Whew! I just finished my 24th year of teaching. I come from a family of teachers. My mom, dad, and three of my five children are teachers, not to mention my two daughters-in-law! One of my sons even teaches a Financial Literacy Class at our Jr. High. I am an ATPE teacher from East Texas. Teaching is a very rewarding job, one of the best in the world. I feel blessed to have this opportunity to serve as a teacher.
We are a family at BES!
This year I have 13 girls and 8 boys in my class. This includes 2 special needs students. My students come from a socioeconomicly disadvantaged district. Many of my students receive free breakfast and lunch - it is a luxury. Some, even receive food “backpacks” for the weekends. We also have a growing Hispanic population. But we are proud to say, through hard work and lots of care, our district has had a 100% graduation rate.
My students feel loved. Tolerance and acceptance is something that is fostered everyday. We live in a small rural community and continue to support former students through school activities such as sports, band and other district activities.
My Project
We use the Internet daily but we waste lots of valuable time because our computer is so old it does not connect quickly! The children often remind me early to "load" the computer so when we get to computer time, we "might" be able to do our activities and projects. That may seem funny, to "jump start" a computer, but it is hard on an 6 year old to want to do the activities on the computer to learn and can't! If we have a classroom computer, students could use the computer for research, centers, math and reading practice and so much more.
Your donations to our project will help us "Be ready for the new YEAR!"
I feel my students will be challenged to grow into better students. They will begin to prepare for the world that awaits them, after all, technology is one of the great keys in the education system. Help us, use all the sources available to the BEST of our abilities! My students need an updated computer to help us be better!
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
2018 Flagship HP Pavilion 21.5" Full HD IPS All-in-One Desktop Computer, Intel Pentium J3710 1.6 GHz , 4GB RAM, 1TB 7200RPM HDD, HDMI, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, Windows 10 (Renewed)
• Amazon Business
$359.99
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$359.99
Materials cost
$359.99
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.40
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$395.39
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$69.77
Total project goal
$465.16
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$465.16
5 Donors
-$227.00
Donations toward project cost
-$219.65
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$7.35
match offer
-$206.75
Match offer toward project cost
-$175.74
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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