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Mr. Wolf from Flushing, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Plant a Seed, Grow a Scientist

My students need seeds, pots, and growing media to start classroom planters and to study plants.

  • $600 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Do you remember the wonder you had the first time you grew your own plant? When we grow plants in class, my students get truly excited at the first signs of green peeking up through the soil. These moments are so important because the rest of their day in our concrete jungle can be so gray.

But, the lack of natural space outdoors won't stop us from creating a plant-friendly environment indoors.

Our school is a small Title I school that sits in the most diverse place in New York City and the United States: Queens. Traveling along the number 7 train, one can hear over a dozen languages spoken by people who have come from all over the world. The hallway of our school is no different. All of my students are immigrants and English Language Learners (ELL's). They come from every part of the globe seeking a new life of opportunity and freedom here in the United States. They come with the hope that education will allow them to meet their full potential. Many of my students have a close relationship with nature and growing plants in their homelands, especially for food. The lack of fresh green produce here in the city is a big change for many that can lead to poor nutrition. Many long just for a taste of home in the form of certain herbs or spices.

My Project

Growing our own vegetables and herbs in soil and hydroponic systems built here in school will be a hands-on way to use students' prior experience with plants to help them learn science and English. At the same time, students can optimize their growing systems to reduce environmental footprint. Bringing food into urban areas like ours has enormous environmental costs: everything from the fuel used in transportation of food to the plastic packaging that accompanies most produce. Another great benefit of growing plants from seeds is that they will beautify and "Green" our building, and we can eat the results!

Not only will these seeds and supplies make a new school and a new country more of a home, but it will provide a source of inspiration for pursuing science and improving the community.

After traveling thousands of miles away from the land where they grew up, my students long for a sense of familiarity to ground them. Caring for green shoots and leaves with their own two hands is a way to give them a piece of earth and place that is their own.

Mr. Wolf Flushing International High School Grades 9-12

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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Flushing, NY 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

75 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Plant!t GMC25L Clay Pebbles 25L 8mm-16mm • Amazon $32.98 4 $131.92
Grodan Rockwool Cubes (2 X 2 X 1.5 Inches) 50 Per Sheet • Amazon $19.97 5 $99.85
Planters Pride CRP042F0 Fiber Grow Coconut Coir Refill • Amazon $80.81 1 $80.81
Hydrofarm Net Cup, 3-Inch, 100 per bag • Amazon $36.89 2 $73.78
Survival Seed Vault - Heirloom Emergency Survival Seeds - Plant a Full Acre Crisis Victory Garden - 20 Easy-to-grow Varieties • Amazon $29.95 1 $29.95
Medicinal Herb Garden Seeds Kit (10 Easy-to-grow Medicinal Plants) • Amazon $14.95 1 $14.95
Salsa Garden Seeds Kit (10 Easy-to-grow Salsa Vegetables) • Amazon $14.95 1 $14.95
Culinary Herb Garden Seeds (8 Easy-to-grow Kitchen Herbs) • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95
Herbal Tea Garden Seeds Kit (10 Easy-to-Grow Tea Herbs) • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$472.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$509.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.86

Total project goal

$599.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $599.05

4 Donors

-$534.09

Donations toward project cost

-$509.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.90

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$64.96

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