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Mr. Riccio from Stamford, CT is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Make Music!

Help me give my students the tools we need to learn music in a technological world.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Riccio's classroom raised $1,469

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Given the challenges of education during the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has become a more integral part of our education. Teaching music requires a computer that performs beyond what the school can provide us and our current computer is 11 years old and doesn't always work given modern day performance requirements. Please help!

My Project

Teaching music education was originally had technological requirements and it has become even more imperative during the times of a Covid-19 pandemic given that many of our students are going to learn offline.

Our needs extend beyond the ability of our school computers given that we need software that cannot be installed on our school computers like music notation, audio software, and video software.

These programs also have required computer performance needs. Our current computer is 11 years old and barely functions.

Please help us stay current and give our students the music education so many miss so that they can live a life with enthusiasm towards the musical cultures of our world.

Mr. Riccio Roxbury Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Stamford, CT View local requests

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

600 students impacted 22donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo_ThinkPad_E15 Business Laptop (Intel i7-10510U, 32GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD, 15.6" Full HD IPS, Windows 10 Pro) Professional Notebook Computer • Amazon Business $1,199.99 1 $1,199.99

Materials cost

$1,199.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,247.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$220.23

Total project goal

$1,468.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,468.22

18 Donors

-$1,042.55

Donations toward project cost

-$907.99

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.56

match offer

-$400.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$340.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.67

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$0.00

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