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Mr. Hernandez from Teachey, NC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Hernandez's classroom raised $742

Laser-Focused Learning: Precision Engineering Across Steama

Help me give my students an xTool smart craft laser cutter to design, prototype, and build hands-on projects across Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Agriculture.

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Mr. Hernandez Wallace Rose Hill High School
Teachey, NC Grades 9-12

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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 Project

Welcome to our high school community! As a high school science teacher and school-wide STEAMA (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Agriculture) Site Coordinator at our rural high school, I have the privilege of teaching and supporting brilliant, creative, and hard-working students daily. What makes my students so special is their incredible resilience, boundless curiosity, and desire to make a real-world impact through hands-on learning. In our rural community, providing equal access to cutting-edge tools is essential to unlocking their full potential. My students shine brightest when given open-ended, project-based design challenges where they can take theoretical ideas and transform them into physical creations across multiple subject areas.

Having an xTool M2 Smart Craft Laser Cutter in our classroom will bridge the gap between digital design and hands-on fabrication across all six STEAMA disciplines.

In Science, students will design and cut anatomical models, DNA strands, ecosystem food webs, and topographic maps for interactive lab analysis. For Technology and Engineering, they will master CAD vector software to turn digital blueprints into precision-cut component parts and structural prototypes. Fine Arts students will create intricate wood engravings and data art, while Mathematics students apply geometry and spatial reasoning to convert 2D coordinates into 3D laser-cut structures. Finally, in Agriculture, students will craft custom environmental sensor housings and durable markers for our experimental garden plots.

My goal for this project is to build a centralized fabrication hub that empowers students to think, design, and create like professional engineers, designers, and scientists. By bringing this technology into our rural school, my objective is to give students direct access to industry-standard tools they might otherwise never experience before college or the workforce. Acquiring this laser cutter will elevate student confidence, foster deep cross-curricular collaboration, and inspire the next generation of rural innovators.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

70 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Hernandez Wallace Rose Hill High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Teachey, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

70 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
xTool - M2 10W Smart Craft Laser Cutter • Best Buy Education $549.00 1 $549.00

Materials cost

$549.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $42.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$630.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.19

Total project goal

$741.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $741.25

1 Donor

-$741.25

Donations toward project cost

-$630.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$111.19

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