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Ms. Livingstone from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Lets MAKERSPACE in the Library

Help me give my students a STEM station to begin their introduction to makerspaces.

  • $518 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

"Reading maketh a full man." My scholars take this to heart as they are are dedicated, motivated, and thirst for knowledge.

My scholars strive to be empowered through knowledge and the first stop on this journey is the school library.

Our school community is located in the Lower East Side of New York City and approximately 60% of our students currently live in homeless shelters or transitional housing. The library seeks to play an integral role in building our future leaders.

My Project

The creation of a makerspace in the library is crucial to empowering my scholars to be critical thinkers and problem solvers as well as foster their creativity. According to Curiosity Commons, makerspaces within school libraries provide powerful contexts and opportunities for students to learn and develop new skills. They also state that "makerspace learning can also empower students, helping them to shift from being passive consumers of information and products to active creators and innovators".

With these STEM kits, my scholars will be more engaged with their work and build their creativity and problem solving skills.

The STEM bundle that I have selected will be a start in the exploration of their creativity and the building of necessary skills they will need to be effective leaders in, and contributors to, society in the future.

Work Cited

“Makerspaces: the Benefits.” Curiositycommons, 25 Apr. 2016, curiositycommons.wordpress.com/makerspaces-the-benefits/.

Ms. Livingstone PS 188 the Island School 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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New York, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

240 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
KT8088 - STEM Bundle - Gr. 4-5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $403.99 1 $403.99

Materials cost

$403.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$440.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.66

Total project goal

$517.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$517.71

1 Donor

-$517.71

Donations toward project cost

-$440.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.66

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$0.00

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