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Mr. Sproles from Indianapolis, IN is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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STEM Classroom Furniture: Collaborative Furniture and Creative Design Spaces

Help me give my students a transformed STEM classroom and maker space with updated furniture, whiteboard tables, and flexible seating to inspire collaboration, creativity, and innovation for our future leaders!

  • $17,143 goal

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Mr. Sproles has another project! Donate to Seats for Success: Because Big Thinking Needs a Good Chair to help his classroom.

$16,884 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Mr. Sproles

Mr. Sproles has another project! Donate to Seats for Success: Because Big Thinking Needs a Good Chair to help his classroom.

$16,884 - complete this project and be a hero

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

My Project

To truly inspire and support my students, I want to create a space that works as hard as they do: flexible, durable, and built for collaboration. Help transform our STEM classroom into a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative learning space! With your support, we’ll upgrade our room with flexible furniture and design tools that empower our students to think critically, work creatively, and collaborate effectively.

Students desreve a space that reflects their potential and helps them thrive.

When students step into my STEM room, they become builders, dreamers, and doers, not just passive learners. The rolling butcher block tables with pegboard storage will provide durable, mobile workstations perfect for hands-on STEM projects, engineering challenges, and group problem-solving. Soft, flexible seating options will create flexible learning zones where students can brainstorm, collaborate, or focus independently. Adding whiteboard paper to existing tables will turn them into design stations, allowing students to sketch, solve problems, and refine ideas directly at their workspace.

Our goal is to create a space that fosters creativity, teamwork, and real-world problem-solving. These upgrades will inspire our primarily BIPOC and ENL students to embrace STEM learning and explore exciting career pathways.

Your donation will empower our diverse group of learners — future engineers, scientists, and innovators — to dream big, think boldly, and work collaboratively to tackle challenges in their own neighborhood. Together, let’s build a classroom that sparks curiosity and prepares students for a brighter future!

Mr. Sproles William Penn Middle School 49 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Indianapolis, IN 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

150 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
MooreCo Compass Makerspace 72 Table with Butcher Block Beige/Platinum (91696-B-BUTCHER) • Staples $1,381.79 8 $11,054.32
Lakeshore Flex-Space Comfy Hex Lounge Seat - Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 5 $995.00
Lakeshore Flex-Space Comfy Hex Lounge Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 5 $995.00
Lakeshore Flex-Space Comfy Hex Lounge Seat - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 5 $995.00
Post-it Super Sticky Dry Erase Surface - Roll, 3 ft x 4 ft • Blick Art Materials $46.68 3 $140.04

Materials cost

$14,179.36

Vendor shipping charges

$149.25

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$212.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$14,571.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$2,571.41

Total project goal

$17,142.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$17,142.71

4 Donors

-$8,643.86

Donations toward project cost

-$7,347.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1,296.58

match offer

-$8,498.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$7,224.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1,274.83

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$0.00

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