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Ms. Batiste-Gilmore from Chicago, IL is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ecological Research and Educational Journey in Costa Rica

My students need financial assistance to attend and engage in the Costa Rica educational experience.

  • $1,469 goal

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My Students

Our students are compassionate, curious, courageous, and character-driven. These creative innovators hail from all parts and neighborhoods within the city of Chicago. As a school community, we try to give our students access to educational opportunities that their families may not be able to provide. Our students are diverse - ethnically, racially, and economically. Thus, as a public school, we see our mission as preparing our students to have a global mindset oriented for altering paradigms.

The students push themselves to engage with the world and be leaders for their generation.

My Project

The students will travel to a tropical destination to visit a world-renowned research center at Monteverde where they will conduct authentic research with local scientists. Furthermore, the students will attend various workshops and experience stimulating lectures about the numerous researches conducted in the vast rainforest. Also, the students will explore the local Sarapiqui area. Some of the exploration activities will comprise of hiking in the rainforest, taking a Canopy Tour, touring the local volcanoes, conducting night walks in deep portions of rainforest, and taking the Best of the Pacific Tour to experience the many wonders the natural world of Costa Rica has to offer.

Ms. Batiste-Gilmore Walter Payton College Preparatory High School Grades 9-12

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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

HBCU Alum 30 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Transportation Walter Payton College Prep $1,200.00

Trip cost

$1,200.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,248.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$220.24

Total project goal

$1,468.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,468.24

15 Donors

-$1,112.00

Donations toward project cost

-$945.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$166.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$356.24

Match offers toward project cost

-$302.80

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.44

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 $0.00

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