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Ms. Allen from Louisville KY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us Focus With Headphones!

Help me give my students headphones so they can better focus while using technology.

  • $379 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

We are a Title I school, with all students receiving free breakfast and lunch on a daily basis. Every Friday, students also receive a weekend food bag of non-perishable items. Our school is full of various ethnic groups, languages and life experiences. We are an urban school, with students having little to no prior reading experiences or social setting experiences.

Our kindergarten community is energetic, kind, bright and are eager lovers of learning.

We work to provide differentiated instruction to our students to ensure that all students fully grasp the fundamental basics before building on their knowledge. We want our students to be successful academic and social children. We work exceptionally hard to bridge the gaps!

My Project

My kindergarten students are entering school in the middle of a pandemic that has pushed the use of technology to the forefront of our education experience. Each student now has a Chromebook that we use in our daily lessons and center activities. This is a wonderful new addition to our classroom. However, it can sometimes be a challenge for us.

My students are experiencing everything in school for the first time, including the expectation to focus on tasks.

This has proven difficult when we are all using our Chromebooks and the sounds become loud. Students become distracted and even frustrated to hear their own Chromebook activity.

Having headphones will also make it easier to me to work with students in individual and small group settings to provide interventions for students to close achievement gaps. Many students have missed a great deal of exposure to real world experiences and basic academics due to being quarantined at home. It is crucial I work to fill in the missing pieces and headphones will allow the rest of the class to work independently while I do this.

Ms. Allen
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
30 Pack - Donors Choose Kensington Hi-Fi Headset Bundle • Best Buy Education $287.70 1 $287.70

Materials cost

$287.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$322.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.83

Total project goal

$378.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $378.85

1 Donor

-$378.85

Donations toward project cost

-$322.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.83

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 $0.00

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