You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. O. from NY is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. O. is requesting

Travel is Education. France for Real!

My students have never traveled out of the United States nor out of Buffalo. My students need funding to travel to French and Spanish speaking countries.

  • $40,809 goal

This project expired on July 9, 2012.

This project expired on July 9, 2012.

My Students

Travel is education and travel changes lives! I am so excited that with your generous support my students who have never traveled out of Buffalo, NY will have the opportunity to travel to France and Spain to experience firsthand the history and culture of the places we study in the classroom.

If we highlight the strengths of our students, their weaknesses will disappear.

I teach great students who unfortunately are economically disadvantaged. My students would love to travel, and many are really excited about the possibility of seeing other places and experiencing other cultures. We have learned so much in the classroom, it is time to use our language skills in real life situations with native speakers!

My Project

"Learn a language, live a culture! If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart." --Nelson Mandela. In our increasingly diverse society, understanding, speaking, reading and writing more than one language is not only desirable but necessary, if our students are to compete in the global market place. Our goal is: 1) to provide an international experience for students, 2) to improve foreign language skills and prepare for the Oral and Written Assessments of the French/Spanish Examination, 3) to encourage, through social interaction and awareness, an appreciation of the different perspectives of people from another culture, 4)to provide a basis for further study, work and leisure through foreign language proficiency, and 4) to develop an awareness of the relationship between languages.

The main goal of this project is to encourage an understanding of cultural differences and similarities, to improve foreign language skills, and to promote personal growth.

Student participants will also share their photos and experiences in French/Spanish with other classes. The final success of the exchange will be known years after the experience, when a student is able to use French/Spanish in a profession or to promote cultural exchanges.

Mrs. O. PS 74 Hamlin Park School Grades 9-12

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.

More about Mrs. O.

Buffalo, NY View local requests

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

200 students impacted

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. O. is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity ACIS $34,140.00

Trip cost

$34,140.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$512.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$34,687.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$6,121.25

Total project goal

$40,808.35

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. O. and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":true,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":40809,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/travel-is-education-france-for-real/769766/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":200,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. O.","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"1775010026","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Buffalo","teachersOnPage":[1126182],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":769766,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"1126182":{"owner":"Mrs. O.","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[769766],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-2_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":203681,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":1126182,"schoolCounty":"Erie","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}