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Ms. Cisneros from San Jose, CA is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Someone Says an External Drive in Class?

Help me give my students a way to keep great memories and experiences when writing and saving information in class.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cisneros's classroom raised $183

This project is fully funded

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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 Project

My students are hungry, not only for the food in the cafeteria, but also for the lessons I am able to offer using our devices in class.

My students are bright, motivated fourth graders who ask amazing questions all the time!

They are always looking for new ideas and information. Our school is in a wonderful, supportive community that works hard to raise money to keep our classrooms running. Our school is also full of events related to twenty-first century skills and some of them require technology devices such as an external drive as a backup.

An external drive is needed to save our memories such as videos and pictures forever. Besides, I am always preparing a major event at the end of the school year named “Exhibition” where students will rehearse, rehearse, and rehearse again to make sure the day of our event will be full of success. For these reasons, I need to keep all the good experiences and examples in an external hard drive for new 5th grade generations. Not only the hard drive is essential, but some pens to keep writing our memories are always welcome.

Be the donor who makes my class feel organized and safe to have great examples to follow when having an external drive as a backup in class.

Ms. Cisneros Horace Mann Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Jose, CA View local requests

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

40 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seagate One Touch 2TB External Hard Drive Slim Portable HDD USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 Black (STKB2000400) • Staples $86.92 1 $86.92
Pilot FriXion Point Erasable Gel Pens, Extra Fine Point, Blue Ink, Dozen (31574) • Quill.com $26.34 1 $26.34

Materials cost

$113.26

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$10.36

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$155.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.41

Total project goal

$182.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$182.73

3 Donors

-$176.75

Donations toward project cost

-$155.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.98

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$0.00

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