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Ms. Blake from Columbus OH is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Step In The Right Direction

My students need 10 stepping stone kits to create stepping stones for their garden.

  • $208 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

We designed and built our own garden last year. This year we want to turn it into an outdoor learning environment. We want to create stepping stones for our garden that we can use to guide the other classes through the garden.

My students are creative, energetic and hands-on.

They have no problem with rolling their sleeves up and getting dirty. They are very excited about adding a new element to their garden. Our school is a diverse learning environment with parents and students committed to learning.

My Project

We need the supplies necessary to make stepping stones for our garden. This project allows the students to customize the garden and creates a learning path in the garden. We are working to create a guided tour of our garden complete with stone path.

It is important to allow students to make the learning environment their own.

Creating projects that challenges students to think for themselves and take action creates independent thinkers. The students chose to create stepping stones by class vote.

Ms. Blake
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
MILESTONES MOSAIC/STEPPING STONE KIT • Blick Art Materials $14.44 10 $144.40

Materials cost

$144.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$176.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$31.16

Total project goal

$207.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $207.73

2 Donors

-$207.73

Donations toward project cost

-$176.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.16

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 $0.00

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