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Ms. Murillo Penarrieta from Los Angeles, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Clean Carpet To Sit On

My students need a classroom carpet to sit on.

  • $659 goal

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My Students

The carpet in my kindergarten classroom has been there for ten years. Ten years of students sitting on it, walking on it, throwing up on it, having bathroom accidents on it, and of course learning on it. Although the carpet is cleaned every summer, it is time for a new one.

My students approach life with the enthusiasm and curiosity that all five-year-old children seem to have in abundance.

Despite living in a low socioeconomic area where their parents struggle to make ends meet, they are incredibly hopeful and looking forward to the future. My students' parents want the best education possible for them, but due to financial constraints, many cannot afford to have books, puzzles and other educational toys at home. It is up to me and the school to provide these wonderful, amazing, eager and bright kids with a wide variety of learning tools. We are a Title 1 school, which means that we do get funds to improve the academic achievement of the disadvantage, but not enough to provide every classroom with all the "extras" that they need. In fact due to all the budget cuts, we are running very low on essential supplies such as pencils, crayons, scissors, erasers, and even multipurpose paper. Thus, a new carpet would be deemed "non-essential."

My Project

My kindergarten student spend a great deal of time sitting on the carpet. They sit there for calendar time, story time, whole group instruction time, and for singing time. When they sit on the carpet, my students need a well defined area that is theirs to sit on. Having this well defined space, allows my students to quickly sit down and to have their personal space that is theirs only. Having a carpet that has five different color rows helps with classroom management as I can easily send the color row that is sitting the nicest to go back to their desk first or call on a particular row to do an activity first. Having a five color row carpet also helps when students need to do partner talk as they are told to turn to a student in a particular color to discuss their ideas with.

A carpet with a well defined place to sit is an essential element in a kindergarten class as student are learning classroom routines and how to respect the space of other students.

With your generous donation, my students will have a brand new and clean carpet to sit on.

Ms. Murillo Penarrieta Magnolia Avenue Elementary 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.

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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

24 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA952 - Classroom Carpet for 30 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $479.00 1 $479.00

Materials cost

$479.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$560.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.83

Total project goal

$658.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $658.84

2 Donors

-$330.00

Donations toward project cost

-$280.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.50

match offer

-$328.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$279.51

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.33

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 $0.00

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