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Ms. Vakos from Stamford, CT is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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ELLs Deserve a Welcoming Rug to Learn

Help me give my students a brightly colored rug that will help them focus so they can learn.

  • $346 goal

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Ms. Vakos has another project! Donate to ELs Deserve Bilingual and Decodable Books to help her classroom.

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You can complete this project for $286.
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Help Ms. Vakos

Ms. Vakos has another project! Donate to ELs Deserve Bilingual and Decodable Books to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $286.
2X

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 Project

Please help me provide my students a rug for them to learn on. My students need a rug that they will all fit comfortably on so they feel safe in my classroom.

My students deserve a brightly colored and welcoming rug that will help them focus.

This rug has clear spots so students will have a visual for boundaries to give other students their personal space. This rug is simple, which will help student who become distracted by designs on a carpet to focus better.

This rug will truly brighten our classroom and make new students feel welcome.

Ms. Vakos Roxbury Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Vakos

Stamford, CT 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

120 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Booooom Jackson Classroom Carpets Elementary, Colorful Classroom Seating Rug for Nursery, School, Children's Classroom Area Rug Educational Carpet with Non-Slip Backing(Seats-24),13' x 7' 5" • Amazon Business $259.95 1 $259.95

Materials cost

$259.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$293.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.86

Total project goal

$345.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$345.71

4 Donors

-$172.86

Donations toward project cost

-$146.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.93

Matching donations from our partners

-$172.85

Match offers toward project cost

-$146.92

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.93

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$0.00

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