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Mrs. Shear from Spartanburg, SC is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Visit to Barrier Island

My students need donations for a field trip to the Barrier Island Environmental Education Center in February.

  • $1,952 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

Is there a field trip you took in elementary school that was one you will never forget? That is exactly what I am trying to give my 5th grade students. We are lucky enough to have gotten a date for just this type of trip. However, a few of the students cannot afford to pay for this opportunity.

At my school in the upstate of South Carolina, we have almost 500 students.

Nearly 90% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Although our students do not have much money, they usually do have good support from home. Many come from single family homes where the only parent works one or two jobs. Many of the students in the upper grades are responsible for caring for younger brothers and sisters at home while the parents are working.

My Project

What I am asking for is an opportunity for some of my least advantaged students to be able to attend a life-changing field trip. If you help, they will be able to travel to a barrier island here in South Carolina for 3 days and 2 nights. For many of the students it will be their first time away from home over night. For many of them it will be the first time they have seen the ocean. For many of them it will be the only chance they might ever have to stay in a camp setting. For almost all of them, it will be their first chance to roast marshmallows over a camp fire or actually hold a lizard or snake. In addition to all of these first time experiences, the students will also be able to see first hand what we have been learning about in the classroom. What better way to understand an ecosystem than to actually walk around in one? What better way to understand the human effect on the environment than to see it first hand?

Helping my students attend this field trip will potentially affect them in many ways.

It might convince some of them to try and attend college so they can have careers in the field of environmental education. It might show them different areas of the world and convince them to work hard to get out of a bad situation in which they live.

Mrs. Shear
Grades 3-5
  • W Herbert Chapman Elementary School
  • Spartanburg, SC
    • Nearly all 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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    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 reach 60 students.

    26 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Component Company Total
Activity Barrier Island Environmental Education Center $1,600.00

Trip cost

$1,600.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$1,659.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$292.76

Total project goal

$1,951.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,951.76

20 Donors

-$1,876.76

Donations toward project cost

-$1,659.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$217.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$75.00

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 $0.00

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