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Ms. Hines from Staten Island, NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make Em Dance!

Help me give my students iPads with cases to code Dash and Dot Robots.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hines's classroom raised $974

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

I'm proud to say that I work at the school that I attended as a child. It is a high poverty, Title I school in New York. All of my students receive free breakfast and lunch.

My students are faced with many challenges inside and outside the classroom.

They struggle personally and academically and have diverse needs. My class consists of general education students and children who receive special education services. Students living in homeless shelters travel from other parts of the city to our school every day. Families that are new to the country (English new language learners) have the added burden of learning to communicate in English.

Despite the challenges they face daily, my students are filled with energy, are happy, and are motivated to learn. They are scientists, singers, mathematicians, leaders, comedians, readers, writers, teachers, dancers, me, and you; they are everything!

My goal is to make my students' school environment comfortable and their learning experiences, creative and challenging to prepare them for the future. I want my students to feel safe from the outside world, so they can focus on learning and simply being kids.

My Project

Dash and Dot robots are on the way! We need a way to control them. We were inspired by videos form IF/THEN to learn more about coding robots. Robots are used to do many different things today. The videos show how robots are used to help people.

Allowing the children to explore coding with robots now, may spark interest and lead them to a great career in science later.

This project includes iPads needed to get these robots moving! The children will practice coding while they make the robots interact with each other to race, play catch and dance! This project also includes cases for the iPads and one for the robots. We want to keep them safe.

Ms. Hines PS 18 John G Whittier Grades 3-5

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Staten Island, NY 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

34 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - 10.2-Inch iPad - Latest Model - (8th Generation) with Wi-Fi - 32GB - Space Gray • Best Buy Education $330.00 2 $660.00
OtterBox - Defender Pro Series for Apple� iPad� (8th generation and 7th generation) - Black • Best Buy Education $48.62 2 $97.24
HOMEST Serger Carrying Case, Universal Overlock Sewing Machine Tote Bag with Shoulder Strap & Strong Handles, Compatible with Brother, Singer, Juki, Grey • Amazon Business $28.69 1 $28.69

Materials cost

$785.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$827.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.07

Total project goal

$973.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $973.79

8 Donors

-$759.38

Donations toward project cost

-$649.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$110.16

Matching donations from our partners

-$210.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$178.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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