You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Felder from Magnolia, MS is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Felder is requesting

Teacher! The Dinosaur Died Again!

My proposal needs one Compaq Presario laptop computer.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Felder's classroom raised $1,187

This project is fully funded

I teach science to junior high students in a small rural district in southwest Mississippi. We are a poverty-laden district, which makes our tax base of support limited. "Pinching pennies" is a way of life for teachers in my district.

One thing I have not been able to pinch enough pennies to acquire is a laptop computer that I can use to add the "POP" of technology to my classes. I have a desktop PC that is more trouble than it is worth: this "Dinosaur" freezes up multiple times each day, requiring a reboot. I sometimes even get treated to the "Blue Screen of Death". That's always fun in the middle of a PowerPoint-centered class project! Like all school districts nationwide, my state and local districts are pushing for the use of technology in the classroom. That's all fine and good but the "powers that be" seem to have overlooked one small detail: how does one acquire the technology component required of today's lessons when one doesn't have two nickels to rub together? Politicians not thinking something through - imagine that!

I am a whiz at throwing together PowerPoint presentations, concocting educational games and spicing up lessons with animated critters and pictures. These things are very hard to do, however, when the computer doesn't want to compute. An up-to-date laptop that I can hook directly to my LCD projector will allow me to add the "POP" of technology to my lessons without having to stop the discussion, reboot the Dinosaur, wait and wait, get back to the file I was using, find the place in the presentation where we were, and start praying that the Dinosaur will let us finish this time. What a relief it would be - for me and for my students - to actually be able to go smoothly through a lesson without interruption!

Your contribution to my proposal will make it possible for this teacher to compute on a consistent basis. Having a reliable computer at hand will allow me to incorporate the myriad of resources available through today's technology into my lessons. It will allow me to help my students not only learn science but also learn about computers while having some fun with games, videos, powerpoints, etc. Sometimes all that is preventing a child's understanding is a photo or a graph or an animated illustration that can be delivered so vividly through today's technology. Thank you in advance for your consideration and help.

Ms. Felder South Pike Junior High School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Magnolia, MS 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

120 students impacted 2donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Felder is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
COMPAQ PRESARIO V6310US NOTEBOOK PC -- Compaq Notebook Computers; Presario V6310US • Quill Corporation $799.98 1 $799.98

Materials cost

$799.98

Vendor shipping charges

 $80.00

Sales tax

 $56.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$20.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$973.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$213.59

Total project goal

$1,186.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,186.59

1 Donor

-$61.50

Donations toward project cost

-$61.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$1,072.35

Match offer toward project cost

-$879.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$193.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Felder and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MS","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/teacher-the-dinosaur-died-again/149188/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":120,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Felder","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-825692430","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Magnolia","teachersOnPage":[45702],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":149188,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":18597,"schoolName":"South Pike Junior High School","authorIds":{"45702":{"owner":"Ms. Felder","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[149188],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-2_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":31749,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":45702,"schoolCounty":"Pike","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MS","name":"Mississippi"}}