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Ms. Douglas from Washington, DC is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Center Access

Help me give my students organization for our learning centers to bolster academic independence.

  • $1,081 goal

This project expired on July 5, 2024.

This project expired on July 5, 2024.

My Project

My classroom is a self-contained classroom within DCPS. During virtual instruction, independent learning centers moved from colorful workstations to take-home boxes and individualized files. Some students regularly engaged with the work, and some lost or broken items. When we returned to class, our items including sensory toys, storage bins, binders, and other items had to be replaced. These items do not fit within our yearly classroom allowance of $250 (a recent increase from $200).

My classroom lacks furniture, including shelves and other safe storage for learning materials.

Most of our learning center items are stored on the window ledge. This makes it difficult for students to retrieve their own center items after learning how to move through each learning opportunity. They have to wait for teachers to move materials out and around for them.

The goal of having these items is to design better learning centers with adequate and accessible storage for their learning materials for all 5 subjects (reading, math, writing, science, and social studies) and more opportunities to practice using and replacing classroom supplies (e.g., pencils, markers, dry erase boards, scratch paper, and others). Please make our learning process run better and promote our independent learning skills.

Ms. Douglas Walker - Jones Education Campus 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.

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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

HBCU Alum 8 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Classic Birch Cubbies & Shelves Low Storage Unit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $629.00 1 $629.00
Teacher Created Resources Burlap 10 Pocket File Storage Pocket Chart (14" x 58") - 20840 • Amazon Business $17.79 6 $106.74
Staples Heavy Duty 1 3-Ring View Binders Black 12/Carton (24664CT) • Staples $58.20 1 $58.20
Staples? Mini Binder Clips, Assorted Colors, 60/Pack (ST15347/15347) • Quill.com $3.29 1 $3.29

Materials cost

$797.23

Vendor shipping charges

$31.45

Sales tax

$47.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$918.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$162.08

Total project goal

$1,080.55

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