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Mr. Showalter-Swanson from Chicago IL is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Scholars Earn a Trip to a Chicago Bulls Game

My students need an incentive to increase student achievement with a chance to go to a Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball game.

  • $747 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Scholars in my classroom have tremendous focus and mindsets for student achievement. But like every middle school student, they could use some incentive and reward to help motivate continued focus every day in the classroom.

Our school is on the far south side of Chicago.

The school has high expectations for every scholar to learn during every day and reach their greatest potential. The scholars are hard working and have grown academically since last year. At the end of each academic quarter, the scholars have the opportunity to participate in a merit auction. This reward would be a great addition to the incentives that the scholars look forward to earning for their hard work in the classroom.

My Project

The five scholars who earn their reward to go see the Bulls play would get several perks with this request. They would be able to ride together in a rental van to the game downtown. Then at the game scholars would enjoy the game and snacks before returning home. Many scholars at our school have an interest in the game of basketball. They enjoy playing basketball during recess and after-school. Some of the students I've talked to have sports role models and are fans of the Chicago Bulls.

The scholars are not in the closest proximity to their favorite basketball team, the Chicago Bulls.

This would be a huge reward to earn a trip to see the Bulls play. Scholars would find tremendous motivation in a chance to go to the game and thus this reward would increase scholars' desire to show school-wide core values of tenacity, empathy, to ask questions and make a difference.

Mr. Showalter-Swanson
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity Chicago Bulls Basketball $385.00
Food Chicago Bulls United Center $105.00
Transportation Hertz $105.44

Trip cost

$595.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$634.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.95

Total project goal

$746.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $746.32

7 Donors

-$593.67

Donations toward project cost

-$506.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$150.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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