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Ms. Truksa from New Britain, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flat Stanley Books To Go With Students' Flat Teacher Cutout

Help me give my students a little happiness during this difficult time. These books will go along with the flat teacher I am sending with them and hopefully make them smile.

  • $160 goal

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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, like all others, are having a difficult time not being in school and seeing their friends. Their constant messages saying "I miss you" are heartbreaking. A new thing some teachers are doing is sending a bitmoji picture to their students and having their students "show their teacher around". I thought the idea sounded great! Many of my students do not have a lot of books at home and we have not read any Flat Stanley books in school.

I would like to send a Flat Stanley book to my students, along with a flat teacher.

I thought this would be a fun activity for them and a small way to help at this difficult time.

My Project

These books will hopefully spark a love for a new character in books. Students will be given these books along with a cut out of their teacher. In addition to having their own book to read, they will also spark imagination with the students. Kids can create their own story like the Flat Stanley book, using their teacher. They can also send pictures of their flat teacher around their house and neighborhood to me.

My hope is these books will put a smile on my students faces.

I would like to give them a little gift to let them know I miss them too.

Ms. Truksa Smalley 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.

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New Britain, CT View local requests

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

21 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stanley in Space (Flat Stanley) • Amazon Business $4.99 6 $29.94
Stanley and the Magic Lamp (Flat Stanley) • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #15: Lost in New York • Amazon Business $4.99 5 $24.95
Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure! • Amazon Business $4.79 5 $23.95

Materials cost

$103.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$135.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.89

Total project goal

$159.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$159.24

2 Donors

-$79.62

Donations toward project cost

-$67.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.94

match offer

-$79.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.67

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.94

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$0.00

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