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FUNctional Public Garden Art: Autism In Action

My students need art and gardening materials to create four, nineteen gallon planters using origami paper cutouts, Modge Podge, three types of paint, Washi tapes, and spray enamel.

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My Students

Arts-based hands-on instruction using balanced literacy, ADL, and social skills can empower students to be more creative and independent while contributing to the community. We are requesting four 19 gallon planters, origami paper, glow-in-the-dark paint, and spray enamel to make public garden art.

Our class has 8 middle school students with autism.

There is a wide-range of diversity in both abilities and backgrounds: there are 3 girls, 3 Asian-American boys, a Latino English Language Learner, and one Caucasian boy. Our school, the SPECTRUM School is an high-needs New York City public school in a special district for students with moderate to severe disabilities. Related service providers (OT, PT, and Speech) are fully integrated into classroom activities. We collaboratively plan Workshop Model instruction using a Backwards Design framework aligned to Common Core State Standards and College and Career Readiness, with a focus on Balanced Literacy. My class goes on weekly instructional field trips, holds a monthly Publishing Party, and frequent family and parent events. As a result, my students have shown incredible progress in academics and emotional literacy. Together we have become our own close-knit family of lifelong learners.

My Project

Our FUNctional Garden Art project involves a series of classroom activities and instructional trips: - Plan and gather materials - Brainstorm designs and make drawings - Create four, nineteen gallon planters using paint, paper cut-outs, and mixed media (at a working community garden) - Complete designs and add glow in the dark paint - Go to a local New York Restoration Project Garden (NYRP), a smaller symmetrical formal garden where the planters will be installed, to layout where and how we will place them - Go to a car restoration shop to learn about industrial processes and enamel the planters, to make them weather-proof - Create hand-made flyers and invitations to publicize our art installation opening and NYRP garden party - Take a walking trip to distribute/hang our flyers at all of the community places we have been to throughout the year (e.g. laundromat, grocery); send to a local blog - Have an Art Installation Opening Garden Party at the NYRP Garden to give back and celebrate

Through a step-by-step differentiated and scaffolded process, students will learn how they can design and create art as a way to give back to our community.

The project will foster a high-level of independent student engagement across academics (e.g. ELA - sequencing; informational flyers), social and pre-vocational skills (e.g. cooperation), and activities of daily living. Donations will empower students with autism to create functional public art that can beautify and serve the community.

Mr. Steinfeld PS 94M the Spectrum School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
United Solutions TU0014 Nineteen Gallon Blue Rope Handle Tub-19 Gallon/71.9L Rough and Rugged Tub Featuring Rope Handles in Blue • Amazon $21.23 4 $84.92
Liquitex BASICS Acrylic Paint Tube 4 oz, 6-Piece Set • Amazon $20.80 2 $41.60
Krylon 1303 Acrylic Spray Paint Crystal Clear in 11-Ounce Aerosol • Amazon $11.01 3 $33.03
Ivy Lane Design Smooth Round Favor Flower Pot, White, Set of 5 • Amazon $15.00 2 $30.00
Origami Paper 100 Color Pack 5 7/8inch (200) • Amazon $12.96 2 $25.92
Miracle-Gro Garden Soil for Flowers and Vegetables, 2-Cubic Feet (currently ships to select Northeastern & Midwestern states) • Amazon $8.39 3 $25.17
Thompsons 10100 Aerosol Water Seal Multi-Surface Waterproofer • Amazon $4.98 4 $19.92
MOD PODGE Plaid Glow in The Dark Glue, 8-Ounce • Amazon $8.29 2 $16.58
Rust-Oleum 214945 Glow in the Dark 7-Ounce, Glow In The Dark • Amazon $7.98 2 $15.96
Electro Fun Chevron, Stripes & Dots Japanese Masking Tapes Washi Tapes, set 6 • Amazon $13.98 1 $13.98
Plaid Mod Podge Matte, 32-Ounce • Amazon $11.67 1 $11.67
Sharpie Oil-Based Medium Point Paint Markers, 5 Fashion Colored Markers (1770459) • Amazon $11.67 1 $11.67
Wildflower Butterfly Hummingbird Mix DGS30062A (Multi Color) 500 Open Pollinated Seeds by David's Garden Seeds • Amazon $7.54 1 $7.54
Loew Cornell 842 25-Piece Foam Brush Set, 1-Inch • Amazon $5.18 1 $5.18

Materials cost

$343.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$378.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.76

Total project goal

$445.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $445.05

5 Donors

-$330.05

Donations toward project cost

-$280.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.51

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

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