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Ms. Fredricksen from Brooklyn, NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring Special Needs Students to the Table

My project needs one kidney table for my special needs classroom.

  • $243 goal

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As a teacher of students with autism, I have experienced the joy of watching socially challenged students work cooperatively for the first time. My 4th and 5th grade students are all bussed to our specialized school from a wide variety of Brooklyn neighborhoods. They bring to the table differing abilities and interests, but all put a lot of effort towards becoming friends and working as a group.

Unfortunately, our kidney table, the focal piece of furniture in our classroom, has been broken for the past two years. Although we have desks set up as individual workstations, our kidney table is our gathering place for read-alouds, literacy workshops, math games, science investigations, birthday parties, and other class celebrations. Socialization and attention issues are particular challenges for students with autism; for this reason a kidney table is an ideal work space for my students.

A new kidney table will help my students work in a group throughout the day, socialize, and cooperate. The shape of the table encourages student attention on the teacher and each other and allows me access to each student's work without disrupting the class by getting up and moving around.

Your donation will drastically improve the productivity of our group lessons and activities. Without a new kidney table, we will continue to waste time shuffling students from place to place in the classroom. Your help to purchase such a vital piece of furniture will be appreciated for years to come by many students and very much by me!

Ms. Fredricksen PS231K @ PS215 Grades 3-5

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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

6 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Royal Seating 72 x 48 Kidney Table 2868E • Teacher's School Supply $161.54 1 $161.54

Materials cost

$161.54

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.15

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$199.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.68

Total project goal

$242.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $242.68

4 Donors

-$212.49

Donations toward project cost

-$199.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.19

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 $0.00

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