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Ms. Taylor from Philadelphia, PA is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The 'OCEAN' is Calling and 'WE' Must GO

My students need your support to attend a once in a lifetime chance to unplug and learn about sustainability, marine ecology and geology.

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My Students

I teach highly motivated, inquisitive students at one of the largest schools in our state, and yet these students do not always have access to opportunities like the one I want to give them with this trip.

I want to be able to help my students experience what John Muir is talking about when he says, "Keep close to Nature's heart and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.

Wash your spirit clean."

They are hard-working, eager to learn, high achieving individuals. Our school is located in a very diverse region of the city and therefore our students speak many different languages and come from many different countries. The school building is overcrowded, under-funded and in considerable need of an overhaul, as much of its interior has not been updated for fifty years.

My Project

The students who will be attending this trip are going to be introduced to field scientists that work on Hurricane Island. In order to meet one of the requirements of their rigorous academic program they will first learn about Hurricane Island sustainable technology, geology, botany, ornithology, fresh water, and marine ecology environments. Students will then design an experiment around questions they generate from the first few days of discovery, and Hurricane Island Foundation staff and school faculty will help facilitate their experimental design ideas, materials needed, and study site identification. Students will collaborate to design a comparative, baseline, or other study.

My hope is that some students will return home from this trip with a mindset that sees the future as ripe with possibilities.

I know that each of them is going to make a significant difference in their communities as an adult, and I see this trip as a way to foster that mentality in them. I want them to become innovators and changemakers and believe that each of them has that potential.

Ms. Taylor Northeast 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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Philadelphia, PA 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

30 students impacted 59donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity Hurricane Island Foundation $3,500.00
Transportation Werner Coach $1,500.00

Trip cost

$5,000.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$75.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,105.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$900.88

Total project goal

$6,005.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $6,005.88

59 Donors

-$5,979.06

Donations toward project cost

-$5,105.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$874.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.82

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