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Ms. Pearse from Chicago, IL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Urban Students Get Green!

My students need the tools necessary to creating a gardening and harvest kit, which includes buckets for harvesting vegetables, seedling trays, and scales to weigh what was grown.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Pearse's classroom raised $386

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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 Students

I teach 7th and 8th grade students in a high needs inner-city setting. Our school is extremely diverse, with nearly 50 percent living below the poverty line and 70 percent receiving free or reduced price lunch services. In my class, I have students that are either living below the poverty line or teeter slightly above it. My students are incredibly curious, innovative, and creative. They learn best when they are exposed to hands-on experiential learning, and when they can apply the knowledge they've learned in class to a real-life situation.

My Project

Living in a city means that students see very little green space used outside of park to run and play in. Living in a city plagued with poverty means that food deserts run rampant and students rarely get the chance to get their hands on fresh produce and understand where their food comes from. In order to combat this, my school was provided a Learning Garden, providing students with a place to get their hands dirty and get a chance to grow their own vegetables.

This project will help kids dig into their education, thrive with real, nutritious foods and healthy habits, and become active participants in strengthening our community.

I hope to improve the students learning environment by creating experiential learning and garden-based education opportunities in a cross-curricular way. Students will receive hands on science lessons, talk about budgeting for math, have a wonderful outside space for students to read in, and most importantly, give them the chance to try fresh foods that they have grown themselves.

The items I am requesting include seeds for both fresh herbs and vegetables that will be planted inside of seedling trays in the winter to be transplanted into our garden in the Springtime. I also requested items to help us with the harvest, including harvest buckets, salad spinners to clean the vegetables, scissors for clippings, and scales to weigh our harvest.

Please help bring fresh foods into my students hands!

Ms. Pearse Walt Disney Magnet School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Chicago, IL 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

95 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
1020 Trays w/ Humidity Dome Extra Strength, 5 Pack, for Seed Starting Plant Propagation Germination Tray No Holes Fodder System Starter by Bootstrap Farmer • Amazon Business $64.99 1 $64.99
OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner, Large, Clear • Amazon Business $29.95 2 $59.90
Taylor Stainless Steel Analog Kitchen Scale, 11 Lb. Capacity • Amazon Business $18.01 2 $36.02
Novelty MFG 30301 Watering Can, 2-Gallon, Green • Amazon Business $11.68 3 $35.04
Schoolworks 5 Inch Blunt Kids Scissors, Classpack of 12 (153520-1004) • Amazon Business $12.71 2 $25.42
200 Count- Jiffy 7 Peat Soil 42mm Pellets Seeds Starting Plugs: Indoor Seed Starter- Start Planting Indoors for Transplanting to Garden or Planter Pot • Amazon Business $23.52 1 $23.52
Organic Vegetable Seeds - 13 Varieties of Non GMO, Non Hybrid, Heirloom, Open Pollinated Garden Seed - Tomatoes, Kale, Carrots, Broccoli, Arugula, and More • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Organic Herb Seeds - Non GMO Heirloom Non Hybrid Seed (10 Culinary Varieties Pack) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Vivaplex, 4, Large, 24 oz, Sturdy, Empty, Plastic Spray Bottles, with Black Trigger Sprayers • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
KINGLAKE 100 Pcs 4 Inch Plastic Plant Nursery Garden Labels Pot Marker Garden Stake Tags White • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$293.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.84

Total project goal

$385.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $385.59

4 Donors

-$385.59

Donations toward project cost

-$327.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.84

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