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Ms. Blakeslee from New Haven, CT is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Color My World!

My students need a color printer and ink to view and create art prints.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Blakeslee's classroom raised $410

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

We live in world of color and technology but our school does not have one color printer!

I am a visual art teacher in a Title I, inner city, bilingual public school grades Pre-K through grade 8.

We are culturally diverse, and the arts play a big part in my students' lives. My students are up to date with social media and digital manipulation, but we are unable to execute lessons where I can incorporate these skills because of our lack of technology. We have an incredibly supportive administration, but we are in a constant battle with the yearly budget for supplies. My students have a love and appreciation for the arts and they deserve to have all the opportunities that other students have in other schools that don't have the same budget constraints.

My Project

When our school was first built, the art room was furnished with a state of the art printer. Unfortunately, ink for that printer was replaced once, when there was funding, and we haven't been able to afford ink for it in the last 8 years. In those 8 years, the printer has become obsolete and unusable. With today's social media, photography and digital photos have become a huge part of my students' lives. I am in the constant pursuit of creating lesson plans that grab their interest and inspire a love of art. I don't have a projector, tablet or smart board in my room, so when I need to show students master works of art, I have to have them squeezed behind my desk to view it on a tiny, antiquated computer monitor. With this printer, I will be able to print and laminate art works that will be used for years to come! Students will now have the opportunity to create digital art work, which can be printed and displayed.

My students are creative, inspiring, and worth it!

We have never visited the computer lab because we can't print anything in color. We have missed out on many learning opportunities because we didn't have a hard copy of a print or a way to bring a piece to completion. Please help us get into the 21st century with a printer that is capable of printing large art work and replacement ink!

Ms. Blakeslee John S Martinez Sea & Sky STEM 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.

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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
HP Officejet 7000 Wide Format Printer - printer - color - ink-jet • Best Buy for Business $159.99 1 $159.99
HP 920 - B3B30FN - print cartridge - yellow, cyan, magenta • Best Buy for Business $27.11 3 $81.33
HP 920 - CD971AN - print cartridge - black • Best Buy for Business $19.99 3 $59.97

Materials cost

$301.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$347.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.38

Total project goal

$409.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $409.19

3 Donors

-$399.19

Donations toward project cost

-$339.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.88

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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