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Ms. Semana from Oakland, CA is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Take ACA to the Mosaic Project!

Help me give my students this unique and rare camping experience that will charge them to change this world!

  • $4,812 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Fourth graders at our school are forever learners, creative innovators, and intelligent problem solvers. My school has flatlined on funds for field trips. There is no budget for hands-on experiences. That means my scholars are at a huge disadvantage. While schools are providing multiple field trips a year, my scholars are stuck in the classroom. My scholars deserve opportunities to learn outside of the classroom. They deserve opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-life situations. My scholars are our future. Here is your chance to invest in them.

My Project

The Mosaic Project is an outdoor camping trip that works with fourth graders in Title I schools, to build a more diverse, inclusive, and peaceful community. The hope is that these fourth graders come back to their school community and continue to build a more diverse, inclusive, and peaceful community through leadership as fifth graders! This is how we are going to change this world. By teaching our kids the skills and strategies to understand and grow with people who are different than they are. Help me give my kids the advantage.

I believe in my scholars' ability to change this world, and you should too.

My scholars have never experienced a sleep away trip before. Some of my scholars haven't even stepped outside of the city of Oakland. This experience is literally groundbreaking for them.

Ms. Semana Aspire College Academy Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Semana

Oakland, CA 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

40 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Component Company Total
Activity The Mosaic Project $4,000.00

Trip cost

$4,000.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$60.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,090.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$721.76

Total project goal

$4,811.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$4,811.76

18 Donors

-$2,415.00

Donations toward project cost

-$2,058.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$356.25

match offer

-$2,389.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$2,031.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$358.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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