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Ms. Sheck from Brooklyn, NY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Safe Space for the Tears and Fears

Help me give my students a safe space! These students need a counseling room that looks and feels like they are safe and supported. Counseling and mental health are already stigmatized in the community, so let's change that!

  • $824 goal

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My Students

Our school is considered a Title I school, with many students living way below the poverty line and many parents holding 2 or 3 jobs, and with 93 % of our kids receiving free lunch. These kids go through more than any adults should have to and yet they are 5yrs-12yrs old.

These kids are resilient yet remain kind and caring, they are leaders who want to learn.

They take care of one another and protect one another and are brilliant while they face tremendous challenges.

My Project

Creating a safe space is not easy nor cheap, but it's important. Elementary school kids are largely visual hence my desire to make the counseling office warm and welcoming. This community has a long lastly stigmatization of mental health and working to change that starts with the young ones!

Children need a bean bag chair to feel hugged when they feel like they are being picked on, children need to use finger paint to practice mindfulness so that they can identify feelings and relate it to behavior.

The school, once the largest in the district and one of the oldest in the city, has seen its population drop, mostly due to gentrification and competition with the many charter schools in the area and a prestigious private school across the street. However, education was supposed to be fair and equal therefore I plan on bringing this school back to life with updates for these kids, starting with a safe space in a cold unfair world.

Ms. Sheck PS 3 Bedford Village Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

430 students impacted 19donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CARPET ENVIRONMENTAL HELPERS 7 FT 7 IN ROUND • School Specialty $333.17 1 $333.17
SOFTSCAPE DEW DROP BEAN BAG CHAIR - SPECIFY • School Specialty $61.57 1 $61.57
SE202 - Kinetic Sensory Sand - 11-Pound Bag • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
BEANBAG CHAIR ADULT SIZE - SELECT COLOR • School Specialty $49.67 1 $49.67
BEANBAG CHAIR ADULT SIZE - SELECT COLOR • School Specialty $49.67 1 $49.67
PP670 - Foam Sensory Paint - Set of 5 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
EXPLORE EMOTIONS PHOTO CARDS - SET OF 24 • School Specialty $18.95 1 $18.95
BOARD GAME EMOTION-OES • School Specialty $9.22 1 $9.22
POSTER BARKER CREEK MINDFULNESS 8X10 IN SET OF 4 • School Specialty $5.18 1 $5.18
POSTER BARKER CREEK THOUGHTFULNESS 8X10 IN SET OF 4 • School Specialty $5.18 1 $5.18
TRICOLOR (TR) - BROWN SALES • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - BROWN SALES BEANBAG COLOR CHOICES • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
EARTHTONE (ET) - ECR4KIDS • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
ECR4KIDS CLASSIC BEAN BAG • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
YELLOW (YE) - BROWN SALES • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - BROWN SALES BEANBAG COLOR CHOICES • School Specialty $0.00 1 $0.00

Materials cost

$607.59

Vendor shipping charges

 $53.26

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$699.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$123.52

Total project goal

$823.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $823.48

10 Donors

-$726.42

Donations toward project cost

-$636.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.21

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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