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Ms. Smith from Philadelphia, PA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Table Talk

Help me give my students a table to work at, chairs and a rug!

  • $1,568 goal

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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 Students

I am an English as a Second Language teacher and Literacy Coach at a Title I school with almost 70% English language learners. We work in the oldest elementary school in the city and our classroom needs some love and functionality. I share a classroom with 3 teachers and we want to make our environment safe, clean and inviting to our students. We need a table, chairs and rug to support our students' learning and as a meeting space for teachers during common planning time.

My students are from all over the world - Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Burma, Malaysia, Mexico, Africa, the Dominican Republic, Pakistan, and Nepal.

My students are refugees and immigrants who are learning English and love to come to school! They deserve a space that supports their learning and allows them to collaborate and grow. Teachers need a space to meet and develop skills with colleagues.

My Project

We need a table and chairs for our children to work and play. We don't have a workspace where friends can collaborate and complete their school work. Students will use this space to complete assignments and teachers will use this table when we have a professional development or common planning time.

The rug will be used to beautify the space and will also support multisensory learning of the alphabet.

Children can move to a letter when the teacher produces the sound or ask a child to identify a letter name by standing on the correct grapheme.

Ms. Smith Francis Scott Key Elementary School 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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Philadelphia, PA 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

75 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Berries Plastic Chair w/ Chrome Legs Seat Height: 18", Chair Colors: Yellow 007 • Teachers' School Supply $74.20 8 $593.60
Berries Prism Rectangle Activity Table Table Size: 30" W x 72" L, Table Color: Yellow-007, Table Height: 24"-31" Adult (A) • Teachers' School Supply $350.00 1 $350.00
Montessori Alphabet Classroom Rug Shape: Oval, Rug Dimensions: 5 4" W X 7' 8" L • Teachers' School Supply $213.80 1 $213.80

Materials cost

$1,157.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $127.31

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,332.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$235.07

Total project goal

$1,567.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,567.14

12 Donors

-$774.74

Donations toward project cost

-$673.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.21

match offer

-$774.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$658.54

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$116.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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 $0.00

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