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Mrs. Starr from Walnut Creek, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Improving Distance Learning

Help me give my students a more effective way to do virtual learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Starr's classroom raised $465

This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach Biology and Physiology in a suburban neighborhood. My classes are populated by college-bound students who are engaged, community-minded, energetic, and creative. I have taught for twenty-eight years and honestly, still, feel excited to go to school every day because of the energy and enthusiasm they bring. My students are motivated and excited to learn; however, the school and classrooms are in need of updating.

I teach in a windowless, concrete classroom built in 1974.

Our school is bursting at the seams with about fifteen hundred students on a campus designed to house twelve hundred students. Our school is also old and cannot support the technology we currently have, let alone the new technology we want to bring in. While my students are bright and future-focused, their daily surroundings make it difficult to envision a career in the modern world.

My Project

A new iPad will help me create more updated and relevant lessons using platforms like Explain Everything, Doceri, and FlipGrid. I am currently using old technology and cannot use newer platforms like these. My students need more variety to help ease the Zoom boredom.

My students deserve the very best as they are working to learn at home.

They often need to review the material on their own and new technology can help me create better materials for them to do this. Additionally, I can better control the presentations using a new iPad.

Mrs. Starr Northgate High School Grades 9-12 Walnut Creek, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

150 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple 10.2-inch iPad Wi-Fi - 8th generation - tablet - 32 GB - 10.2' • Best Buy Education $330.00 1 $330.00

Materials cost

$330.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.73

Total project goal

$464.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$464.88

1 Donor

-$464.88

Donations toward project cost

-$395.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.73

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$0.00

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