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Mrs. Lewis from Brooklyn, NY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Keeping My Kinders Organized!

Help me give my students a Chairback Buddy to promote learning with less distractions.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lewis's classroom raised $411

This project is fully funded

My Students

Hello everyone! My students are a bright bunch of students who love school. My students are creative, energetic, and enjoy learning. They are special needs students and they come from low income homes barely getting by on “Making whatever do!” My students are kindergarteners who if taught the skills needed for the real world, will be successful at it in a few years. These students come to school with an empty slate so we must teach them and show them what it looks like to be organized. Help me give my students chair pocket to enable space in a Covid environment by keeping their materials organized and away from the clutter distractions. sensory play time back right in the classroom with these items. This will also boost their academic skills because now I can reward with incentives for having the best kept organized space for learning.

My Project

My students are special needs and will need help staying organized, with less distractions to enable learning and success. They be able to learn without the clutter at their desks because the chair buddy will be holding their materials behind them, and they will have all their supplies readily available in an organized manner. They will also store their materials and take home only what is needed. Too often students keep their materials at home and when asked for it, they don't know where it is. Parents put them away and it is not reachable.

Mrs. Lewis PS 273 Wortman Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

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

25 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chairback Buddy - Blue/Red • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.56 13 $163.28
Chairback Buddy - Blue/Yellow • Kaplan Early Learning Company $12.56 12 $150.72

Materials cost

$314.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.54

Total project goal

$410.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$410.25

7 Donors

-$410.25

Donations toward project cost

-$348.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.54

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$0.00

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