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Ms. Dawson from El Cajon, CA is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Kinders Can Raise Chicks!

Help me give my students an opportunity to conduct research, write, measure, discuss, and raise baby chicks! They will learn the science of an incubator and to care for chicks by feeding and watering and keeping them warm.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Dawson's classroom raised $268

This project is fully funded

My Students

Remember naps in kindergarten? What about DOS in high school? Remember being picked last to be on the team? Well, this isn't school the way it used to be!

It is my desire to inspire students to think, create and innovate.

Many of my students are a true reflection of the roots of our suburban learning community that started over a hundred years ago as rancheras and orchard farms that dotted the flat landscape and attracted hard-working, honest, prideful workers. Today's families are a mix of the valley's descendants, newcomers and those wishing for a slower life close enough to the mountains and nearby beaches without the inflated prices.

Our goal as a Title I school is to help students reach achievement standards. We have a high percentage of low-income students in a "targeted assistance program" in which our school identifies students who are failing, or who are "most at risk of failing," to meet the state's challenging academic achievement standards. This is done in conjunction with parents, staff, and district staff and hands-on learning.

My Project

We are so lucky to be learning in the classroom each day. However, Covid-19 protocols do not allow for children to explore, move, and collaborate the way that tiny minds and bodies demand. Raising our own chicks will give my kinders a chance to use their minds, hands, and hearts to explore, move, and collaborate in a safe way. My goal is for each child to handle a chick each day in a safe and sanitized manner. During the incubation period, students will take turns caring for the embryos in a socially distanced and safe manner.

Tiny scientists will conduct research, write, measure, discuss, and raise baby chicks!

They will learn the science of an incubator and to care for chicks by feeding and watering them each day and keeping their feathered friends warm. We will explore science (incubator/lifecycle of a chicken), math (measure the growth of the growing embryos/chicks), ELA (writing), and empathy and responsibility. Students will care for their new feathered friends. Maybe students will even be able to take one home for good! A local farm is willing to take unclaimed chicks when they are old enough.

Ms. Dawson Pepper Drive Elementary 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.

El Cajon, 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

25 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KEBONNIXS 12 Egg Incubator with Humidity Display, Egg Candler, Automatic Egg Turner, for Hatching Chickens • Amazon Business $89.99 1 $89.99
Brinsea Ecoglow 20 Safety 600 Brooder for Chicks Or Ducklings • Amazon Business $56.10 1 $56.10
RentACoop Chick Feeder Waterer Kit (1.5 L Waterer 1L Feeder Kit) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Purina Start and Grow | Non-Medicated Chick Feed Crumbles | Nutritionally Complete - 5 Pound (5 lb) Bag • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22

Materials cost

$178.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$227.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.10

Total project goal

$267.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $267.34

2 Donors

-$133.67

Donations toward project cost

-$113.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.05

match offer

-$133.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$113.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.05

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 $0.00

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