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Ms. Searles from Houston, TX is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Listening and Math Star Struck Stations

Help me give my students a interactive listening and a math center that will meet modern world standards.

  • $1,006 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My students are special to me because they are challenged in day to day life survival modes. My students are living in low income, single parent or grandparent homes lacking access to middle-income families daily routines. The school is listed as Title I and the ray of sunshine for the surrounding community.

My students are sad when the school day ends because they go home to situations of homelessness, staying with friends, homes lacking in heating, electricity, and basic food supplies.

At dismissal, one student commented, “ I don’t want to go. I like it here. “

My Project

One iPad will allow my students to work with a partner in a station listening and responding to good literature. The students will be able to listen to selective stories online and create a story sequence or art piece to tell the main idea or highlight the main character in the story.

The second iPad will allow for the students to work in a math station where they will be challenged to explore, discover and interact with numbers and math concepts in Prekindergarten terms.

Shapes, colors, subitizing and spatial awareness is a very abstract concept for 3 and 4 year old students. The more exposure, both in real time and tech time, the more advance and prepared the little people will be ready kindergarten math skills.

Ms. Searles A.G. Hilliard Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Houston, TX 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

30 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 256GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $479.99 1 $479.99
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad (Latest Model) with Wi-Fi - 64GB - Silver • Best Buy Education $332.26 1 $332.26

Materials cost

$812.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$854.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.78

Total project goal

$1,005.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,005.21

2 Donors

-$335.07

Donations toward project cost

-$284.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.26

match offer

-$670.14

Match offer toward project cost

-$569.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$100.52

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 $0.00

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