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Ms. Le Ray from Chicago, IL is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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S.O.S! Need A Tech Hero!

Help me give my students these 12 Lenovo - 300W Gen Educational Computer -Laptops and Luxor charging port. This school year my students faced not having enough computers due to many being broken and even out of date.

  • $2,812 goal

This project expired on October 20, 2025.

This project expired on October 20, 2025.

My Project

Seeking a "Tech-Hero" willing to donate 12 computers and a 12 port charging station for my classroom! I am currently a seventh -eighth grade tear at an at-risk elementary school. My students are derived from low socioeconomic backgrounds, 89.5% Black and 10.5% Latino, some are even homeless. My school is 100% free lunch. These computers will allow me to provide the additional support needed for my students to complete their assignments, conduct research projects, writing/, publishing their essays, and so much more, without them being limited in waiting on their classmate to finish. Students will be able to use one of these 12 computers in case there are no more working ones to complete their required tasks. These additional computers will help cut down on their frustration of not having a working one.

My students are entering adolescence and evolving into college career ready scholars and require only the simple things.

But my school has very limited resources, especially this past school year. We were denied being given any replacements for broken Chromebooks. It became a dilemma across the entire school. My students suffered mainly. They were forced to share computers, many assignments had to be completed in class and took over a week to do so! Testing was even problematic as some students had to test on alternate days because they didn't have a computer to test on! They even had problems with being able to publish their writing essays. It was harrowing for them and me. I realize the expense involved puts me way over the basic amount I'd normally ask for. So I need a Tech Hero to save the day and help me provide some support with my students having a computer. S.O.S!! Please!

Ms. Le Ray Powell Elementary Paideia Comm Academy Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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.

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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

52 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lenovo - 300W Gen 3-2-in-1 Educational Computer - Laptop for Students - AMD 3015e Dual-Core Processor - 11.6" HD Touchscreen Display - 4GB Memory - 64GB Storage - Windows 10 Pro • Amazon Business $169.99 12 $2,039.88
Luxor 12 Port Charging Station for Laptops, Tablets, Mobile Devices - Rubber • School Specialty $220.12 1 $220.12

Materials cost

$2,260.00

Vendor shipping charges

$66.03

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,389.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$421.75

Total project goal

$2,811.68

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