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Ms. Mellado from Homestead, FL is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Game Play Highlights and Team Hype!

Help me give my students the 4k video cameras to help manage and provide film for our varsity sports teams at our school

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mellado's classroom raised $559

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Students, teachers, parents, and the community all come together to support our youth. Poverty, violent crime, drugs, and economic struggle plague our community. The multitude of obstacles on a daily basis that our students face is unfathomable. More than 85% of my students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

But these obstacles do not stunt their grit, personalities, and eagerness to succeed!!

High school sports allows these kids opportunities to stay off the streets and focus on their futures. Our sports management team works so hard, day in and day out, to manage every single sports team for every season at our school. These kids are out on the fields, courts, and practices making sure that all the logistics for every team are accounted for and run smoothly.

We strive as teachers and coaches to guide these students and give them all the opportunitires they deserve to better their lives and become amazing adults. After school sports gives students opportunities for growth, to build confidence, to demonstrate leadership qualities, to improve academic performance, and overall to learn how to overcome and face challenges.

My Project

The cameras we are requesting will allow our sports management team to record and highlight all of our varsity and junior varsity team sports at their games to provide film and highlights to each team to watch on film days. Film allows our teams to build on practice and guide coaching. Our sports management team needs cameras to be able to travel on away games and provide the best quality film for our varsity teams. Highlight videos will also be edited to provide to individual players to showcase talent for scholarship and university opportunities.

Ms. Mellado Somerset Academy High School Soho 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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
4K Video Camera Camcorder, Ultra HD 30MP Digital YouTube Vlogging Camera 3.0 Inch Touch Screen 18X Zoom Camera Recorder with Microphone and Remote • Amazon Business $119.99 2 $239.98
Video Camera Camcorder 2.7K Ultra HD YouTube Vlogging Camera 36MP IR Night Vision Digital Camera Recorder 16X Digital Zoom 3 inch IPS Touch Screen Video Camcorder with Microphone Handheld Stabilizer • Amazon Business $98.99 2 $197.98

Materials cost

$437.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$474.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.74

Total project goal

$558.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$558.27

1 Donor

-$558.27

Donations toward project cost

-$474.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.74

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$0.00

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