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Ms. Nakagawa from Ewa Beach, HI is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ho`ola 4 Ewa - Planting a Future Together

Help me give my students the supplies to to design, maintain, and harvest a perpetual school garden. They will also run a seedling giveaway and promote sustainability in their community through pamphlets and button PSAs.

  • $989 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach middle school students in the Ewa Beach district. While everyone has gone through tough times during this pandemic, it is our students who have suffered the most. From being cut off from peers during the most crucial time of their life for social development, to having what little control they have taken from them with all the mandates that had to be put in place.

Through it all, our students have persevered and shown great resilience.

But the end is still nowhere in sight and this pandemic has opened their eyes to many other issues here in Hawaii. But I believe they have the ability to start the change we need, because my students have heart and loyalty. And I trust the future of our islands to them.

My Project

Ewa Makai eighth grade students will design and develop gardens with community stakeholder feedback. They will use the included garden tools to grow culturally relevant produce and problem solve along the way when they run into various challenges. Finally, they will encourage members in the community to practice sustainability and healthy eating by hosting informational seedling giveaways (using the sign holders to provide information about their plants and the buttons to promote sustainability in a way that can be worn by community members and spread awareness).

The objectives of the project are to: reintegrate students back into the school community and to offer a hands-on differentiated curriculum to address the individual needs and interests of each student.

Ms. Nakagawa
Grades 6-8
  • Ewa Makai Middle School
  • Ewa Beach, HI
  • 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

    This project will reach 160 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nupla-72-016 Round Point Shovel, 48 in.Handle, 16 ga. • Amazon Business $27.62 7 $193.34
IM4000 Dual Chamber Tumbling Composter (Black) • Amazon Business $83.99 2 $167.98
BEAMNOVA Button Maker Machine DIY Round Pin Maker Kit, 44mm / 1.73 in (About 1-3/4 Inch) Badge Press Machine with 1000 Button Parts Supplies • Amazon Business $128.99 1 $128.99
6 Pairs Women Gardening Gloves with Micro-Foam Coating - Garden Gloves Texture Grip - Working Gloves For Weeding, Digging, Raking and Pruning, Medium, Assorted color • Amazon Business $10.40 6 $62.40
Suncast Resin 15.5 Gallon Multi-Purpose Cart with Wheels, Brown • Amazon Business $55.99 1 $55.99
YGS Perfect Sunblock Shade Cloth with Grommets 70% 10 ft x 20 ft Black for Plant Cover Greenhouse Barn Kennel Pool Pergola or Swimming Pool • Amazon Business $36.88 1 $36.88
Snap 5x7 Clear Acrylic Self Standing Frame, Set of 12 (8001H10C) • Amazon Business $15.15 2 $30.30
Hulless 200 Pcs Seeds Starter Peat Pots 3 Inch Transplant Seedlings Pots, Biodegradable Pots. • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
Agfabric 30% Sunblock Shade Cloth Cover with Clips for Plants 10’ X 30’, Black • Amazon Business $26.00 1 $26.00
Fiskars 174140-1001 X-Large Squeeze Punch Round n' Round, White • Amazon Business $18.18 1 $18.18
HARRIS Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade, 4lb with Powder Duster Included in The Bag • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$765.03

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$33.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$840.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.27

Total project goal

$988.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$988.44

1 Donor

-$988.44

Donations toward project cost

-$840.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.27

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$0.00

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