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Mrs. Cordaro from Staten Island, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our School Garden

Help me give my students the supplies we need to create our school garden!

  • $725 goal

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My Students

I am a first year teacher in a 6:1:1 classroom of 3rd and 4th grade students diagnosed with Autism. My class is part of a bigger program which currently has multiple 6:1:1 classrooms as well as 12:1:1 classroom environments with special needs children.

Our students are primarily visual, auditory, and tactile learners which requires an array of supplies to enrich classroom and school activities.

This spring and summer, myself and Mrs Koser would like to organize a school garden for our students to enjoy. The students will experience various hands on activities and tasks that involve growing and caring for a garden. The garden will provide our students with a fun and engaging way to learn almost any subject – from science, math, and art. It will help teach the students life lessons through direct experiences and kinesthetic participation with their peers. It will expose students to social situations in a natural environment, developing social skills such as turn taking. The garden will help develop gross and fine motor skills needed to care for a garden which can be applied across all natural environments.

With your generous donation, our students will have their own garden to care for and enjoy!

My Project

The garden will help teach the students life lessons through direct experiences and kinesthetic participation with their peers. It will expose students to social situations in a natural environment developing social skills such as turn taking. The garden will help develop gross and fine motor skills needed to care for a garden which can be applied across all natural environments.

As you can see from the picture, our current garden is not in good shape.

The whole thing will have to be removed and redone which is why your donations mean so much to our school!

The raised planting bed will replace the current planters that are old and broken beyond repair. The neem oil will help keep our flowers and vegetables free of parasites. The fertilizer will help nourish our plants so the students can watch them grow to their fullest potential. The pebbles will be used around the garden to help control weed growth. The soil will be used to fill up our new planters.

Mrs. Cordaro PS 373R @ PS 58 Grades 3-5

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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

68 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hudson 48"W x 48"L Screwless Vinyl Garden Bed • Amazon Business $58.40 4 $233.60
Gorilla Carts GOR6PS Heavy-Duty Poly Yard Dump Cart with 2-In-1 Convertible Handle, 1,200-Pound Capacity, Black • Amazon Business $135.99 1 $135.99
Michigan Peat 5540 Garden Magic Top Soil, 40-Pound • Amazon Business $22.04 4 $88.16
InSassy Garden Kneeler Pad Kneeling Mat for Gardening, Baby Bath, Yoga, Prayers & Exercise - High Density Foam Kneeler - Available in 3 Sizes - Large - Extra Large - Largest & Thickest, Green • Amazon Business $6.99 4 $27.96
Margo 30 Lb. Mexican Beach Pebble 1 in. to 3 in. • Amazon Business $27.19 1 $27.19
Dynamite Fertilizer, 13-13-13, 2 lb • Carolina Biological Supply Company $21.55 1 $21.55
Garden Safe 93179 16 Oz Conc Neem Oil, Pack of 1 • Amazon Business $8.32 2 $16.64
Annymall Mini Colorful Metal Garden Hand Shovel, Flower Soil Planting Digging Transplanting Light Duty Tools for Children,Women, Seniors with Arthritis - 4 Pieces Set (Random Color) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
G & F 1852-3 Women Soft Jersey Garden Gloves, Women Work Gloves, 3-Pairs Green/Pink/Blue per Pack • Amazon Business $8.57 1 $8.57

Materials cost

$574.65

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.16

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$615.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.61

Total project goal

$724.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $724.04

10 Donors

-$460.49

Donations toward project cost

-$391.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.07

match offer

-$263.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$224.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.53

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