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Mrs. Alison Murray from Central Falls, RI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Extruding Excellence: Help Us 3D Our Way to Innovation

Help me give my students a Makerbot Sketch 3D printer for our new engineering lab/program

  • $1,571 goal

This project expired on August 23, 2025.

This project expired on August 23, 2025.

My Project

Please help our school get a Makerbot Sketch 3D printer for our new engineering lab. We are growing our engineering program and have increased from one class (30 students)a year to two this year and even more for next year. In order to accommodate the larger number of students we need to increase our 3D printing capacity greatly. Makerbot sketch 3D printers as they are easy to use, low maintenance and silent in the classroom.

Students get extremely engaged in Computer Aided Design (CAD) when they can actually print out the things they design.

With Sketch 3D printers the students can easily print out the items they design as they can hook them up wirelessly with their chromebooks and even print remotely over the internet. These are wonderful printers for classroom use.

Mrs. Alison Murray Central Falls High School Grades 9-12

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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

150 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MakerBot SKETCH Classroom - 3D printer • CDW-G $1,286.01 1 $1,286.01

Materials cost

$1,286.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,335.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$235.64

Total project goal

$1,570.94

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