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Ms. Rouse from Sylmar, CA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Life is Better with Chickens

Help me give my students and all students at our school, materials necessary to raise chickens!

  • 2 donors
  • $259 still needed

expires Jul 19

  • 2 donors
  • $259 still needed
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My Project

Every year my class incubates a variety of chicken eggs. At the end of our Oviparous animals unit, and a month after their hatching, students adopt the chicks and give them forever homes. I currently have the pleasure of teaching several students who are younger siblings to those that adopted chickens in previous years. Those students have been sharing photos of their chickens with the class and it has sparked their interest in keeping chickens on campus. This is our 6th year incubating eggs, with your help, it will be our first year in which we keep several chickens on our newly tilled school garden.

Your support will provide us with a coop, food and feeders for our soon to hatch chickens.

Their presence in our school garden will be a learning experience not only for my class, but for our entire school for years to come. It will give students the opportunity to learn about ecosystems as the chickens eat unwanted insects in the garden, provide fertilizer (poop) to plants, and eat imperfect/unwanted crops we've grown. Students will learn a sense of responsibility while tending to the chickens and will further their learning about oviparous animals, eggs, life cycles and much more.

Ms. Rouse Hubbard Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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Sylmar, CA View local requests

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

26 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
MoNiBloom 80" Chicken Coop w/Run and Nesting Box for 2-4 Chickens, 2-Tier Large Ventilation Wood Chicken House Duck Hutch Bunny Cage with Removable Tray Ramp and Waterproof Asphalt Roof for Backyard • Amazon Business $155.99 1 $155.99
Purina Start and Grow | Non-Medicated Chick Feed Crumbles | Nutritionally Complete - 5 Pound (5 lb) Bag • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Lixit Baby Chick Feeder or Waterer (Pack of 1) • Amazon Business $7.17 2 $14.34
Wooden Chick Perch, Chick Stand Training Perch, Wood Chicken Roosting Bar for Entertainment, Chick Jungle Gym Perch Toy for Coop & Brooder, 14.75 x 10.75 x 7.25’’ • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97

Materials cost

$197.29

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$248.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.82

Total project goal

$292.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $292.12

1 Donor

-$20.00

Donations toward project cost

-$20.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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 $258.59

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