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Ms. Carrie McClean from Brooklyn, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexible Seating for First Graders!

Help me give my students storage benches to transform our meeting area into a cozy classroom library.

  • $1,299 goal

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My Project

Our first graders need a classroom that can do it all. Our room is small, and our students have diverse learning and sensory needs we want to support! We have spent the last two years improving this space to meet the needs of our students and curriculum.

Sometimes the simplest materials (like a storage bench) are actually the ones that have the biggest impact on student experience throughout the day.

These benches will be used in the meeting area to give wiggly kids a place where they can focus and participate. They will double as cozy library seating and storage so kids can read on the rug, which they love to do. And we will even use them as table seating for tables closest to the meeting area. Some of our students like to spread out and move around while they learn, and sometimes it is hard for them to do so without distracting other kids in the meeting area.

Benches are a welcoming, caring way to provide them with the support they need!

Ms. Carrie McClean The Brooklyn New School at PS 146 Grades PreK-2

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More than a third 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

24 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Flex-Space Comfy Storage Bench • Lakeshore Learning Materials $529.00 2 $1,058.00

Materials cost

$1,058.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,103.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$194.80

Total project goal

$1,298.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,298.67

16 Donors

-$756.69

Donations toward project cost

-$673.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.50

match offer

-$506.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$430.68

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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