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Ms. Chamberlain from Hayward, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Chamberlain's classroom raised $238

Ding Dong!

Help me give my students a Yakker Tracker and a wireless doorbell so we can have a quieter classroom.

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Ms. Chamberlain Cesar Chavez Middle School
Hayward, CA Grades 6-8

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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

My seventh- and eighth-grade students are an exuberant bunch of teens who love to socialize and have fun. My students are diversity personified—from painfully shy to audacious, from studious to silly, from spoiled to neglected, from being treasured to experiencing trauma.

After 18 months of being isolated from their friends and teachers, they are still trying to navigate the return to school and academics.

Many of them are have developed anxieties that may potentially take years to overcome. Getting back to normal hasn't come soon enough—we need to mitigate the learning loss and social isolation they have experienced for the past 18 months. Unfortunately, many of them have lost close family members to COVID-19 and are struggling with grief as well.

Although I can't solve these problems, I continue to do my very best to provide my students with learning opportunities that will excite them and allow them to focus on better days ahead.

My Project

Middle school students are extremely lively and social: Their friends are their life, and it's hard for them to stop talking during class. If we had a wireless doorbell, I could easily get students' attention when it's instructional time. Instead of using my tired voice, I could just click the button of the wireless doorbell, and students would understand that it's time to quiet down. As an added bonus, there are more than 50 tunes that the doorbell can make so it doesn't become boring. Any time I can get their attention without raising my voice is a win, in my opinion.

The other item I am requesting is a Yakker Trakker: this device is a decibel meter that looks like a stoplight that I can program so the light turns red if the classroom noise rises past a certain decibel level.

Having this device will not only protect my sanity, but it will also protect all of us from excessive noise, which can harm our hearing. These two items would make my classroom a quieter and saner space for learning and the Yakker Trakker would help students learn how to self-regulate the noise they're producing with a visual reminder.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

125 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. Chamberlain Cesar Chavez Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Hayward, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters of 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

125 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yacker Tracker Original by AGI - Traffic Light Sound Monitor • Amazon Business $139.99 1 $139.99
Wireless Doorbell, Amicoson Waterproof Door Bell Chime Kit Alarm for Home at Over 1000 Feet Range Operating with 56 Melodies, LED Flash, 7 Levels Adjustable Volume, 1 Push Button & 1 Receiver, Black • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$154.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$201.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.56

Total project goal

$237.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $237.04

2 Donors

-$117.16

Donations toward project cost

-$101.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.27

match offer

-$117.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$99.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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