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

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Sheet Metal Cutting & Shaping For Robots

My students need aluminum and metalworking tools for cutting and forming robot parts.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Paskowitz's classroom raised $2,809

This project is fully funded

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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

My students have worked hard to build competition robots using hand tools, and I'd like to give them access to proper metalworking tools.

The roughly 700, mostly (91%) Latino students in grades 9 and 10 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

Robotics competition is rapidly growing as a method for teaching students to apply skills in and knowledge of mathematics and science and engineering practices through designing, manufacturing, and programming a working machine. The students on my Robotics team will use this aluminum and these tools to shape and form frames, brackets, body panels, and other parts for a robot to enter in the FIRST Robotics Competition.

Most of my students have no experience working with hand tools.

As Career Tech Education has declined, few high school students have any opportunity to learn to work with tools. Few programs provide the types of experiences and opportunities students routinely take advantage of in Robotics competition. Your donation will provide tools and materials that will reduce limitations on design. It will provide them with opportunities to learn to safely work with tools and the satisfaction of making.

Mr. Paskowitz Phineas Banning High 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Combination Shear, Brake And Roll, 30 In • Grainger $716.85 1 $716.85
Tube Roller • Grainger $385.65 1 $385.65
Shear, Multiple Funtion, 11 Ga. • Grainger $228.60 1 $228.60
5052 Aluminum Sheet, Unpolished (Mill) Finish, H32 Temper, ASTM B209/AMS QQ-A 250/8, 0.032" Thickness, 24" Width, 36" Length • Amazon $19.52 10 $195.20
Bead Roller,Steel,2 in.,18 ga. • Grainger $183.15 1 $183.15
Hobart 770617 13-Piece Welding Clamp Set • Amazon $159.99 1 $159.99
Hobart 770206 Brazing Rod, 1/8-Inch by 18-Inch, Quantity-8, Aluminum • Amazon $17.86 5 $89.30
Hobart 770565 Two Axis Welding Clamp • Amazon $22.46 1 $22.46
Aluminum 6063-T52 Square Tubing, ASTM B221, 1" x 1", 0.062" Wall, 36" Length • Amazon $12.35 1 $12.35

Materials cost

$1,993.55

Vendor shipping charges

 $151.42

Sales tax

 $182.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,387.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$421.28

Total project goal

$2,808.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,808.56

1 Donor

-$2,808.56

Donations toward project cost

-$2,387.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$421.28

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