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Mr. Postiglione from West Orange, NJ is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Place For My Students To Show Their Creativity

Help me give my students a new and exciting space to build and grow in.

  • $896 goal

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$423 - complete this project and be a hero
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Mr. Postiglione has another project! Donate to Creating the Building of Patterns! to help his classroom.

$423 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I currently teach a non verbal autistic classroom grades 3-5. These students are absolutely amazing in their own ways with their own individual strengths. I am currently working on new ways to teach them to socialize and learn life skills in a comfortable environment.

My students continue to work on their social skills and communication as well as learning important life and independent skills.

My students have a difficult time sitting still and this activity gives them the perfect blend of those skills in and outdoor environment that they can create!

My Project

I currently teach a self-contained Autistic classroom at an elementary school. I am coming from a middle school and I wanted to find a way to teach my students social and life skills along with their academics. In this new learning environment caused by the pandemic I have spent some time thinking about how I can possibly make my students experience at school a positive and new one. The environment has changed, as has their classroom with what we can and can not do. So I wanted to be creative and thoughtful about their learning day, and how we can teach multiple things and skills in a more familiar area at their current school.

Outside of my classroom is a very big courtyard that has not been kept up with and just waits to be reinvented.

My students can learn various social and life skills by making valuable use of this courtyard everyday, and it can feel more like an environment that they are comfortable in and with as well as be proud of that they helped shape and mold. My vision is for my students to be a large part in reinventing this courtyard. We can build garden walls and borders, plant, rake and bag leaves, learn to maintain the area, maintain the tools and the shed, learned to garden, and even set up a reading area for the nicer weather that approaches. Read books, paint, projects, etc...We can social distance and be safer and learn in a different way! Please help me help my students learn in a different way!

Mr. Postiglione Mount Pleasant Elementary School Grades 3-5

More about Mr. Postiglione

West Orange, NJ View local requests 5 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TK50361832T Outdoor Storage ShedVerticalH 72 In • Grainger $195.92 1 $195.92
Raised Garden Bed Planter Wood for Vegetables - Elevated Wood Planter, Tool-Free, 97" x 24" x 10" • Amazon Business $69.99 2 $139.98
Zippity Outdoor Products ZP19028 Unassembled Madison Vinyl Gate Kit with Fence Wings, White • Amazon Business $90.93 1 $90.93
Zippity Outdoor Products ZP19001 Madison Vinyl Picket Fence, White, 30" x 56" (1 Box, 2 Panels) • Amazon Business $62.27 1 $62.27
Zippity Outdoor Products ZP19001 Madison Vinyl Picket Fence, White, 30" x 56" (1 Box, 2 Panels) • Amazon Business $62.27 1 $62.27
HOME GROWN Bonsai Tree Kit. Bonsai Tree Starter Kit with 4 Seeds Types, incl. Purple Bonsai Tree! Indoor Growing Plant Gifts for Moms Who Have Everything, Seed Starter Kit for Kids, DIY Adult Crafts • Amazon Business $34.95 1 $34.95
TK50306049T Steel Garden Trowel Corrosion Resistant Straight • Grainger $6.46 5 $32.30
TK50306050T Shrub RakePolypropylene42 in.Straight • Grainger $7.09 4 $28.36
Chalk City Sidewalk Chalk, 136 Count,17 Different Colors, Jumbo Chalk, Non-Toxic, Washable, Art Set • Amazon Business $23.95 1 $23.95
TK50306051T Compostable Trash Bag 30 gal Paper Flat Pack Brown PK 5 • Grainger $3.95 3 $11.85
TK50306052T Knit Gloves S Beige 1 PR • Grainger $0.40 10 $4.00
TK50306053T Knit Gloves L Beige 1 PR • Grainger $0.40 10 $4.00

Materials cost

$690.78

Vendor shipping charges

$29.99

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$761.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.32

Total project goal

$895.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$895.45

14 Donors

-$895.45

Donations toward project cost

-$761.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$134.32

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$0.00

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