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

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Inclusion and Equity in Our Meeting Areas!

My students need two area rugs along with a small vacuum cleaner for their classroom.

  • $251 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

"I never teach my pupils. I only provide the conditions in which they can learn." ~ Albert Einstein. Our class is an amazing team of students because we are always setting new goals for ourselves and helping each other to reach those goals.

The students are fourth and fifth grade students in a 12:1 bridge class.

We have special learning needs. Some of us have learning disabilities, speech and language impairments, autism or attention deficit disorders. School is not always an easy place for us. We need a smaller class ratio so that we can stay focused. Most of us are also English Language Learners. We work with a special education teacher, an ESL teacher, an educational associate, a guidance counselor, a speech and language pathologist and an occupational therapist. We love soccer and learning about science topics. Sometimes we need our teachers to give us extra time to complete tasks or to repeat a lesson multiple times. We learn best when we incorporate all of our senses. We frequently need movement breaks to help us maintain our attention to a task. Regardless, we are always striving to be leaders of ourselves and others!

My Project

For the 2018-2019 school year, our classroom is being upgraded from a super tiny classroom to a regular sized classroom! We are so excited to finally have the space to meet our diverse learning needs. It will be wonderful to have enough space so that our special education teacher and our ENL teacher can engage us in parallel teaching models to help us meet our learning goals!

Our teachers have chosen rugs that match our interests!

We love soccer and we love to travel! We want to sit in meeting areas that make us feel comfortable! Research shows that when students are engaged with their strengths and interests instead of their deficits, they make build their confidence and increase their rate of progress. We are expert soccer players and we are focusing on becoming global citizens through our social studies lessons. Since we are leaders, we plan on helping our teacher keep our rugs clean! We will have leaders rotating to clean the rugs with the vacuum cleaner so that we are taking ownership of our environment.

Our teachers use parallel teaching in our reading, writing and math lessons to meet our learning needs. By having the space for two distinct meeting areas, we will be able to have two simultaneous discussions that do not bleed into each other. We need space and small groups to make big gains. We are serious about our goals and these rugs will create that important sense of inclusion and equity in our classroom. All students get what they need to make progress in our classroom!

Ms. Mesk PS 1 the Bergen Grades 3-5

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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

12 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Smithsonian Rug World Map Learning Carpets Bedding Play Mat Classroom Decorations Blue Area Rugs 5x7, Cyan • Amazon Business $106.99 1 $106.99
Furnish my Place 685 Solid Soccer Rectangle 4X6 Ground Kids Area Rug, 4'5" x6'9, Green • Amazon Business $47.96 1 $47.96
Dirt Devil Simpli-Stik Lightweight Corded Bagless Stick Vacuum, SD20000RED • Amazon Business $24.98 1 $24.98

Materials cost

$179.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$212.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.52

Total project goal

$250.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $250.15

5 Donors

-$250.15

Donations toward project cost

-$212.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.52

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 $0.00

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