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Mrs. Monterrosa from Concord CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Growing Strawberries

Help me give my students a rolling, raised garden bed, 12 small watering cans, 18 gardening tools, a strawberry life cycle book, and strawberry seeds.

  • 2 donors
  • $194 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

Most of my students live in a low socio-economic environment. Many of them speak English as a second language. All of them enjoy coming to school. We will be learning about life cycles this year and I've been trying to figure out how to grow something on our play yard which we share with 5 other classes.

Having a raised garden bed on wheels would allow me to teach my students about growing plants and the plant life cycle while also being able to bring the "garden" in for safety.

We want the children to be able to play with balls outside, but I don't want our garden to get hurt in the process. With the garden on wheels, we can keep it protected. Also, with it raised, it will be easier for the kids to get an up-close look at what is happening. I think strawberries will be fun for the kids because they are tasty to eat. I also want to be able to read to the children about the strawberry life cycle so the book I'm asking for will help give the kids an easy way to learn about the life cycle as well.

Mrs. Monterrosa
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Highpro Raised Garden Bed with Legs, Mobile Planter Box Elevated on Wheels Portable Planter Cart Outdoor Indoor for Vegetable Herbs Potted Plants Flowers • Amazon Business $64.99 1 $64.99
12 Pieces Watering Can for Kids Bath Toys Plastic Small Watering Can with Handles Small Watering Pot Play Sand Toys for Childrens Garden Home Outdoor Sand Beach Playing (Basic Style) • Amazon Business $22.79 1 $22.79
18 Pcs Kids Gardening Tools Set, Metal Kids Yard Tools with Sturdy Wooden Handle Safe Children Beach Sandbox Toy Sand Play Tools for Flower Soil Planting Loosening Digging, Trowel, Rake, Shovel • Amazon Business $17.79 1 $17.79
Let's Look at Strawberries (Plant Life Cycles (Pull Ahead Readers ― Nonfiction)) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
1000+ Red Perpetual Strawberry Four Seasons Strawberry Seeds for Planting • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$121.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$11.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$164.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.03

Total project goal

$193.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$193.52

2 Donors

-$192.34

Donations toward project cost

-$164.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.18

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$0.00

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