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Ms. Kaplan from New York, NY is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Our New Classroom Our New Home

Help me give my students an easel, seat cushions, and other sensory materials.

  • $548 goal

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My Students

In our school community, we believe that all students can learn. Despite more than half the students within the school coming from low-income homes, each student comes to school everyday eager to learn. All the students that I work with have their own unique needs and abilities. There can be up to 12 students in the classroom, each with their own individual education plan to help them be successful at their own pace. My goal is to create a classroom in which all the students have access to learning and in which each student is able to grow each year.

My Project

Recently, two schools joined together to create the new PS 185. The transition is exciting, but also a change. Many of my students struggle with change. In order to make the students feel more at home in their new classroom, we need some additional supplies.

Seat cushions and other sensory materials would greatly help students who struggle to focus on activities.

They often fidget while still participating in school instruction. A new easel is also necessary to make our classroom more efficient. Our current easel falls over if it is not held while writing, making it extremely difficult for students to write their own responses on it.

These materials will help make our classroom a more welcoming place and create a more effective learning environment.

Ms. Kaplan PS 185 Locke School Arts & Design Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LM520 - All-Purpose Mobile Teaching Easel - Elementary • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
LC511BU - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 3 $44.97
RE322 - Lakeshore Sensory Ball Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $34.99 1 $34.99

Materials cost

$428.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$465.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.13

Total project goal

$547.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $547.52

3 Donors

-$273.76

Donations toward project cost

-$232.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.06

match offer

-$273.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$232.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.06

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 $0.00

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