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Ms. Schertz from Milwaukee, WI is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Microhabitats and Environmental Restoration

Help me give my students stepping stones, bee houses, and compost in order to produce microenvironments on our school yard.

  • $554 goal

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My Project

Our school is in Milwaukee, WI. I work with 90 middle school students in the 7th and 8th grade. Together, we are upholding the Montessori Ideals of a Microeconomy through our occupations class called Garden Club. This is a great time for our students to experience starting a business from scratch, working on budgeting and marketing, and what to do when something fails.

We are working hard to create micro environments around the school yard.

We will do this by increasing the population of native plants and decreasing the amount of grass that has been planted.

The landscape fabric will help us to kill off the grass. The compost is to help encourage natural fungi and bacteria back into the soil. We are going to lay the stepping stones down in a path. The bee habitats are in order to increase native pollinators.

We are making this pathway for the school which is a k-12 school, so a huge range of students will get to enjoy it.

Ms. Schertz MacDowell Montessori School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Milwaukee, WI View local requests

Nearly all 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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ribbon Organics OMRI Certified Organic Compost Size: 7.9 Gallons, 32-35 Pound Bag • Amazon Business $31.63 5 $158.15
River Rock Stepping Stones Outdoor, Pavers Pebbles Polished Gravel for Garden Walkway Set of 6 (Roundness) • Amazon Business $29.99 5 $149.95
LGJIAOJIAO 3ftx50ft Weed Barrier Landscape Fabric Heavy Duty，Weed Block Gardening Ground Cover Mat, Weed Control Garden Cloth ，Woven Geotextile Fabric for Underlayment，Commercial Driveway Fabric • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
Nature's Way Bird Products PWH1-C Teal Bee House • Amazon Business $16.93 2 $33.86
Wooden Insect House for Garden Insect Hotel for Ladybugs,Mason Bees,Butterflies,Ladybirds Hanging Bamboo Habitat (Wooden) • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
TiTifield Landscape Staples 4 Inch 50 Pack 12 Gauge, Garden Staples Galvanized Ground Stakes Anti-Rust Landscape Fabric Staples Garden Stakes for Irrigation Tubing, Fence, Weed Barrier, Ground Cover • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71

Materials cost

$418.64

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.98

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$470.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.10

Total project goal

$554.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.00

1 Donor

-$247.84

Donations toward project cost

-$235.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.39

match offer

-$277.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$235.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.16

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 $0.00

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