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Mr. Johns from Smiths Station AL is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Panther News Network

My students need the camera I am requesting to equip my Panther News Network (PNN) students with the materials necessary to create the best news show possible!

  • $1,998 goal

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My Students

Our school serves over 500 ninth grade students along the Alabama-Georgia line. While the size of the student body is large, our school is still very much a small town school. The majority of our students live below the poverty line and receive free and reduced lunch. A large portion of our students will be the first generation of their families to go to college.

With the increased pressures surrounding standardized state testing oftentimes electives are viewed as unnecessary.

This class, along with others on our campus, are educating students by exposing them to a variety of real-world topics and career opportunities.

My Project

The camera and equipment I am requesting are to provide my Panther News Network (PNN) students with the materials necessary to create the best news show possible! Approximately 6 years ago, the county school system split our high school into 2 schools. One school housing grades 10-12 on a new campus, and another housing grade 9 on the old high school campus. The division of schools caused some staffing issues thus causing the PNN class to no longer be an option for ninth grade students. This year for the first time in a long time, ninth grade students are able to broadcast news to their peers.

PNN provides news for students, by students.

The news program is completely written, reported, filmed, and edited by students. The current equipment being used by our PNN staff is shared with our junior high feeder school's program. Basically, we have 1 camera to cover stories on 2 campuses with a total combined enrollment of over 1500 students. Due to the program at my school being in its infancy we have no funding available to us to make improvements.

Our show will be used to teach our PNN students the fundamentals of news broadcasting as well as educating our student body on both local and national news. PNN will be broadcast in our student lounge as well as available for anytime viewing on Youtube.

Mr. Johns
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon EOS Rebel T6 EF S 18 55mm EF 75 300mm lenses • CDW-G $742.49 1 $742.49
Canon EOS Rebel T6 EF S 18 55mm IS II lens • CDW-G $544.49 1 $544.49
Canon Gadget Bag 100EG • CDW-G $32.58 2 $65.16
SanDisk Standard flash memory card 32 GB SDHC • CDW-G $14.80 4 $59.20
Insignia? - On-Camera Powered Shotgun Microphone - Black • Best Buy Education $28.45 2 $56.90
Sunpak - PlatinumPlus Ultra 6000PG 61'Tripod - Black • Best Buy Education $26.43 2 $52.86

Materials cost

$1,521.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $123.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$22.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,697.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$299.63

Total project goal

$1,997.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,997.52

13 Donors

-$1,644.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,554.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.10

Matching donations from our partners

-$168.22

Match offers toward project cost

-$142.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.23

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$185.29

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 $0.00

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