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Ms. Holzum from Saint Louis, MO is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Au-Some Classroom!

Help me give my students a classroom that truly supports their needs! The Cubby Storage Unit specifically will become a center for learning functional skills such as folding clothes and sorting silverware!

  • $1,104 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -Albert Einstein

The students I work with are all au-some in their own way!

Each has been diagnosed with severe autism, and qualify for my specialized program specifically designed to meet their needs. Given their difficulties with communication, understanding and navigation of their world, functional skills, and academics, it is a challenge every day for them to reach their full potential! It is my belief that they each have something wonderful to offer this world, and my life's work seeks to bridge the gap that keeps them from showing us what it is. They are all geniuses, I just have to find a way to let them show us!

With your help, we can give them the tools they need to help them all become who they are meant to be!

My Project

Functional skills is a very important part of our learning day in my classroom. All of the items in this project will help improve our functional skills lessons and the overall flow the students' day. The storage cubbies and storage drawers will house all of the individual functional activities that the students are trying to master. The ability to keep everything organized labeled will greatly improve the flow of the classroom and the students will be able to practice the added skill of following a visual schedule based on the picture labels! The laminate will be used to help make the picture labels for the cubbies and the drawers.

The students thrive when there are reliable materials there for them on a daily basis and when there is consistency in their days!

This project is asking for the materials necessary to make this possible. We want to see them reaching their full potential with their day to day living skills and this is the way to do it!

Ms. Holzum
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ166 Classic Birch 20Cubby Storage Unit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $399.00 1 $399.00
LAMINATING FILM 1.5ML 25INX500FT 1IN CORE SCHOOL SMART • School Specialty $36.97 8 $295.76
Staples 3-Drawer Durable Storage Cart, Black/Clear (53182) • Staples Advantage $55.29 2 $110.58
PP281 Magnetic Storage Boxes Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $11.99 5 $59.95

Materials cost

$865.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.58

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$937.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.50

Total project goal

$1,103.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,103.35

3 Donors

-$1,076.88

Donations toward project cost

-$937.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$139.03

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.47

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 $0.00

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