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

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Sparking Joy by Getting Organized!

Help me give my students a safe and organized environment to learn and play with a storage cabinet and a storage cubby unit!

  • $886 goal

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Help Ms. Lesley

Ms. Lesley has another project! Donate to Move! Learn! Explore! Experience! Play! to help her classroom.

$224 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I work with special education and general education preschoolers. I work with these students individually, in small groups and during whole group lessons with their classroom teachers.

My students have various speech and language disabilities that impact their ability to communicate.

Some of my students are completely nonverbal and rely on pointing/gesturing and crying to tell me their wants and needs. As you can imagine this can be extremely frustrating for these little learners; it also makes it difficult for them to participate during the school day. This year I have many students with sensory needs who require individual materials for safety (because of Covid).

My students range from age 2-4. I work with a team to best support their education. I believe in learning through play, especially with these young learners. Not only do my students love to play, they love dancing to music, reading books and any interactive technology that is available to them.

This year I am working in a small space with 3 other speech providers who see students individually and in groups. We are hoping to upgrade our space to create a safe, organized and fun environment for our students to learn.

My Project

These two shelving units will help my students have greater access to a wide variety of toys and materials by getting them out of storage bins stacked in a corner and covered by a sheet.

We believe in teaching students in a safe, language-rich and organized environment that give students a chance to lead their own play.

The storage units give the opportunity for students to choose from a variety of play materials that are currently unavailable in our speech room due to a lack of furniture.

In our speech room we provide speech/language services to preschoolers with a wide variety of needs, cognitive levels, linguistic levels and goals. It has been challenging to have enough space for the amount of toys/materials required to address all of these differentiated needs. Having these 2 storage units will make a big difference to our students and the speech providers in my room!

Thank you so much in advance for your time and generosity.

Ms. Lesley Rose Hill Pre-K Center Webster Avenue Grades PreK-2

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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Bronx, NY View local requests

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

60 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DG116 - Heavy-Duty Safety Storage Cabinet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00
ECR4Kids-ELR-17253 Natural Birch Hardwood 8 Compartment Backpack Storage Cubby Unit • Amazon Business $213.02 1 $213.02

Materials cost

$712.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$752.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.83

Total project goal

$885.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $885.53

11 Donors

-$654.37

Donations toward project cost

-$557.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.91

match offer

-$229.71

Match offer toward project cost

-$195.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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