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Mr. Jouya from Kansas City, MO is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Send Our Middle School Debate Team to Nationals!

My students need donations to fund travel and transportation to Birmingham, Alabama this June for a national tournament.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Jouya's classroom raised $1,000

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My Students

Every single student on the debate team has dedicated dozens of hours before and after school working on honing their skills, researching, reading evidence, practicing speeches, and, of course, debating against other schools at tournaments. That hard work has paid off in a major way, qualifying several of our students to the National Junior Speech & Debate National Championship in Birmingham, Alabama.

We are a middle school debate team located in the heart of Kansas City's urban core where we strive for academic excellence and prepare students for collegiate ambitions.

Our school demographic make up consists of 99% "ethnic/racial minorities", 75% of which are considered "economically disadvantaged".

There are many challenges that our students and their families face in order to provide out-of-town opportunities for co-circulars - we simply want to make this tournament experience fun, educational, and affordable for our debaters.

My Project

Our debaters have worked hard all year and their competitive success has made them one of the best in the country. This has fortunately qualified us to send several students to the National Junior Speech & Debate National Championship in Birmingham, Alabama where my students will have the opportunity to compete against the best teams in the nation.

Competitive academic debate is an incredible activity that instills the values of critical thinking, speaking skills, activism, and civic competence.

Those skills are more important now than ever before. Debate incentivizes mastering these concepts and studies show that competition at tournaments dramatically increases student participation in school, reading comprehension, and academic performance. Students who are debaters are also more likely to not only go to college but also get accepted to their top choices and graduate on time. My goal is to start teaching these skills at an early age to help students learn and become more college ready.

This national tournament affords my debaters an immediate reward for their hard work to travel to a new city rich in Civil Rights history and also gives them the chance to further develop their knowledge and wits against their peers from all over the world.

Mr. Jouya University Academy Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

28 students impacted 15donors

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Component Company Total
Transportation United $807.87

Trip cost

$807.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$849.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.00

Total project goal

$999.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $999.99

1 Donor

-$479.37

Donations toward project cost

-$436.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.75

match offer

-$486.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$413.37

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.30

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 $0.00

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