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Mrs. Price from Rocky Mount, NC is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Superstars: Racial Justice Through Diverse Innovation

Help me give my students diverse STEM role model books, engineering kits, and collaborative workspace furniture for inclusive hands-on learning.

  • $934 goal

This project expired on September 22, 2025.

This project expired on September 22, 2025.

My Project

What I love most about my students is their incredible resilience and untapped potential. Our rural Title I school serves a diverse population of Latino, Black, and white students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who arrive daily with genuine hunger for knowledge despite significant challenges. They possess natural problem-solving abilities from real-life experiences - fixing farm equipment, maintaining vehicles, and creatively repurposing materials - yet many have never seen engineers or scientists who look like them.

The STEM Superstars book set will be transformational, showcasing twelve diverse STEM professionals who overcame similar obstacles.

When students see scientists and engineers sharing their backgrounds, it fundamentally changes their perception of who belongs in STEM. The counter-height stool and the professional Alera Fixed Arm Leather Task Chair creates professional collaborative workspaces where students work as equals while connecting to diverse role models. Bridge-building sets, programmable robots, and circuit kits provide hands-on experiences that validate their existing knowledge while introducing new concepts through tactile learning.

My goals include increasing STEM course enrollment by 25% over two years and creating a sustainable pipeline of diverse students entering STEM fields. What makes these students special is their collaborative spirit rooted in rural community values, their status as future first-generation college students who approach problems without limiting preconceptions, and their unique perspectives on resource scarcity that STEM fields need to solve global challenges - they're future innovators who will address problems that matter to rural America while inspiring the next generation.

Mrs. Price Rocky Mount Senior High School Grades 9-12

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 will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Rocky Mount, NC View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 812 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Norwood House Press STEM Superstars Book Set, Set of 12 (NW-SSPBCSS23) • Quill.com $186.56 1 $186.56
Alera? Fixed Arm Leather Task Chair, White (ALEWS4106) • Quill.com $159.69 1 $159.69
Flash Furniture Kai Contemporary Metal Slat Back Counter Stool, Blue (CH3132024GBBL) • Quill.com $70.99 1 $70.99
Learning Resources STEM Explorers Bridge Builders Set (LER9461) • Quill.com $19.61 3 $58.83
E-Blox? Circuit Blox 120, Circuit Board Building Blocks, Assorted, 49 Pieces • Quill.com $50.48 1 $50.48
Learning Resources STEM Programmable Robot Mouse (LER2841) • Quill.com $34.37 1 $34.37
Learning Advantage Medical Science (CTUWES120XL) • Quill.com $33.38 1 $33.38
Dowling Magnets Activities, Electromagnet Science Kit • Quill.com $32.48 1 $32.48
E-Blox? Circuit Blox Lights Starter, Circuit Board Building Blocks, Assorted, 32 Pieces • Quill.com $27.53 1 $27.53
Looney Labs Anatomy Fluxx Card Game, STEM, Grade 6+ (LLB084) • Quill.com $20.06 1 $20.06
Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Cycle Gears (LER9231) • Quill.com $14.84 1 $14.84
STEAM Projects Workbook by Linda Armstrong, Paperback (405032) • Quill.com $9.08 1 $9.08

Materials cost

$698.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $54.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$793.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.98

Total project goal

$933.21

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