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Ms. Oliver from Strong, AR is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Nook Furnishings

Help me give my students comfy bean bag chairs and teacher stool for our reading circle center!

  • $498 goal

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My Students

We're fighting a culture war here. The rural area we live in has the typical problems that come for inter-generational poverty, but we are opening a window to the world through literature that has resulted in children whose parents and grandparents never pursued education beyond high school wanting to attend college.

The majority of my students are impoverished.

Many of them are living in single parent or grandparent households. They often do not have even basic school supplies. They do not own books of their own, unless they have had them as gifts or prizes from school. Many of them do not have internet access at home and are at a disadvantage not only when doing school work because of that, but also when it comes to cultural and geographic exposure.

My Project

We already do reading circles wherein students participate in small group discussion of book team selections weekly, but currently, that means sitting on the floor on a throw rug donated by a parent or moving desks and chairs around. We'd like to have some comfy bean bag chairs, not only for this center, but also so that I can offer students a "reward" of independent reading time over in the reading center area on days when they have completed classwork or quizzes efficiently.

We want students to learn that reading is a worthy and fun activity that can and should replace time spent scrolling through social media sites and playing video games.

To help with that, we have developed a program giving students in our high school English classes, where students are presented with a "book talk" about several books, and then they are allowed to choose both which book they read and which "book team" they work with and the teams set their own independent reading schedules, create their own discussion questions, and conduct weekly book team discussions, with the teacher acting as a moderator and facilitator for the meetings.

Ms. Oliver Strong High School Grades 9-12

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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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Strong, AR 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

80 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flash Furniture Cotton Twill Bean Bag Chair, Navy Blue (DGBEANSMSLDBL) • Quill.com $74.69 4 $298.76
Flash Furniture Leather/Faux Leather Backless Stool, Black (BT-191-1-GG) • Quill.com $59.39 1 $59.39

Materials cost

$358.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $29.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$423.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.66

Total project goal

$497.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $497.73

2 Donors

-$214.41

Donations toward project cost

-$213.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

match offer

-$246.36

Match offer toward project cost

-$209.41

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$36.95

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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