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Mr. Kilgore from Durham, NC is requesting professional development through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Kilgore's classroom raised $357

I Can Make My Spanish Speaking Students Feel Welcomed

I need this computer program to help me communicate with my students.

This project is fully funded

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Mr. Kilgore Hope Valley Elementary School
Durham, NC Grades PreK-2

My Students

I teach all the children in the school ranging from Kindergarten to fifth grade. I interact with a lot of them outside the classroom as well.

About 1/3 of the 640 students come from Spanish speaking homes.

When they enter school it is quite a hard transition from home to school and vice-versa. The relationship between student and teacher is critical in the learning process. If I can communicate with my Spanish speaking students it will enable me to create a positive nurturing environment for all my students.

My Project

I am requesting the Rosetta Stone program to help me communicate with my Spanish speaking students and their families. With around 200 Spanish speaking students attending my classes, it would be extremely helpful to be able to communicate with students that are in an educational setting where English is the primary language. It will help them feel connected and valued if I can talk to them in a language that they are familiar with, this is especially the case with my Kindergarten students.

I also interact with parents on a daily basis at the end of the day and being able to field their questions or tell them about my concerns would help out a great deal in developing a positive relationship.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

640 students impacted 9 donors
Mr. Kilgore Hope Valley Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Durham, NC 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

640 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rosetta Stone TOTALe: Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 ? 5 Set - Mac|Windows • Best Buy Education $249.42 1 $249.42

Materials cost

$249.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $19.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$302.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.40

Total project goal

$356.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $356.01

7 Donors

-$178.00

Donations toward project cost

-$151.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.70

match offer

-$178.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$151.31

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.70

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 $0.00

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