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Ms. Bunnell from Gardena, CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brand New Teacher Needs to Help First Class Get Organized!

Help me give my students storage sacks in order to improve organizational skills and feel successful.

  • $582 goal

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My Project

I am so excited about my first year of teaching! I have called this school home for a long time. My mom has been a teacher at the school since 1988. I grew up here – helping with classroom set-ups, painting sets for school plays, and volunteering as an aide each fall before leaving for college. This has always been a fantastic school full of students who are eager to learn! Unfortunately, the majority of my students live in a neighborhood that is dominated by gang activity. By age 9, many of my students have already been subject to the negative influences of gangs and violence. We are a Title I school with 85% of our students at a low-income level.

These amazing kids come to school every day ready and eager to learn.

Having a safe space to keep all of their materials will help students learn how to organize and be responsible for their own learning items. I am requesting 26 seat sacks to help store our school supplies! Please help me create an organized environment for my fourth-grade students to learn. Each student will get a super-handy storage sack over the back of their chair to put essential supplies right within reach and keep their desks stay clutter-free! Each sturdy nylon sack has two easy-access pockets. There is a small pocket on top for supplies like scissors and pencils. Below the small pocket is a large pocket for their journals, workbooks, and work folders. Having their school tools at their fingertips will help with the fluidity of transitions throughout the day.

The storage sacks will provide personal, out-of-the-way storage so my students can learn in an organized environment. My fourth graders will love having such convenient and accessible storage for their materials!

Ms. Bunnell 186th Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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Gardena, 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

24 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Extra-Large At-Your-Seat Storage Sack (15"h x 18"w) - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $159.00 2 $318.00
Lakeshore Extra-Large At-Your-Seat Storage Sack (15"h x 18"w) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 6 $101.94

Materials cost

$419.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $38.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.29

Total project goal

$581.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $581.95

5 Donors

-$445.19

Donations toward project cost

-$388.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.78

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.76

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 $0.00

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