Oahu, our school serves approximately 370 students from Pre-School to Grade 6. Many of our students come from Kailua or attend on a Geographic Exception from the nearby city of Waimanalo. We have the best students around! I have the privilege of teaching 20 of them this school year. I hope to serve not just as their teacher, but hope to inspire them and coach them in pursuit of their goals. The students in my ELA courses love to read and write! They love to conduct research on topics of interest and create products that demonstrate their learning.

My students are excited when they get to choose topics of research, creatively write based on a variety of prompts, and produce writing pieces that meet proficiency.

We are indeed a learning community! Our faculty is not just committed to academic excellence, but are also committed to providing experiences for students to explore their interests, work on interpersonal and collaboration skills, remain engaged and challenged, and pursue their goals!

My Project

My students need Chromebooks to support their learning. Much of what we do is online, so these tools of technology will help our students participate regularly in online programs to help them excel in reading and writing: Reading Plus, Accelerated Reader (AR), Google for Education, Wonders Reading Curriculum, and Achieve3000, just to name a few.

“If our schools continue to limit the literacy curriculum to reading and writing traditional, alphabetic, printed texts, then our children will be well prepared for 1950 but ill prepared for 2050” ― Elizabeth Baker, The New Literacies: Multiple Perspectives on Research and Practice.

Additionally, these tools are needed so our students can collaborate digitally, learn to be ethical and effective users of technology, and work on skills needed for the 21st century. Students in my previous classes have used technology support their learning in language arts content areas, showcase their work in our annual Curriculum Fair, and research and explore topics of interests. I want to provide our current students with many of the same opportunities to create and express themselves and practice skills that will support them in being college and career ready!

Our school's mission is, "Every student is entitled to the best education!" I look forward to having our class Chromebooks to continue to work towards making sure that our students are receiving the very best education!

Mrs. Searfoss Maunawili Elementary School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo N22 Chromebook 80SF - 11.6' - Celeron N3060 - 2 GB RAM - 16 GB SSD • Best Buy Education $159.43 5 $797.15

Materials cost

$797.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$874.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$154.27

Total project goal

$1,028.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,028.45

8 Donors

-$847.86

Donations toward project cost

-$729.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.18

Matching donations from our partners

-$170.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$144.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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