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Mr. Bank from Bloomfield, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Garden Grow!

My students need access to an outdoor classroom. This includes access to picnic tables, tools, and activity guides to bring our lessons to life.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Bank's classroom raised $1,319

This project is fully funded

My Students

To engage student in learning, they need to experience activities first hand. We study healthy eating, life cycles of butterflies, how plant grow, the water cycle, weather and many more lessons that really need to take place in an outdoor classroom for students to find the lessons relevant and fun.

We are a public elementary magnet school named after one of the young victims of the Sandy Hook shooting.

In her honor, we pursue an arts integrated approach to learning. Our students are 50% urban and 50% from the surrounding districts. We are a title one school, which means the majority of our students come from low income families and are on free or reduced lunch. Our students are creative, bright, wonderful young people who look forward to coming to school everyday. Not only do they explore academically, but take part in music classes, singing, playing stringed instruments, dancing, acting and writing. I would describe my school as a joyous place where kids can be themselves and explore both their inner and outer worlds. We are a nurturing safe place that encourages a true renaissance approach to education.

My Project

Your donation would help us to create an outdoor classroom. This will enable us create a lab environment where students can explore the outdoor world around them to learn about nature, life cycles, weather, painting landscapes, creating sound gardens, gardening, the water cycle, butterflies, animal habitats, the list goes on and on.

Many of our students are from an urban setting.

They are not allowed out to play at home, do not have access to green spaces, or get to travel. Your donations will help to ensure that our students have a regular access to learning about the joys of gardening, nurturing, and caring for a living ecosystem. Many will learn about healthy eating, recycling, and being a good citizen to our environment and our school.

Mr. Bank Ana Grace Academy of Arts Magnet School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Bloomfield, CT 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lifetime Kid's Picnic Table • Amazon $80.98 8 $647.84
Kid's 3-Piece Garden Tool Set • Amazon $6.52 26 $169.52
G & F 1823-3 "Just For Kids" Soft Jersey Kids Gloves, 3 Pairs Green/Red/Blue per Pack, Kids Size • Amazon $8.47 10 $84.70
Garden Tool Set, Rake, Spade, Hoe and Leaf Rake, 4-Piece • Amazon $24.72 3 $74.16
The Garden Classroom: Hands-On Activities in Math, Science, Literacy, and Art • Amazon $14.80 4 $59.20
50 Common Milkweed Seed Bombs - Bulk Seed Balls for Seed Bombing (Asclepias syriaca) • Amazon $20.00 1 $20.00
How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers • Amazon $18.93 1 $18.93

Materials cost

$1,074.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,120.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$197.73

Total project goal

$1,318.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,318.20

8 Donors

-$1,278.20

Donations toward project cost

-$1,086.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$191.73

match offer

-$40.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$34.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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