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Dr. Cole from Chicago, IL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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If They Can SEE It, They Can DREAM It!

My students need a projector for the classroom.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Cole's classroom raised $492

This project is fully funded

My Students

Technology is taken for granted in the business world. Something as simple as a projector in my classroom will make my babies have the access to videos, literature and speeches online they otherwise would not!

As a turnaround school, we are blessed to have an amazing staff and administration team ready to change lives.

However, we do not have funds for basic supplies. My babies need to be able to see lots of real world examples of work and literature, on a daily basis! My babies come from a low-income, high need part of Chicago. They deserve the best in education and that starts with the teachers. As a turnaround school, we start from scratch, so every item I receive is truly valued. Having basic technology for the classroom will allow me to share even when I don't have copies for all my students!

My Project

My students need a projector so I can share everything and anything with them! From a comparison of excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech and President Barack Obama's Inauguration speech, to video of 9/11 so they understand history and feel as if they were there!

This project will let my students have basic technology so they may have the same high class education all students deserve!

I cannot let my babies believe they deserve anything less!!

Dr. Cole Dvorak Technical Academy Elementary School Grades 6-8

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

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.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
InFocus IN114a DLP projector 3D • CDW-G $382.13 1 $382.13

Materials cost

$382.13

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$417.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.74

Total project goal

$491.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$491.60

7 Donors

-$291.60

Donations toward project cost

-$247.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.74

match offer

-$200.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

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$0.00

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