Help me give my students the electronics they need to charge and type with their Verizon iPads.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cimino's classroom raised $565
This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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
I teach 8th Grade U.S. History in an arts and technology magnet program. We are housed in a large, urban, Title I middle school with a limited budget and aging facilities.
My students are gifted, highly-engaged, creative thinkers who love to imagine, collaborate, and create.
They are a diverse group of middle school students who hail from a wide range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
As a teacher, I am responsible for creating a curriculum which is both challenging and engaging. My goal with any project is to invest students with the tools they need to improve literacy and critical thinking skills through the use of primary and secondary source documents.
My Project
During this last school year, my school was awarded a grant from Verizon that put a take-home iPad in the hands of each student. It was the student's responsibility, however, to come to school with the iPad charged. It didn't always work out that way. I ended up purchasing my own charging dock, which worked nicely for most of the year. Yet, it still didn't have enough ports to serve everyone who needed electricity. Hence, the charging stations. In addition, we write a lot. Typing on an iPad is a whole lot easier when you have enough keyboards for everyone in the room. Unfortunately, with almost daily use of keyboards, they face a lot of wear and tear. Hence, the keyboards. Although there is no timeline for when we will all be 'back in school', I am attempting to think ahead and troubleshoot some of the obstacles now. Distance learning has made using programs such as Google Docs even more essential. The fact is, we need to stay charged and keyboard ready! Will you help us with our goal?
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
Kensington Keyboard for Life - keyboard - black
• Best Buy Education
$13.06
25
$326.50
Hercules Tuff Charging Station for Multiple Devices - 6 Short Mixed Cables Included for Cell Phones, Smart Phones, Tablets, and Other Electronics - Multi Charger Organizer Docking Station
• Amazon Business
$39.98
2
$79.96
Materials cost
$406.46
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$37.19
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.10
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$479.75
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$84.66
Total project goal
$564.41
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$564.41
1 Donor
-$282.20
Donations toward project cost
-$239.87
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$42.33
match offer
-$282.21
Match offer toward project cost
-$239.88
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Cimino and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
