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Ms. Santos from Los Angeles, CA is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Spirit of Inquiry and Research

My students need a reliable desktop computer.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Santos's classroom raised $684

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 are a group of energetic seventh and eighth graders. They are eager learners who are ready to take on the challenges of the 21st century. They are scholars that simply need the resources needed to stimulate their creative minds.

My students attend an urban public middle school in a low socio-economic area in southern California.

They are a group of bright 7th and 8th graders who derive from hard-working families and who have to balance their rigorous academic work while tackling the challenges of living in a community plagued by the ills of poverty. My students, regardless of the issues they face on a daily basis, have goals, drive, and most importantly they are hungry for knowledge. They possess great aspirations for change in their neighborhood, our country, and the world. They are surrounded by loving adults and a supportive school community that simply does not have the technological tools needed for them to be ready to face an ever-changing, technology-driven world.

My Project

A desktop computer will facilitate teaching and learning in our classroom. These students are extremely inquisitive and enjoy engaging in research. They often will come up with their own research topics based on the themes we touch upon in English class and present their findings to their peers. However, the research process becomes difficult given the lack of technological availability and access at our school. We have a few desktop computers in our class, but they are as old as most of the students who use them, they are slow, and often have issues accessing the Internet.

Your donations will allow my students to fully engage in a process of inquiry and research that they have come to find enjoyable.

It will grant them quick access to information that at this moment is so difficult to come by. Furthermore, having this technology at the tip of their fingers and participating in the research process will allow my students to be college and career ready as they move on to face the challenges of high school and beyond.

Ms. Santos Marina Del Rey 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
Dell - Inspiron 19.5'Portable Touch-Screen All-In-One - Intel Pentium - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive - Black • Best Buy Education $497.70 1 $497.70

Materials cost

$497.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.47

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$580.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.48

Total project goal

$683.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $683.19

7 Donors

-$681.42

Donations toward project cost

-$580.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$100.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

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