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Ms. Paige from Detroit, MI is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Belle Isle Celebration

My students need four buses to take them to Belle Isle in Detroit.

  • $1,601 goal

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My Students

My first grade classroom is filled with the college graduates of 2030. We embrace grit, integrity, curiosity, and zest. We work hard so that we can graduate high school, enroll in competitive colleges and universities, graduate college, and positively impact change in our community, Detroit.

My classroom is currently home to 26, tenacious, first graders.

They call Detroit home and many of them have seen little outside of their own neighborhoods. Around 86 percent qualify for free and reduced lunch and 100 percent are black. Only 15 percent of my class came in on grade level in reading, and 19 percent in math. In only half a year, these percentages have tripled! My school, a college preparatory school, is working diligently to provide its scholars with the quality education they deserve, one that will prepare them for college. All of my scholars are eager to tackle the rigors of first grade, and they crave to know more about the world around them. They work hard so that they can go to college, graduate from college, and positively impact their communities.

My Project

I am requesting four school buses to transport my scholars, and the other first and second grade scholars at University YES Academy to Belle Isle in Detroit. While at the park scholars will visit the Aquarium, Nature Zoo, Beach, and Park. All of these activities have been scheduled and are free once we get there!

By funding this project you are helping my scholars explore and experience their community in a meaningful way.

Many of my students do not have the opportunity to take vacations or go to summer camp, but through this field trip they will be able to celebrate the end of school and the start of summer with their classmates, families, and teachers.

Ms. Paige University Yes Academy Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

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. Paige

Detroit, MI 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Component Company Total
Transportation First Student $1,310.96

Trip cost

$1,310.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$19.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,360.62

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$240.11

Total project goal

$1,600.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,600.73

1 Donor

-$1,360.62

Donations toward project cost

-$1,360.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$240.11

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$0.00

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