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Mr. Chandley from Providence, RI is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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It's Time to Build a Coding Space!

Help me give my students a beautiful place to code, lit with soft and welcoming LED lighting instead of horrible, overhead, fluorescent lighting.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Chandley's classroom raised $453

This project is fully funded

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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

No one fights through adversity like my students. Over half of my students have immigrated here in their young lives from countries where English is rarely spoken and most arrive here with no knowledge of the language. Those of my students who were born in the US and are native speakers of English still live in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the country. But they are dedicated, determined young people who show up every single day, eager to learn and grow.

The students in my classes are part of a Career and Technical Education pathway designed to help them become computer scientists and to ready them for a major in Computer Science when they graduate; they learn as many as six coding languages before they begin their Senior year.

My colleagues and I always tell the students that being bilingual is a superpower. But in coding that's more than a cute line; learning to program is now shown by research to be closer to language acquisition than it is to mathematics, and we all know that a bilingual person will statistically be more successful learning a new language than a monolingual person.

Help me develop their superpowers!

My Project

My students (understandably) hate the harsh, overhead, fluorescent lighting in my classroom. We try to use natural light when we can but often it's either not bright enough due to cloudy conditions or it's direct, overpowering sunlight. Most of the time we sit in a dark room staring at bright screens and everyone gets headaches and strains their eyes.

What I'm envisioning is a softly lit paradise bathed in different colors that reminds the students of a high quality gaming setup, enticing them to want to study Computer Science and easing the pain on our eyes and brains but I need your help to do it!

Please consider donating so that I can come and string up LED lights all around my classroom and make this change a reality.

Mr. Chandley Dr Jorge Alvarez High School Grades 9-12

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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 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

175 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
DAYBETTER Led Strip Lights 100ft (2 Rolls of 50ft) Smart Light Strips with App Control Remote, 5050 RGB Led Lights for Bedroom, Music Sync Color Changing Lights for Room Party • Amazon Business $31.99 10 $319.90
L Shape 4-Pin LED Connectors 10-Pack JACKYLED 10mm Wide Right Angle Corner Solderless Adapter Connector Terminal Extension with 22Pcs Clip Connectors for 3528/5050 SMD RGB 4 Conductor LED Light Strips • Amazon Business $7.59 2 $15.18
WENHSIN 10Packs 4-Pin RGB LED Light Strip Connectors 10mm Unwired Gapless Solderless Adapter Terminal Extension for SMD 5050 Multicolor LED Strip (10Pack 4PIN RGB Connector) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98

Materials cost

$349.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$384.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.82

Total project goal

$452.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.12

3 Donors

-$427.12

Donations toward project cost

-$363.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.07

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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 $0.00

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