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Mr. Seymour from Brooklyn, NY is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Financial Literacy for the Economically Inexperienced!

My students need new computers, pencils, graph paper, and colored pencils to engage in interesting and relevant financial literacy investigations!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Seymour's classroom raised $1,860

This project is fully funded

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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 New York City English Language Learning students are nearly 500 years behind today's business world! The pencil was invented in 1564. We NEED your support to escape the binds of 16th century technology and move past pencils and paper, and onto more sustainable, appealing methods of learning.

We go to school literally MINUTES FROM WALL STREET!

It stands to reason that Math students should necessarily have consistent access to the wealth of economic and financial statistics that abound, minutes from our school! We attend an urban middle school full of dedicated, but economically disadvantaged students. Though we study the quantitative effects and social justice issues surrounding historical economic conditions, we need a direct connection to the world around us in order to make more informed and aware academic decisions. I plan on hosting financial literacy investigations with groups of students to coach them towards understanding indispensable elements of everyday life. Financial Literacy is essential for flourishing in today's world, especially for students that actually live in poverty. This project can and will sincerely change the course of my students' lives, through developing awareness of the concepts of credit, investment, debt, and entrepreneurship.

My Project

With new computers, my students will visualize the relevant math behind bigger financial literacy concepts along with monitoring stock, index, and bond prices using GoogleFinance. Efficient computers will provide my students with continuous access to relevant quantitative data in the form of economic indicators, and will allow us to use online tools to explore changes in relevant metrics over time! I plan on establishing working definitions for assets, inventory, profit, and loss by introducing the classic 'Lemonade Stand' online game with students, keeping track of standings in notebooks. We will use GoogleSheets to explore how monitoring personal finances is essential for household stability. Contemporary students need to feel a powerful connection to concepts of Number Sense, Operations, and a meaningful exploration of Statistics. What better way to do so than with current technology, in a form that will ensure a passion for financial literacy in the rest of my students' lives?

As a teacher with a background in Finance and Economics, I envision facilitating a full Financial Literacy curriculum that uses Statistics in a meaningful manner to develop stronger Number Sense among struggling students.

This project will help my students engage in profound studies of relevant economic structures. Students will use technology to display data that will support their financial literacy as well as develop their innovative and entrepreneurial minds, but ONLY WITH YOUR HELP!

Mr. Seymour MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

125 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ASUS Chromebook 13-Inch HD with Gigabit WiFi, 16GB Storage & 4GB RAM (Black) • Amazon $249.00 2 $498.00
ASUS Chromebook 13-Inch HD with Gigabit WiFi, 16GB Storage & 2GB RAM (Light Blue) • Amazon $199.00 2 $398.00
Samsung Chromebook 2 XE500C12-K01US 11.6-Inch (Silver) • Amazon $249.00 1 $249.00
National Brand Computation Notebook, 4 X 4 Quad, Brown, Green Paper, 11.75 x 9.25 Inches, 75 Sheets (43648) • Amazon $9.92 20 $198.40
Palomino Blackwing 602 - 12 Count • Amazon $22.95 5 $114.75
Staedtler Karat Watercolor Pencils - Assorted Colors, Set of 12 • Blick Art Materials $17.60 2 $35.20
Staedtler Cadet Pencils - Tub of 72 • Blick Art Materials $17.19 2 $34.38
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$1,527.73

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,580.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$278.94

Total project goal

$1,859.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,859.59

2 Donors

-$127.00

Donations toward project cost

-$112.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.40

match offer

-$1,727.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,468.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$259.07

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.47

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 $0.00

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