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Ms. Steen from Santee, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating An Outdoor Classrooom and Garden

Help me give my students an outdoor classroom; we need these tools to help create the environment we have envisioned!

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My Students

What is great about my students is the desire they have to learn and create using their hands. The SS Program is an alternative school program. The District designed this program to assist students with behavioral and academic needs. The program has a focus on using appropriate social skills with a strong therapeutic component. We tend to focus mostly on middle school grades. The program structure is set to reinforce appropriate behaviors, educate students in appropriate decision-making skills, maintain the same academic pace, and provide technological equity as their peers in the conventional schools. The small ratio also assists students with academic and organizational needs. We are a small, transitional program with students coming and going often, so our numbers always fluctuate.

My Project

Our school has created, built, and maintained a class garden and outdoor classroom area. This area has become much more than “just” a garden. The students have grown succulents, flowers, tomatoes, sunflowers and numerous other items. The students work in the garden learning to grow food, understand the purpose of gardens and the responsibility it takes to maintain a garden. The students take ownership, daily, for their items in the garden (weeding and watering and pruning). Working in the garden burns more calories than many activities, this allows students to dream, imagine, and produce plants and foods that they cultivate. Working in the outdoors allows students the opportunity to get fresh air, let their brains function beyond a book or technology activity, and get understand more of their environment and community.

The outdoor learning center will allow Santee Success to take the classroom outdoors.

Students can do science experiments, observations, and students have become active participants, gained Universal Access to learning and understanding, and continue with a Growth Mindset. The outdoor learning center allows access for life skills and coping skills; working together and getting dirty in the outdoor classroom, has shown to promote collaboration and team building which has resulted in a positive school climate. This project will provide more tools, like a sweeper, a hose reel, new hoses, and other items.

Ms. Steen Santee Success School Grades 6-8

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Santee, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

20 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Worx WG163.8 GT 3.0 20V PowerShare 12" Cordless String Trimmer & Edger, 12in, 1 Battery and Quick Charger Included • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
BLACK+DECKER (LSW40C) 40V Max Cordless Sweeper • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
Liberty Garden 709 Steel Wall/Floor Mounted Hose Reel, Holds 200-Feet of 5/8-Inch Hose - Tan • Amazon Business $95.99 1 $95.99
Bionic Steel 100 Foot Garden Hose 30.4 Stainless Steel Metal Water Hose – Super Tough & Flexible, Lightweight, Crush Resistant Aluminum Fittings, Kink & Tangle Free, Rust Proof, Easy to Use & Store • Amazon Business $54.99 1 $54.99
RyhamPaper Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4-Inches/Letter Size/5 mil, 300 Pack • Amazon Business $37.99 1 $37.99
AmazonBasics 9-Inch Thermal Laminator Machine • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99

Materials cost

$413.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.88

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$488.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.12

Total project goal

$574.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $574.15

2 Donors

-$287.08

Donations toward project cost

-$244.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.06

match offer

-$287.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.06

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