Housekeeping:
Last week, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded half of every project that received the first half of the funds from citizen donors. With that boost, we were able to help complete 5 projects. Amazing!
Help Our Classroom to Learn MORE! was completed. Ms. Turner now has the manipulatives she needs to more effectively teach math and reading.
A Digital Laboratory with the Raspberry Pi Microcomputer was completed. Mr. Erbil's students will now be able to learn how to create digital interfaces to measurement instruments.
Friction: It's a "Rough" Life was completed. Mr. Timbs' students will have the tools they need to learn how friction is influenced by such factors as gravity, texture, and slope.
New News is Good News was completed. Mrs. Griewski's students will have access to information about current events and recent science news.
Let's Go Lego Robotics! was completed. Mrs. Wood's students get to play with robots!
You can see the teachers' thank-you notes at the links above. Many thanks to all contributors!
See our list of successfully funded projects. We're up to 427!
When projects are not fully funded by their expiration date, donors are contacted by DonorsChoose and asked to choose another project to which to redirect their donations. Occasionally, a fully funded project is called off for some reason internal to the school/teacher, and funding is returned. We have no way of knowing why, but DonorsChoose handles those donations in the same way as for expired projects.
How is the poverty level defined at DonorsChoose.org?
Poverty level refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free and reduced lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need. To be deemed eligible for free lunch, a student's family income must be within 130% of the poverty line (a max of $29,055 for a family of four). For reduced lunch, the family income must be within 185% of the poverty level (a max of $41,348 for a family of four).
Schools with 10%-39% of students receiving free/reduced lunch are denoted as "moderate poverty". Schools with 40%-64% of students receiving free/reduced lunch are denoted as "high poverty", while schools with 65%+ of students receiving free/reduced lunch are denoted as "highest poverty". For projects submitted from a school where free lunch rate data is unavailable or unreliable, "Poverty Data Unavailable" will appear. |
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