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Mr. Merlino from Oakland, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bird Watching from School

Help me give my students bird feeders and hummingbird feeders to attach to the windows of our school to bird watch.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Merlino's classroom raised $455

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Students will be able to watch the behaviors of birds and in particular hummingbirds by attaching these feeders to the windows in our classroom.

Students will be asked to identify and draw the birds that come to visit us and feed at our new bird feeders.

We will encourage students to take pictures of the birds and upload them to the website Project Noah to have scientists help our class identify what kind of birds we see. We will also keep a journal to write down observations around behavior and physical appearances of the birds.

Mr. Merlino LPS Oakland R&D Campus Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Juegoal 2 Pack Window Hummingbird Feeder, Bird Feeding Tray with 3 Feeding Stations, Outdoor Hummingbird Perch, 8-Ounce • Amazon Business $21.24 10 $212.40
Perky-Pet Clear Birdscapes Window Feeder 348, 6.88W x 5.6D ins • Amazon Business $10.99 10 $109.90

Materials cost

$322.30

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$29.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$386.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.23

Total project goal

$454.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$454.85

3 Donors

-$257.42

Donations toward project cost

-$218.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.61

Matching donations from our partners

-$197.42

Match offers toward project cost

-$167.81

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.61

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$0.00

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