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Ms. Lee from Durham, NC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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ESL-Inclusive Communication

Help me give my students access to communication in their own language through translation tools. We need Pocketalk translators.

  • $369 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

As a Kindergarten teacher in a community with a rapidly growing population of English learners, I want to make communication with my students and the families I serve more accessible so that I can better educate, understand and serve their needs. Starting at a new school, and for many students in a new country is scary enough, but when you can not understand the language or clearly communicate your feelings to your teacher - it can also be isolating.

ESL students deserve to have their voices heard, and to have accessible communication with the adults they spend the majority of their day with.

Your donation will provide a pocket translator, to help break down a barriers that 5 and 6 year olds should never have to face, and ensure that students can feel valued and heard, and access the full scope of the education that they deserve. This tool can help me communicate quickly with students without waiting on a translator, hold parent teacher conferences and calls more often, and learn how to be a better advocate for these students by letting them tell me what they need.

Ms. Lee Creekside Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Durham, NC View local requests

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

21 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pocketalk S Two-Way Voice Translator with Built-in Data (White) • Amazon Business $239.99 1 $239.99
POCKETALK Lanyard (Compatible Classic and Model S) • Amazon Business $19.45 1 $19.45

Materials cost

$259.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$313.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.34

Total project goal

$368.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $368.91

11 Donors

-$204.74

Donations toward project cost

-$182.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.71

match offer

-$154.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$131.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.41

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 $0.00

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