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Mr. Fliegel from Freeport, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Light the Way for Young Gardeners!

Help me give my students essential greenhouse lighting to make use of our greenhouse throughout the winter and start spring crops early. Monios-L LED Grow Lights will provide new learning opportunities for science classes and the horticulture club.

  • $650 goal

This project expired on July 29, 2025.

This project expired on July 29, 2025.

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

Our school greenhouse is full of growing potential and learning opportunities for the student population, especially the science classes and horticulture club. Unfortunately, the low light conditions of winter, coupled with uneven sunlight, have resulted in inconsistent growth and problematic growing scenarios. Research and discussions with greenhouse specialists yielded a direct solution: supplemental greenhouse lighting. Monios-L 4FT 60W LED Grow Lights would allow us to commit to our growing projects with increased consistency, regardless of cloudy days, weak winter sun, or greenhouse shade spots from surrounding trees. Consistent, full-spectrum lighting will allow for around-the-clock vigorous germination, vegetation and flowering of our vegetables and ornamental flowers.

Our main goal for this project is to furnish the greenhouse with lighting to ensure that plant life can thrive consistently.

We have witnessed germination efforts fail as a result of a few cloudy days. Young seedlings grew thin, leggy and tipped over when not supplied with steady light. The bright, showy colors of our tropical plants faded away before the leaves dropped. Other projects, such as our DIY hydro cloner, worked but would have likely been met with much more success with adequate lighting for the young clones. The addition of LED lighting would not only curtail these issues but would allow the greenhouse to be utilized to its fullest potential, both in terms of time used and efficiency.

Many of our high school students have been dedicated to the pursuit of refurbishing the high school greenhouse. Members of the Horticulture Club, along with an array of other students, dedicated hours after school as well as on Saturdays to the greenhouse, disposing of old materials, cleaning, nurturing donated plants, and beautifying the courtyards. This addition would behoove the horticulture club, science students, and science teachers at our high school.

Mr. Fliegel Freeport High School Grades 9-12

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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.

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More than three‑quarters 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

Never Before Funded 300 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Monios-L LED Grow Light,Hanging Plant Light for Indoor Vegetable Growing System,Full Spectrum T5 4FT 60W Growing Strips,Individual ON/Off Switch for Seed Starting/Hydroponic • Amazon Business $37.00 12 $444.00
Power Strip Surge Protector - ALESTOR 10 Feet Extension Cord (1875W/15A) with 12 Outlets and 4 USB Ports, 2700 Joules, for Home, School, College Dorm Room, and Office, ETL Listed, Black • Amazon Business $25.49 1 $25.49
Wintact Digital Illuminance Light Meter Handheld with Thermometer Ambient, Lux Meter Range up to 200,000 Lux, Photometer Light Intensity Sense Test for Garden Indoor Plants LED Grow Light, Photography • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Fosmon Outlet Timer, 24-Hour Dual Timers Outlets for Electrical Outlets, Plug in Light Lamp Timer Programmable Indoor, Electric Timer Plug for Reptile, Grow Light, Grounded, 3 Prong/15A/1875W-2 Pack • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
SONKIR Soil pH Meter, MS02 3-in-1 Soil Moisture/Light/pH Tester Gardening Tool Kits for Plant Care, Great for Garden, Lawn, Farm, Indoor & Outdoor Use (Green) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$514.31

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$552.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$97.42

Total project goal

$649.44

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