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Ms. Barston from Worcester, MA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Comfortable Learning Spots

Help me give my students a comfortable place to listen and read independently with plenty of personal space.

  • $620 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are all from an urban public school system in Massachusetts. They attend a large neighborhood school that is constantly expanding. The school community is where all students will succeed no matter what their background is.

My students like to learn in a variety of ways; some learn better in whole group lessons, while some learn better during small group lessons.

My students are continuing to read to learn about the many amazing things that exist in our world. The potential in these students is great with sufficient resources.

My Project

Using the requested items, my students will all be able to have a spot on the classroom rug in front of myself during whole group lessons in reading and writing. They will all be able to have their own space so no student will be in top of them. It will also be clear to them exactly where their spot is in the rug since it has rows of different colors. All students will be facing the instructor and engaged in learning. They also will be able to use this space for independent reading.

Ms. Barston
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC698 FlexSpace A Place for Everyone Carpet for 30 Kids 9 x 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $489.00 1 $489.00

Materials cost

$489.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$526.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.88

Total project goal

$619.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $619.22

3 Donors

-$412.81

Donations toward project cost

-$350.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.91

match offer

-$206.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.96

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 $0.00

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