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Mrs. Porter from Claremont NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Maker Space: Explore, Learn, Create!

My students need Brother CS6000i Feature-Rich Sewing Machine and other tools and resources to create projects and investigate a variety of skills that will encourage and challenge them to learn about new things.

  • $645 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We want to create a space and provide the resources needed for our students to expand their knowledge base. We are a rural high school of 959 students in a low economic area. 62% of our students are eligible for free and reduced lunch. We have a large population of Hmong students and an increasing population of Hispanic students. Over the last few years, we have been implementing strategies to encourage our students to attend post secondary educational institutions. Currently, only about 30% of our students continue on to a 4 year college.

We are always looking for ways to provide our students with the skills, knowledge and resources that will help prepare them to be successful in their classrooms and in their life after high school.

Some of our students are faced with many challenges that are out of their control. It is our goal to help them overcome these challenges and become successful, productive citizens.

My Project

We would like to create an area where students will have the resources and tools to create projects, explore various skills and tools, investigate how things work and expand upon skills and concepts that they have learned in their classes. Students will have a central location to work on projects and access supplies and materials. If they have an English or Science project, they will be able to come to the Maker Space during or after school to complete their project without having to worry about purchasing materials. If they were working on particular skills in their Robotics or Apparel classes, they will have a place to come and expand upon the skills that they have learned in class.

Your generous donation to our project will support our students as they create, invent, explore and discover!

This will help get our Maker Space started. We will continue to add resources and tools to meet the needs of our students.

Mrs. Porter
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brother CS6000i Feature-Rich Sewing Machine With 60 Built-In Stitches, 7 styles of 1-Step Auto-Size Buttonholes, Quilting Table, and Hard Cover • Amazon Business $144.99 1 $144.99
CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 Complete Starter Kit - 32 GB Edition • Amazon Business $74.99 1 $74.99
Elenco SCL-175B Snap Circuits Lights Electronics Discovery Kit • Amazon Business $50.47 1 $50.47
Approx X 1500 Jewelry Making Beads Mix Starter Kit for Beginners in Purple, Red & Green & Jewelry Findings • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
VicTsing 5 Inches Diagonal Wide Cutter Diagonal Cutting Plier Wire Cutter and Desoldering Wick Solder Braid with 2.5mm Width • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Boye Long Loom Set- • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
K'NEX 70 Model Building Set - 705 Pieces - Ages 7+ Engineering Education Toy • Amazon Business $17.88 1 $17.88
Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 Electronics Discovery Kit • Amazon Business $17.50 1 $17.50
Jack Richeson 1/16" , 350' Aluminum Armature • Amazon Business $17.40 1 $17.40
Basic Yarn Bonbons Pack - 40 Acrylic Yarn Skeins - Assorted Colors - Perfect for Any Crochet and Knitting Project - 2 FREE E-Books • Amazon Business $14.67 1 $14.67
Outus Prewound Thread Bobbins with Bobbin Box for Brother/ Babylock/ Janome/ Elna/ Singer, Assorted Colors, 50 Pieces • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
CCbetter Mini Hot Melt Glue Gun with 25pcs Glue Sticks High Temperature Melting Glue Gun Kit Flexible Trigger for DIY Small Craft Projects&Sealing and Quick Repairs(20-watt, Blue) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Surebonder DT-100 Made in the USA All Purpose Stik-Mini Glue Sticks-All Temperature-5/16"D, 4"L Hot Melt Glue Sticks-100 Sticks per bag • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
Stanley 84-096 5-Inch Needle Nose Plier • Amazon Business $5.15 2 $10.30
Darice Glitter Pony Bead, 9mm 1-Pound Bag, Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $6.53 1 $6.53
Hemp 1mm Twine Bead Cord, 29.5-Feet, Natural • Amazon Business $6.45 1 $6.45
100pcs Mixed Wooden Buttons in Bulk Buttons for Crafts Button Round Colorful • Amazon Business $5.65 1 $5.65
Bag of (100) Very Assorted Buttons. Assorted Colors. Sizes Range From 3/8" to 1-1/2" • Amazon Business $4.75 1 $4.75
10 Multi-color 3-inch Mini Hooks for Your Rainbow Loom (Colors May Vary) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Surebonder 6500N Glue Gun Stand with Non-Stick Glue Pad-Black • Amazon Business $2.78 1 $2.78

Materials cost

$473.67

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.66

Total project goal

$644.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$644.39

9 Donors

-$457.68

Donations toward project cost

-$420.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.45

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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