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Mr. Gaffield from Los Angeles, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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From Ragged to Rug(ged)

My students need a new carpet for story time, lessons and discussions, and to simply have an unstained place to sit during group work.

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My Students

We are a 3 year old magnet school in an old building. The very old large carpet is not appealing with all its stains and fraying. Our plant manager has done his best at cleaning it on several occasions, yet the stains keep reappearing.

My class is comprised of 23 second grade students from diverse cultural backgrounds who attend an urban math/science/technology magnet elementary school.

Approximately 70% of the school population are identified as disadvantaged or Title 1 eligible. The students learn in various student groupings. They include large groups, small groups, pairs, and individuals.

My Project

A new carpet will enhance our classroom which will facilitate large group lessons and discussions in different student groupings. The large carpet will allow for all students to sit comfortably, to have whole class discussions about a story we read, and to discuss the latest science investigation we did. It will also allow us to have the whole class share problem solving skills (solving a math word problem) and to have a whole class discussion any subject area. In addition, during Universal Access Time, students are able to work in small groups on the carpet such as reading and discussing a leveled book together or working on literature circle tasks in their small groups.

Students will love to have a new large carpet to help in their learning and to aid in building our classroom community of learners.

A large carpet will allow for students to work as a class for large group discussions in any subject area, to work in groups for literacy tasks with literature circles, and to work in teams to solve math word problems. Through your generous donations, this can be a reality for my classroom of students for years to come.

Mr. Gaffield Melrose Math/Sci/Tech Magnet School Grades PreK-2

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

23 students impacted 27donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC150 - Plum Rectangular Carpet - 9' x 12' • Lakeshore Learning $379.00 1 $379.00

Materials cost

$379.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $34.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$454.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$80.18

Total project goal

$534.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $534.54

24 Donors

-$261.98

Donations toward project cost

-$227.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.80

match offer

-$267.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$227.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

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 $0.00

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