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Ms. Backman from San Jose CA is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help 60 Kinders Get to Monterey Bay Aquarium

We need a bus for a class trip for 60 students to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

  • $718 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.

I teach kindergarten in San Jose, California. 74% of the students at my school receive free and reduced lunch. It is very hard for the families at our school to provide any money for extra things like field trips. Every year we kindergarten teachers like to take our students to Monterey Bay Aquarium. The children love to see all of the different sea life and explore all that the aquarium has to offer. We are very fortunate that Monterey Bay Aquarium does not charge schools an entrance charge. All we need to come up with is our own transportation. Unfortunately for us, that can be pretty expensive. I am requesting 1 bus to Monterey Bay Aquarium for 60 students, 3 teachers, and 12 chaperones. Thank you so much for your time and generosity.

Ms. Backman
Grades PreK-2

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Destination Partipants Total
Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California
(bus to Monterey Bay Aquarium) 		60 students, 3 teachers, and 12 parents $557.50

Trip cost

$557.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$588.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$129.17

Total project goal

$717.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $717.61

11 Donors

-$717.61

Donations toward project cost

-$629.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.07

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 $0.00

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