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This teacher needs your help!

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

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A Home for Books

Help me give my students a shelf to put the books they love.

  • $674 goal

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Ms. Smirk has another project! Donate to Instruments Are Instrumental in a Music Center to help her classroom.

$728 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Ms. Smirk

Ms. Smirk has another project! Donate to Instruments Are Instrumental in a Music Center to help her classroom.

$728 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

My classroom is blessed with a wonderful classroom library but the shelves in the room aren’t made to hold book bins that my students can browse through independently.

A preschool library center is a clearly defined space that young children can use independently to browse books.

The classroom library plays an important role in creating a high-quality early childhood learning experience that enriches language and vocabulary development.

The bookshelf I am requesting will help me organize our library so that it can be a kid-friendly place where young children can go to look at, or “read” books.

Ms. Smirk PS 938 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. Smirk

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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

15 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Select Mobile Adjustable Shelf Bookcase, Double Sided, 48 x 24 x 36 Inches, Birch • School Specialty $486.71 1 $486.71

Materials cost

$486.71

Vendor shipping charges

$48.67

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$572.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.06

Total project goal

$673.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$673.74

8 Donors

-$522.76

Donations toward project cost

-$468.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.41

match offer

-$122.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$104.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.24

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$0.00

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