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Ms. Alexander from Menlo Park, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Place for Everyone!

My students need a carpet.

  • $458 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.

Do you like having a place all of your own? I teach first grade in a very low income school where children often do not have anything to call their own. We are also a full inclusion school, which means our special education students are in the regular education classrooms all day.When the children come to sit on the floor for instruction, there is often jostling, crushed fingers and the special needs children can get overwhelmed by the number of bodies trying to crush together in order to be near the teacher. Often the children complain that someone is squishing them and not giving them the space they need.With this carpet, every child will have their own square to sit in. I can assign certain squares to the children who need a specific place to go and the rest of the children will be able to find a place to sit without the pushing and wiggling around. This will end the competition for space, the crushed fingers as children sit down and the crowding of kids as they try to sit close to the teacher. With your help, the children will be more focused on their learning and less focused on who's leg is crossing over their lap and who is taking up another's space. And more focus on learning will increase the children's ability to read and overall student achievement.

Ms. Alexander Belle Haven Community School Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Ms. Alexander

Menlo Park, CA 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

20 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TT483 - A Place for Everyone Rectangular Carpet • Lakeshore Learning $299.00 1 $299.00

Materials cost

$299.00

Vendor shipping charges

$29.90

Sales tax

$21.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$375.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.32

Total project goal

$457.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$457.32

12 Donors

-$420.00

Donations toward project cost

-$375.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.32

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$0.00

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