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Mrs. Pavlakos from Brooklyn, NY is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lighting the Way to Children\'s Minds

The cost of 25 students and one teacher to Historic Richmondtown is $172, including <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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I am a kindergarten teacher with 25 students who are sponges for knowledge. I found a trip that helps students learn how people lit their homes and businesses before electricity. Each student makes his or her own candle to take home and see demonstrations of a variety of early lighting devices. A visit to two historic buildings illuminates the use of lighting in the context of daily life. This will also teach the children the concept of needs and wants. Unfortunately, trips can be very expensive for some of the low income families in my class. Please assist in making the children\'s experiences illuminating ones. Thank you for all your assistance.

Mrs. Pavlakos PS/IS 104 the Fort Hamilton School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Destination Partipants Total
Historic Richmondtown
(tours and candle making workshop) 		25 students and 1 teacher $130.00

Trip cost

$130.00

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 FREE

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Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$150.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.08

Total project goal

$183.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $183.76

1 Donor

-$173.28

Donations toward project cost

-$151.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.87

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