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Ms. Poorman from Philadelphia, PA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Projecting Towards the Future in English Class.

My students need an LCD projector for presentations, general note taking, etc.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Poorman's classroom raised $986

This project is fully funded

As you drive into the once bustling military arsenal, you will find my high school. I teach English and Entrepreneurship to 11th and 12th grade students in a high-need charter school.

Everyday I use a dilapidated overhead projector to share notes with my students. My school has limited funding to provide resources, so my students are not exposed to the technological resources that would benefit them and truly help to prepare them for college.

I need an LCD projector in my classroom. I think it will be a much more efficient means to deliver notes and other resources to the students. It will also be very helpful in student presentations, especially when my Entrepreneurship students present their business plans to their classmates. The LCD projector will benefit my students because it will put them on the right track for preparedness for college. In our increasingly technological world, it is a shame that students are only benefiting from an overhead projector in which the light bulb dies constantly. With the LCD projector, students will become acclimated to the type of note taking and learning that they are likely to experience in a fast-paced college environment.

Your help will ensure that my students have a powerful experience in my class. I teach at a charter, which is not a neighborhood school, and your help will foster the strong community of sharing that I hope to build with my students. Please help me project my students' learning into the future. Please help them in their quests to be English Experts and Enterprising Entrepreneurs.

Ms. Poorman Maritime Academy Charter School - Lower School Grades 9-12

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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

110 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CP-X253 LCD Projector • SchoolOutfitters.com $679.99 1 $679.99

Materials cost

$679.99

Vendor shipping charges

$68.00

Sales tax

$40.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$808.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$177.37

Total project goal

$985.37

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$985.37

11 Donors

-$492.69

Donations toward project cost

-$404.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.68

match offer

-$492.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$403.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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$0.00

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