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

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OT Students Want to Revamp Their Basement Bat Cave

Help me give my students a new clover desk for group therapy sessions.

  • $252 goal

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My Students

We are three occupational therapists who are passionate about teaching, helping, and encouraging students to do their best in school. We provide an outlet for sensory breaks, small writing lessons, daily living skills, student newspaper, and encourage classroom based interventions for teachers and paraprofessionals, trying our best to help meet the needs of our students.

Our students are friendly, motivated, and an overall wonderful group who benefit from out-of-the-box learning techniques.

Students range from children with Autism, Down's Syndrome, and other developmental disabilities, but we don't define our students by these terms; we choose to help them meet their goals, as they shouldn't be set by limitations.

My Project

Help our students have a more organized, ergonomic, and neat learning environment. We can serve up to 10 students in a small room in the basement, and having a bunch of desks pushed together gives us limited space for movement activities such as yoga, usage of the trampoline, and sensory breaks. Our current space has older desks of varying sizes, with some chairs that don't fit under the current desks. Being OTs, we definitely appreciate proper chair and desk sizes for our students. Having proper desk and chair sizes provide students with more stability when completing any writing or desk activity. Having students' feet touch the floor is ideal, and having a desk height not above the elbows.

This new clover desk will definitely serve many uses in our room.

Our student population varies from students that have ADHD, autism, and other developmental delays, who are commonly affected by clutter. Reduced distractions will improve the learning environment for these students. We strive to help them meet their goals, but are requesting your assistance to improve the learning dynamic of our OT atmosphere.

Ms. Ishakis PS 255 Barbara Reing School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
TABLE - CS ACTIVITY CLOVER 48 - SPECIFY TOP COLOR - SPECIFY T-MOLD EDGE/UPPER LEG COLOR - SPECIFY TABLE HEIGHT • School Specialty $165.17 1 $165.17
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE LAMINATE TOP COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
22-30 ADJ LEG • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS STANDARD/APOLLO ACTIVITY TABLE MATCHING UPPER LEG/T-MOLD EDGE COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
BLACK (PP1) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
ROYAL BLUE (PP1) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$165.17

Vendor shipping charges

 $16.52

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$214.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.79

Total project goal

$251.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $251.96

7 Donors

-$136.96

Donations toward project cost

-$116.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.54

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

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 $0.00

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