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Dr. Newsum from Nashville TN is requesting computers & tablets through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teacher Laptop for Effective Learning

Help me give my students a teacher with a MacBook Air to use for effective and efficient learning.

  • $1,173 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My school sits in the heart of North TN, where many of our families are classified as low-income, single-parent households, or homeless families, who don't have the essentials for survival. Many of our Rocketeers don't have shelter, food, cleaning products, clothes, or shoes. Our school is built on the foundation of love, where we provide our students with a safe environment and a place to call home. Our community has lived through the devastation of the March tornadoes, COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, death of a student, and other traumatic experiences. All of these worldly crises have left our students and families in financial and emotional hardships they are now trying to dig out of.

The purpose of this project is to support our most vulnerable families by taking ownership of connecting with our families through a program named Mending Our Hearts.

My Project

I have created a program named Mending Our Hearts. This support group is to provide opportunities for our students, parents, staff, and community to engage in whole-self development. This will happen through unapologetically sharing personal experiences, access to resources, technology support, firsthand information about diseases, treatments, and awareness in a judgment-free zone. Students will use zoom to have class sessions on different topics. During these sessions, students will benefit from clear and precise PowerPoints and online learning programs to enhance math fluency and reading comprehension skills.

In this program, I will be teaching the importance of whole self development virtually and I will need an effective laptop to do so efficiently.

During each session (technology, social emotional learning, behavioral and calming strategies, healthy living, and etc.) it will promote greater social and emotional competence. It will also increase the likelihood of high school graduation, readiness for postsecondary education, career success, positive family and work relationships, better mental health, reduced criminal behavior, and engaged citizenship!

Dr. Newsum
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Apple - MacBook Air 13.3'Laptop with Touch ID - Intel Core i3 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Gold • Best Buy Education $952.45 1 $952.45

Materials cost

$952.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$996.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$175.90

Total project goal

$1,172.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,172.64

1 Donor

-$996.74

Donations toward project cost

-$996.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$175.90

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 $0.00

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