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Mrs. Gaiter from Tujunga, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Flex Our Brain With ReflexMath!

My students need our subscription to Reflex Math renewed so they can continue to learn and master mathematics concepts.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gaiter's classroom raised $955

This project is fully funded

Celebrating 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

My students are 21st Century learners, who are eager to use all of the technology available to them! I teach 24 curious, natural born, third-grade scientists in a small, Title I school that has an amazing and supportive principal.

My students are eager to learn, and their brains are sponges that absorb any and all information given to them.

Everything is a potential investigation or experiment to them so I strive to provide my students with as many learning and project-based opportunities as possible.

I constantly enhance the school curriculum and students' intrinsic motivation to learn more by infusing STEM correlations whenever possible.

Because of our small school size, funding levels are not as high as other schools in our area. Grants and projects like this one become an integral part of how I obtain resources to supplement learning experiences. I truly believe that the future lies in our children, that they have virtually unlimited potential, and my job is to enable them to reach it.

My Project

With the technology available to my students, they use a variety of applications and programs for Language Arts, Science and Mathematics.

My students love learning, and I provide them with as many different opportunities and avenues as I can to unsure their success.

One of the programs we use, ReflexMath, teaches and reinforces math skills in a fun and exciting ways. As they play the games, concepts are being reinforced and facts are being memorized! Getting this subscription renewed will allow my students to continue the learning they started this year. They will continue to grow mathematically as they play!

The materials I am requesting will inspire learners and make STEM accessible to everyone. Many of my students have never thought about a career in STEM, and I want open their minds to the endless possibilities.

Empowering parents is the key to making this project successful. I plan to invite parents into our classroom to observe students and myself interact with our Kano project. Parents will see me walking around the room, offering guidance, helping with decision making, prototyping, and troubleshooting. To help inspire parents at home, I plan to produce high-quality videos of open-ended engineering design challenges for parents to help analyze and reflect their child’s work at home. This will help build parent competencies to promote Stem learning at home. Involving parents in Stem education is the key to funneling more students into STEM careers.

Computer science is becoming infused into all areas of our lives. I would encourage parents of kids who might feel like science isn’t for them to look closely at a hobby or interest of theirs and find the science, technology, engineering, and math involved. This can provide an avenue to higher education and ultimately to the jobs needed to shape the future of our country.

Project tagged as

Tujunga, CA
Grades 3-5
Mathematics
Charter School
Technology
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Mrs. Gaiter Plainview Academic Charter Academy Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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Tujunga, CA View local requests

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

24 students impacted 28donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

ExploreLearning Reflex Math Site License (per student, 22) • ExploreLearning $35.00 22 $770.00

Materials cost			$770.00
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee			$11.55
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$811.55
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$143.21
Total project goal			$954.76
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$954.76
27 Donors			-$462.03
Donations toward project cost			-$418.83
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$43.20
match offer			-$462.02
Match offer toward project cost			-$392.72
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$69.30
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$30.71
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

Help Us Flex Our Brain With ReflexMath!

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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