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Please Help with our Dilapidated Desk Dilemma

My project needs 10 Correll 1 1/4" Thick Activity Tables.

  • $1,618 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

Duct tape, a screwdriver, and spare parts from the trash can aren't tools you might expect a teacher to bring to class on a weekly basis, but as an educator in Compton, you do what you have to do to make sure your students have a desk to work at. I'm an 8th grade English teacher in the quintessential low socioeconomic school district, and I strive to give my students a new outlook on learning. In my classroom, we produce beautiful projects, have learning stations, work in co-operative groups, and move around our classroom like busy bees gathering the pollen of knowledge all while avoiding the falling table in the front of the classroom that will be fixed, again, at the end of the period. Still, no amount of curriculum development, project based learning, or interactive student lessons can overcome the crippling effect of not having a place for students to complete their work. I literally pulled my current student tables out of the trash at my school site some four years ago. My students and I gave them all of the TLC possible, but it's time the tables go to a better place. My district simply doesn't seem to understand why cooperative group seating and proper tables is a priority. Please help us overcome our dilapidated desk dilemma. Many thanks for your time and consideration.

Mr. Schmidt Bunche Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

150 students impacted 10donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Correll 1 1/4" Thick Activity Table Square 48" Width • SchoolOutfitters.com $109.35 10 $1,093.50

Materials cost

$1,093.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $109.35

Sales tax

 $79.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$1,326.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$291.07

Total project goal

$1,617.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,617.07

7 Donors

-$1,531.76

Donations toward project cost

-$1,326.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$205.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$85.31

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