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Mr. Moody from Brooklyn, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Turn Our School Into a Compost Drop Off Site

Help me give my students tools to compost, organize seeds, and make signs to put around the campus to encourage the staff and community to deliver their food waste to our compost system.

  • $487 goal

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My Project

There is a lot of research on the benefits compost has for soil, but very little research on how compost tea affects hydroponic systems. A Tower Garden representative told my students' compost tea has very little value for plants grown hydroponically. He recommended that only the expensive synthetic nutrient solution sold by the company would work. My students, however, decided to experiment, and through trial and error, they developed a compost tea recipe that works even better than synthetic nutrients. Like what humus does for soil, compost tea regulates the pH of our hydroponic towers, placing it in the ideal 6-7 range and keeping it there! This was not the case when we used to use synthetic nutrients, which would quickly make the tower solution turn acidic and would require regular pH adjustments nearly every three days.

With your donation, high school students will be able to expand our school's composting production.

The Gardening Club and Ethnobotany students have plans to get the community outside of our school involved and turn our school into a compost drop-off site. This would require clear signage and extra equipment such as totes to be positioned outside the fence of our compost area so that the public can drop off their food waste. The gardening club students have already spoken to a coffee shop and numerous food businesses blocks away from the school who have expressed interest in dropping their waste outside the fence. The numerous staff who bring their food waste to work could also benefit from the drop-off setup since the freezers that we originally used to store the food waste are now being used by the culinary classes.

Mr. Moody John Dewey High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

100 students impacted 15donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
novelinks Photo Case 4" x 6" Photo Box Storage - 16 Inner Photo Keeper Photo Organizer Cases Photos Storage Containers Box for Photos (Clear) • Amazon Business $27.05 4 $108.20
DEWALT DG5532 14" Electrical & Maintenance Tool Carrier • Amazon Business $74.95 1 $74.95
Posca Full Set of 29 Acrylic Paint Pens with Reversible Medium Point Pen Tips, Posca Pens are Acrylic Paint Markers for Rock Painting, Fabric, Glass Paint, Metal Paint, and Graffiti • Amazon Business $65.90 1 $65.90
Amazon Basics 4-Shelf Adjustable, Heavy Duty Storage Shelving Unit (350 lbs loading capacity per shelf), Steel Organizer Wire Rack, Black (36L x 14W x 54H) • Amazon Business $52.80 1 $52.80
LARREEDE Blank Yard Signs with Stakes, 7 Pack 18 x 12 Inches White Plastic Yard Lawn Sign for Happy Birthday,Garage Sale Signs, Rent, Guidepost Decorations, Blank Lawn Signs with Stakes • Amazon Business $21.58 2 $43.16
DiRose Gallon Bags Pack of 250 – 1 Gallon Reclosable Storage Bags – Practical and Durable Design – Food Safe Non-BPA Material – Easy Zip Closure – Ideal for Food, Snacks, Dog Treats, Organizing • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Needle File Set, 6 Pieces Hand Metal Files, Hardened Alloy Strength Steel Set Includes Flat, Flat Warding, Square, Triangular, Round, and Half-Round File • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$377.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$413.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.91

Total project goal

$486.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $486.06

9 Donors

-$475.24

Donations toward project cost

-$411.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.79

match offer

-$2.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$1.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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 $0.00

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