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Mr. Leon-Rodriguez from San Diego, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEMing From Dragons and Unicorns!

Help me give my students unicorns and dragons in order to inspire their coding curiosity.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Leon-Rodriguez's classroom raised $995

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 generally come from low-income families that live around the school neighborhood located in the Southeast area of San Diego. Most of my students are African American and Latino, followed by students from the Pacific Islands or Asian backgrounds.

Our school is a unique place.

The school has a great percentage of students with special needs; therefore, our school needs to be equipped with technological devices, lab tools and materials, and other resources that will guarantee that all students have what they need to learn and succeed adequately.

My Project

My students display a great sense of curiosity for items that might pose a challenge to them. Therefore, I would like to provide some students with special toys that require assembling and coding. The requested items for this project are robotic dragons and unicorns, which would definitely attract students' curiosity and stimulate their intellect.

The dragon and unicorn robots serve as a double educational inspiration in promoting the development of coding skills and the student's own imagination.

I certainly know that these items will become popular; and will eventually encourage other students' participation in robotics and coding.

Mr. Leon-Rodriguez Millennial Technical Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
UBTECH JIMU Robot Mythical Series: Firebot Kit/ App-Enabled Building & Coding STEM Robot Kit (606 Pcs), Red, Model:JRA0601 • Amazon Business $96.58 4 $386.32
UBTECH Mythical Series: Unicornbot Kit-App-Enabled Building & Coding Stem Learning Kit • Amazon Business $87.61 4 $350.44

Materials cost

$736.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$845.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.16

Total project goal

$994.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $994.38

3 Donors

-$321.16

Donations toward project cost

-$299.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.92

match offer

-$642.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$545.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.89

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 $0.00

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