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Mrs. Estes from Rio Rancho NM is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Lights, Camera, Learning!

My students need a camera for project enrichment. We will be starting video projects.

  • $458 goal

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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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I have the best students ever. I know that teacher says that about their class, but I truly have the best students ever. I have students that come from many different backgrounds and educational abilities. What makes this class the best ever is that they truly are a family. In our classroom we have gifted students, learning challenged students, and everything in between. This family, our classroom family, has many challenges that we face daily, but we work together to overcome those challenges.

They are smart, fun, and very energetic.

We do a great deal of projects and hands on learning to keep their minds moving as quickly as their bodies. As the year goes on my hope is that I am able to engage my students in learning everything they need to learn to be successful students in the years to come.

I started this by saying we are a family, and this is true. When the students walk into my room in August they become my children. I love them like they are my own, and when they leave my classroom at the end of the year, my family has grown by 27 more amazing children.

My Project

Third grade is an amazing year in which students begin to explore new areas of learning. I am requesting a digital video camera for my classroom to help enrich my students to express their learning in new and exciting ways.

My students will be learning how to work with script writing, green screens, editing, and publishing.

Students will have the opportunity to use technology in a new way and then show case their learning in different ways. This camera will be used across all academic areas. With this camera it will allow my student to experience technology in different ways.

Mrs. Estes
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-Tracker - action camera • Best Buy Education $353.60 1 $353.60

Materials cost

$353.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$388.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.63

Total project goal

$457.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$457.53

12 Donors

-$424.59

Donations toward project cost

-$367.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.94

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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