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Mr. Paskowitz from Wilmington, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mice for Engineering Design

My students need computer mice and compartment boxes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Paskowitz's classroom raised $582

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

Students in Introduction to Engineering Design go through real engineering design processes to develop their own products. A major part of this is creating three-dimensional computer models on professional quality software, Autodesk Inventor.

The 3,339 mostly (91%) Latino students in grades 9 through 12 attend our school at the southern tip of the city of Los Angeles.

Surrounded by several refineries and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the school serves a blue-collar, working class community with a substantially (70%) economically-disadvantaged population. The majority of our parents work for these industries and others in the Los Angeles industrial harbor vicinity.

My Project

While my students are fortunate enough to have access to laptop computers and professional quality design software, the integrated touchpads on the laptops are not well-suited to their design program. Without mice, they are unable to use many of the software's features, and are unable to truly experience a true-to-life design process. These mice will allow students to unlock the full potential of Autodesk Inventor and design products they will then manufacture. The storage cases will ensure that the mice remain in good working condition.

Students in this class are learning to be engineers and designers.

They are gaining knowledge of and interest in a career field that they might not otherwise be exposed to. By being able to create computer models, they are gaining experiences that many high school students lack.

Mr. Paskowitz Phineas Banning High School Grades 9-12

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

270 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Logitech B100 Optical USB Mouse • CDW-G $7.90 40 $316.00
Compartment Box, 12 In D, 18 In W, 3 In H • Grainger $23.00 3 $69.00

Materials cost

$385.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.50

Sales tax

 $35.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.27

Total project goal

$581.78

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $581.78

1 Donor

-$581.78

Donations toward project cost

-$494.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.27

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