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Ms. Flora from Trenton, NJ is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Solar-Powered Chicken Coop

Help me give my students a remote-controlled automatic solar-powered chicken coop door to protect our class-hatched chickens from the elements.

  • $189 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

Our district created a new Agricultural Science elective for high school students. Students are learning the value of sustainable farming through the use of project-based learning programs that expose them to the cost-effectiveness of home urban agriculture. Where my students live is a stark food desert and so the intrinsic value of learning to grow, farm, and harvest is truly immeasurable. Students who have begun this project have been able to incubate chickens in the classroom from eggs to the brooder and are now able to watch them grow into adult laying hens and roosters. The peace and harmony that the chickens provide is such a mental health boost! During Covid, students did not have opportunities like this one. Now that we are back in class, providing engaging opportunities goes a long way to helping recover learning loss and reengage in class.

The solar-powered chicken coop door I am requesting will give our class chickens protection from the elements as they transition to their new outdoor home while also teaching students the sustainable value of solar-powered products.

Students learning in this program have witnessed 5 baby chicks hatch and grow in the classroom. Now, our chicks are teenagers and are growing up so quickly! Our chickens will grow to adulthood in an off-site chicken coop that will produce eggs that can then also be sold to show the cost-benefit of raising chickens at home. They are monitored in class via a solar-powered trail cam. Right now, our chickens are housed in an indoor chicken run that they can stay in while we wait for them to be fully feathered and laying eggs in their coop (about 1 month to go!). The kids can't wait to see them inside their solar-powered coop.

Ms. Flora Trenton Ninth Grade Academy Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Flora

Trenton, NJ 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

900 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
• Amazon Business $127.99 1 $127.99

Materials cost

$127.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$159.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.22

Total project goal

$188.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $188.13

6 Donors

-$168.89

Donations toward project cost

-$159.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.24

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 $0.00

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