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Mrs. Bucknam from Portland, OR is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Field Trip to The Most Amazing Rock Museum

Our first grade students need a field trip for 81 students to an amazing rock museum to support a geology unit.

  • $978 goal

This project expired on April 15, 2010.

This project expired on April 15, 2010.

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Mrs. Bucknam Harrison Park School
Portland, OR Grades PreK-2

I teach first grade in a high-poverty school. Over 80% of our students receive free/reduced lunch. Also, 50% of them speak a language other than English at home.

Our students spend six weeks studying rocks as part of a district unit. We have some rocks to show them, but their exposure to many different kinds of rocks is limited. There are few resources within walking distance to show the little geologists all of the different kinds of rocks this world offers. Due to their home situations, our students have little money to contribute to their experiences at school. With costs rising in every area, it is hard for us to raise money for a field trip that requires a bus or entrance fee.

We need funding for a field trip to the most amazing rock museum in the northwest – the Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals. The students will get to see fossils, minerals, petrified trees, meteorites, and even gold!

This is an amazing opportunity for our students that they will remember for years! You will make it possible for the children to see a world outside of their own neighborhood, as well as an absolutely amazing museum.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

81 students impacted
Mrs. Bucknam Harrison Park School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Portland, OR View local requests

More than half of 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

81 students impacted

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Destination Partipants Total
Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals in Hillsboro, OR
(tour of museum, guide provided on site) 		81 students and 16 teachers and chaperones $780.50

Trip cost

$780.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$801.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$175.88

Total project goal

$977.09

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