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Ms. Valdez-Ruelas from Lompoc CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

¡More Tech Innovative Spanish Lessons!

Help me give my students more interactive, innovative and techy lessons with this Apple Tv.

  • $296 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 teach Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 to students from grade levels ranging from 9th grade all the way to 12th grade. My students come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds and various socioeconomic backgrounds.

What makes my students so special to me is their eagerness and excitement to come to class.

My goal is to have my students feeling welcome and accepted in a classroom where they are allowed to make mistakes and learn and grow without judgment. I also emphasize that in my class, learning a new language can be easy, fun, and exciting.

My Project

I have always considered myself a very innovative teacher. I use a large portion of my spare time creating innovative lessons for my students that implement the newest and latest technologies; as well as, techniques. Book and paper is a thing of the past! In this everchanging world, we need to educate our students on digital citizenship and the responsible way to use technology. This Apple Tv will replace so many antiquated techniques that I still use in my lessons such a paper grade book and seating chart, document camera, and even my desktop computer. It will help me be more mobile around the classroom by allowing me to unanchor myself from my desktop computer and provide my lessons from anywhere in the classroom. A lack of funds has prevented us from innovating within the classroom.

Apple makes so many great applications for teachers, we just need the necessary funding and support to access these new technologies!

Thank you in advance for all your love and support for my classroom. ¡Muchas gracias de todo corazón!

Ms. Valdez-Ruelas
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple TV 4K 64GB - Black • Best Buy Education $199.99 1 $199.99

Materials cost

$199.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.35

Total project goal

$295.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$295.64

7 Donors

-$251.81

Donations toward project cost

-$221.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.27

Matching donations from our partners

-$35.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$29.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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$0.00

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