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Mrs. Caruana from Staten Island NY is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Support Through Enhancing Minds (STEM LAB)

Help me give my students an opportunity to bring their imagination to life with a Macbook.

  • $2,185 goal

This project expired on August 1, 2020.

This project expired on August 1, 2020.

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Students

My library is bursting full of beautiful books, ideas, and imagination. Help us enhance our imagination through digital literacy. The children have the excitement and creativity needed to enhance their learning. My students, unfortunately, have limited resources available to them which makes it difficult to excel in a 21st-century classroom setting. They come from mostly low income households with limited internet access. Many children only have a computer or device in school which makes it difficult for them to transform their With your help, the children will be able to address their individual learning styles through multimedia representations.

Our students have never known a world without the Internet, computers, cell phones, and X Boxes.

They were born into a world of technology and it is my responsibility to provide every opportunity for them to become 21st-century learners. In the 21st century, STEM opens doors for every student to succeed. Students gain word processing skills when learning to type: skills they will need in college and the workplace. Devices such as the requested Macbook Air foster collaboration between students and between the student and teacher as they work together on projects using higher-order​ thinking skills.

My Project

I believe that with the requested Macbook, my students will flourish into competent, well-articulated individuals that may change the world one day. I am eager to bring 21st-century skills to my children to bring out the best in them. When children are engaged, there is no stopping the progress they could make. Thank you for being that somebody who makes a difference by giving a child a chance. We are proud of our students and their achievements. Your donation will help them take their learning to new places and reach their full potential. You are our Superhero! As a 21st century educator, I am confident with the right technology, my classroom will come alive.When students are using technology as a tool or a support for communicating with others, they can break boundaries and soar to new levels.

Students are actively making choices about how to generate, obtain, manipulate, or display information.

Technology use allows many more students to be actively thinking about information, making choices, and executing skills that will change the way they learn. Thank you for changing the life of a child who someday might be the next Steve Jobs!

Mrs. Caruana
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Pro - 13'Display with Touch Bar - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Silver • Best Buy Education $1,799.99 1 $1,799.99

Materials cost

$1,799.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,856.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$327.70

Total project goal

$2,184.69

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