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Ms. Davenport from Columbia, SC is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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What Can You Bring to the TABLE?

Help me give my students a picnic table to provide additional work space while in the garden and greenhouse.

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My Students

My students come from an array of social, cultural and economic backgrounds. Fifty-four percent of my students come from minority backgrounds, and more than 50% of them qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Their diverse background means that they don't all come to the classroom with the same knowledge and experiences. It is my job to ensure that all my students, regardless of their background, engage in enriching, educational experiences both inside and outside of the classroom.

My classroom is built around hands-on experiences that allow students to engage in the actual “doing” of science.

This gives students ownership and the drive to succeed. My hope is that through this project, I can obtain supplies to further engage my students in complex science material and give them the drive to continue pushing themselves to learn more.

My Project

The greenhouse and monarch garden play a huge role in our citizen science work around the monarch butterfly. Our classes maintain the monarch garden, grow milkweed from seed (both harvested from existing plants in our garden and purchased seeds), grow pollinator plants (rooted from our garden and purchased seeds), and educate others in the role they can play for the survival of the monarch butterfly. While working in the garden and greenhouse areas, additional picnic table space is needed.

This picnic table will be an extension of the classroom and provide much-needed workspace for students to optimize their time in the garden and greenhouse.

Ms. Davenport Irmo Middle School Grades 6-8

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.

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Columbia, SC View local requests

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

200 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK51475890T 80 inD x 80 inW Square Expanded Metal Picnic Table Green • Grainger $1,056.30 1 $1,056.30

Materials cost

$1,056.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $74.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,176.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$207.64

Total project goal

$1,384.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,384.25

5 Donors

-$920.87

Donations toward project cost

-$827.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.13

match offer

-$410.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$348.87

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.57

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$52.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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