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Dr. Rose Malinowski from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Butterflies in the City

Help me give my students butterfly larvae, a feeding kit, and mallow plants.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Rose Malinowski's classroom raised $244

This project is fully funded

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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 Students

My students live in a low-income/high-poverty urban school district. Their experiences are limited. They are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom, with challenges including emotional trauma, a high mobility rate, and many other special needs.

Many of them are being raised in single-parent households, and 99% receive free lunch and breakfast.

My students are 70% Hispanic and 30% African-American. I have several ELL students in my class as well as special needs students. The majority of my students are far below the national and state standards in reading and math.

My Project

Our school is in a garden desert and my students do not see cool butterflies very often.

My students will love having live butterflies in our classroom and we will release them into our neighborhood.

The hope is that my students will learn about the life cycle of the butterfly as well as learn respect for nature as they care for the caterpillars and then the butterflies. We will research the migration of the butterflies and learn more about butterflies from books and the internet. They will learn about what butterflies need to survive and what plants students could plant in their own yards. We will have a big release party about a week after they hatch.

Dr. Rose Malinowski West Park Academy Grades 6-8

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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.

Chicago, IL View local requests

Nearly all 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

530 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Painted Lady Butterfly 5-Larvae Culture, Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $15.75 8 $126.00
Mallow Plant, Living • Carolina Biological Supply Company $11.70 2 $23.40
Butterfly Feeding Station Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $7.38 1 $7.38

Materials cost

$156.78

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.68

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.50

Total project goal

$243.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $243.31

2 Donors

-$131.36

Donations toward project cost

-$111.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.70

match offer

-$111.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$95.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.79

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 $0.00

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