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Ms. Mirander from Los Angeles, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Classroom Community

Help me give my students this beautiful rug to support our development of a strong, classroom community. We will use this rug to engage in restorative justice circles to support students' empathy development.

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My Students

I serve some amazing scholars. My scholars are empathetic, bright, enthusiastic, and brilliant young people who surprise me with their energy and love for learning everyday.

Although many of them have already experienced trauma in their young lives, they still have a sense of care for one another that is beyond inspiring.

My young scholars are learning about what makes them unique, how to be kind and empathetic to one another, and ways in which we can celebrate our diversity. One way we work on these skills is through Restorative Justice community circles. I want to support my incredible students by teaching them the tools they need to develop a strong sense of empathy. They are deserving of an education that supports them socially, emotionally, and intellectually.

Through these community circles, students are given the opportunity to share with our classroom family and open up to us about any struggles they might be experiencing. Thus, providing the space for students to genuinely care for one another.

My Project

This beautiful classroom rug will serve as a place for us to gather as a classroom community.

We will use this lovely rug to engage in Restorative Justice community circles in order to deepen students' empathy towards one another.

We will use this rug throughout our long days together to get to know one another more deeply. In our community circles, students who have experienced trauma are given the space to share about their feelings, their home lives, and topics that are important to them. Year after year, I have watched circles evolve from a place where students share about simple topics such as their favorite colors to a place where students feel comfortable sharing about deaths in their families or difficulties occurring in their homes.

Students develop trust in these circles and then additionally, my scholars learn to care for their peers who share about difficult topics. Each circle builds students' empathy and encourages true community building for our classroom family.

Engaging in Restorative Justice circles has been transformative for my students and our development of a classroom community every year. I am amazed at the beautiful and thoughtful ways in which my scholars care for their teammates when they leave Room 22!

Ms. Mirander Hillcrest Drive Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC842 - Natural Accents Leaves Classroom Carpet - 9' x 12' • 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

5 Donors

-$604.42

Donations toward project cost

-$517.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.91

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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