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Hot Air Ballooning Trip for Community Service Fellows

My Community Service Fellows need funding for a hot air ballooning trip!

  • $2,477 goal

This project expired on April 26, 2010.

This project expired on April 26, 2010.

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Mrs. N.
Grades 9-12

I work at a special education school, servicing emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and other special education classified students. Our students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Over 95% of the student body is eligible for free lunch and over 90% receive public assistance. The school’s ethnicity is as follows: 60% Hispanic, 30% African American, 8% Caucasian, and 2% Asian. These factors come together and place our children at a huge disadvantage, but we are committed to providing them with a rigorous academic and therapeutic program. The Student Fellowship Program at our school was founded in the 2006-2007 academic school year by a Special Education Teacher and Science Teacher. It was originally conceived for higher achieving students to have the opportunity to teach their peers in actual classroom settings. During its original year, several students were able to receive high school credit for their participation. During the 2007-2008 school year, the program rapidly expanded under the guidance of the program’s founders and moderators. It now encompasses students in all the schools in our district. The Student Fellowship Program is designed to elicit alternative learning opportunities, both inside and outside of the traditional classroom setting. Interested students are invited to submit essays and letters of recommendation to the program directors each fall. They are subsequently interviewed by the Fellowship directors and respective program moderator. Pupils chosen to become Student Fellows are required to make a 1-year commitment to the program, during which they attend weekly common planning meetings with other Fellows. All students participating in the program are expected to uphold and model the school district’s nine core values: Confidence, Courtesy, Honesty, Integrity, Judgment, Perseverance, Respect, Responsibility, and Sportsmanship. One branch of this program is the Community Service Fellows Program, where students work with developmentally disabled youth and young adults. Additionally, the students are working with community-based soup kitchens and relief centers in the area. This work has inspired some of my students to pursue social service degrees in college, which has made me immensely proud. I would like to take the Community Service Fellows on a hot air ballooning trip. This trip would provide an opportunity for my students to bond together, and develop their team-building skills in an adventurous outdoor setting. A hot air balloon flight is the experience of a lifetime. Students will experience floating over the rolling green hills, small towns, and lush farmland of Orange County, New York -- a sight never forgotten. For a typical school trip, parents would be asked to provide funds for their children. However, most of my students live in poverty, and their families are unable to reach into their own pockets. We strive to provide our students with as many experiences as possible, regardless of their financial situations. Thank you so much for considering my deserving students!!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

6 students impacted
Mrs. N. Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

6 students impacted

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Destination Partipants Total
Hot Air Ballooning Trip in Middletown, NY
(1-hour traditional balloon flight) 		6 students & 2 teachers $1,992.00

Trip cost

$1,992.00

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 FREE

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$29.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$2,030.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$445.80

Total project goal

$2,476.68

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