You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Gardner from Butler, MO is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Gardner is requesting

Empowering Special Education Students With IPads

My students need an IPad and case in order to enhance their learning experience! Special Education students learn using their senses, therefore having an ipad would benefit them!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gardner's classroom raised $809

This project is fully funded

My Students

Special Education students learn in four ways: visual stimulation, tactile learning, auditory learning - with sound and music, and kinesthetically - with movement! We can do so much with an IPad to fulfill these areas. Teaching students to use an IPad will help them succeed in life.

Our classroom is a special education classroom in a small rural area of Missouri.

We love to learn, and love our community. We strive to integrate school and community, and participate in the Special Olympics each year. We are excited to learn and make progress - even one step at a time. Our class is close knit - we celebrate each person's success!

My Project

Special Education students need extra help and support in many different areas. An IPad is an extremely helpful tool - students can communicate with apps, improve speech, learn through reading, learn math facts, be motivated through sensory apps, and so much more! Students can also integrate organization skills, and time management skills using an IPad. If students learn how to use an IPad, they can take this knowledge with them into adulthood and use these tools for the same purposes: to communicate, to organize, to learn, and to train themselves with skills needed. Having an IPad and case in the classroom would impact a student for a lifetime.

Special education students learn in many ways, and need extra help and support.

Whether a student has dyslexia, or an intellectual disability, or whether a student has needs in speech, or with math functions, an IPad always excites a student to learn! The apps available on an IPad integrate nicely into classroom use, and students can take the knowledge they gain with them into adulthood. We can train students to use the IPad now and empower them for the future.

Mrs. Gardner Butler Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Butler, MO View local requests

More than half 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

80 students impacted 8donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Gardner is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple® - iPad® with Retina display Wi-Fi - 32GB - Black • Best Buy for Business $599.99 1 $599.99
Griffin Technology - Survivor Case for Apple® iPad® mini - Red/Blue • Best Buy for Business $35.84 1 $35.84

Materials cost

$635.83

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$687.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.30

Total project goal

$808.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $808.67

6 Donors

-$683.67

Donations toward project cost

-$581.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$102.55

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Gardner and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MO","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/empowering-special-education-students-wi/1089122/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":80,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Gardner","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1141892258","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Butler","teachersOnPage":[2021914],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":1089122,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":76483,"schoolName":"Butler Elementary School","authorIds":{"2021914":{"owner":"Mrs. Gardner","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[1089122],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp2021914_orig.jpg?crop=750,750,x0,y0&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1661286069650","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":319452,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MjAzODY4NQ==","MjAzODY0OQ==","MjAzOTQ4NQ==","MjAzNDg5NQ==","MzU3OTM2","MjAzNzE2MQ==","MTg5MjQ4OA=="],"teacherId":2021914,"schoolCounty":"Bates","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MO","name":"Missouri"}}