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Mrs. Mertan from Van Nuys, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexibly Solving Our World's Problems

Help me give my students a flexible work space to learn about and solve our world's problems.

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My Students

My 5th grade students are hard-working children from low-income backgrounds. Many of them have never traveled further than their local supermarket (though we live in a large urban city), but they are motivated by the world "beyond."

They are eager learners and, when inspired and active, are interested in their future success.

My students are still beginning to understand that they are part of a larger community and ecosystem and look for ways, through problem solving, design, and their own interests, to create a better world for themselves.

My Project

My students are problem solvers when it comes to classroom, interpersonal, and project-based learning problems. They are working to understand their personal worlds and are at the stage in their young lives where they are realizing how their actions affects the world around them.

My students' curiosities will ignite when they are able to learn about our world's challenges and their motivation will increase if they can do this in a flexible learning environment.

I currently have small stools in the classroom that the students move around and enjoy when they are working collaboratively, but, the stools are old and about to break. Sturdier stools for flexible seating options will allow students to continue to have the freedom to move freely around the classroom. The books will help inspire their imaginations and discover new challenges that they will eagerly tackle!

Mrs. Mertan Stagg Street Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Van Nuys, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
OTTO Storage Stool – Blue • Otto Storage $30.00 3 $90.00
OTTO Storage Stool – Black • Otto Storage $30.00 3 $90.00
TS696 - STEM Careers Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.50 1 $79.50
TS762 - Global Challenges Book Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $53.50 1 $53.50

Materials cost

$313.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$376.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.41

Total project goal

$442.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $442.75

9 Donors

-$431.31

Donations toward project cost

-$376.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.44

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