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Mrs. Vrbas from SEATAC, WA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help the Froggies Improve their Interactive Notebooks!

My students need a camera that stays in our classroom for day to day use. The camera would allow photos to be included in interactive notebooks.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Vrbas's classroom raised $315

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you have lots of pictures of your childhood, but none of them document your life at school? Can you imagine how much more you might remember if your teacher had had a camera and printed out images of you and your classmates and the work that you did in class? Photos provide proof and memories!

I have 24 students in my morning kindergarten class and 18 in the afternoon.

My afternoon class is an extended day intervention program, where students are from low income backgrounds and very few of them attended preschool. These students entered school with no knowledge of letter names or sounds and are working hard to become readers, writers, and mathematicians. It would be wonderful to document their progress and share with their families through photos.

My Project

A classroom camera that takes good quality photos is very important. It is a way to be transparent about what goes on in our classroom. It provides constant feedback to myself, students, and their parents. It helps create community in our classroom. Most importantly, it will assist with students higher level thinking and metacognative thinking skills.

Your donation to this project could create scenarios like this one: Froggy A is working on a pattern made out of counting bears.

His teacher snaps a photo of him. The next day this student glues the photo of him working on patterns into his interactive notebook and writes about his thought process during the activity. As you might see here, a camera will provide a gateway into higher level thinking and can increase the quantity and quality of a kindergarten student's writing.

Mrs. Vrbas McMicken Heights 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.

SEATAC, WA View local requests

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

42 students impacted 25donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS - digital camera • Best Buy $199.99 1 $199.99

Materials cost

$199.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $17.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$267.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.20

Total project goal

$314.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $314.69

21 Donors

-$314.34

Donations toward project cost

-$267.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.35

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 $0.00

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