Online donor program funds class projects in Hermosa Beach
Ann Dunn’s third grade students need your help. They need to buy a new computer, but state funding has trickled to a stop and technology was one of the first things to get cut. The same thing happened to Charles Best, a New York public school teacher who didn’t have the funding to take his students on field trips or provide the materials for art projects. He decided to do something about that, and now, after 12 years he has helped schools around the country raise more than $105 million dollars that go directly to the classroom through DonorsChoose.org. “We get no money for technology at school,” HBSD Director of Technology Teri Tsosie said. “The only way we can get computers or books or anything teachers decide they want is through grants or donations.” The Hermosa Beach School District started posting projects to the DonorsChoose.org website two years ago. The website, an online program where teachers post projects outlining their need along with a goal, helps teachers fund programs or projects that they lack the money to do. Since beginning, the Hermosa schools have completed 60 projects ranging from $150 to $1500 each. Requests run the gamut from ink cartridges and kindergarten…
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