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Ms. González Equihua from Huntington Park, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Coding Time is Family Time

My students need Osmo kits and coding technology to learn about computer programming and in turn teach their parents about it.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. González Equihua's classroom raised $991

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

I teach in a high poverty area of Los Angeles. All of my students receive a free breakfast and lunch throughout the school year. Many of the families in this community have two income households and, yet are still barely make ends meet.

Having a tough family life where priorities revolve around needs and not wants can make it tough for my little Kinder Kuties to learn and grow at home.

Being safe and having food on the table is what's the most important. There isn't much time or money to take the kids out to learn and explore.

That's where I come in. One of my primary goals throughout the year is to involve parents in learning as well. I want to "teach a man to fish". This enables parents to feel comfortable providing support in their homes. Providing opportunities at school that they can then take into their homes is crucial. Parents inherently want to help their children academically but don't always know how. Equipping them with knowledge and tools is key. I hope you support us.

My Project

Who doesn't love family time? Are there times you sit at home with the kids and wonder what to do to keep them engaged and learning. How about coding? Computer programming is one of the leading fields today. Unfortunately there is a very disproportionate amount of ethnic minorities and women in this field. I want to help change that. Coding helps increase scores in several different areas.

Learning computer programming using robots can help families use their time in an engaging and innovative way.

My project is to get parents involved in coding. It wasn't too long ago that coding in elementary school was completely unheard of. How can these little ones learn anything about computer programming? Well let me tell you that my little 4 and 5 year olds are not only learning coding basics but absolutely love it. How awesome is it to find something that challenges each and every student in my class. I use coding for teaching math and literacy too. Now, I want to step it up a bit more.

My project will introduce "The Family Coding Challenge". My idea is to have several parent and student workshops to teach coding basics. Once the parents and students are knowledgeable then we I will challenge them to complete tasks using the different technology I have requested. The OSMO items will be used for training purposes. I envision an obstacle course for the Dash robots and a maze for the Code-a-pillar. Which family team will win the coveted "Coding Family Champs" trophy? As the workshops come to an end I hope to have a check out system where families that attended all the workshops can borrow these great items to use at home and explore/challenge themselves.

Please help my students code their way to success!

Ms. González Equihua Roybal - Allard Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wonder Workshop - Dash Robot - Turquoise • Best Buy Education $149.99 2 $299.98
Think & Learn Code-a-pillartm • Kaplan Early Learning Company $67.96 2 $135.92
Osmo - Genius Kit - Multi • Best Buy Education $99.99 1 $99.99
Osmo - Coding Set - Multi • Best Buy Education $49.99 2 $99.98
Think & Learn Code-a-Pillartm Master Moves Add-on Set (Set of 3) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.51 2 $39.02
Think & Learn Code-a-Pillartm Basic Moves Add-on Set (Set of 3) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.51 2 $39.02
Think & Learn Code-a-Pillartm Silly Sounds & Lights Add-on Set (Set of 3) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $19.51 1 $19.51

Materials cost

$733.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.51

Total project goal

$990.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $990.04

0 Donors

-$0.00

Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$990.03

Match offer toward project cost

-$841.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.50

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 $0.00

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