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Mrs. Kephart from Athens, AL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tables for Fantastic Firsts!

My students need 60" activity tables to enhance our classroom learning experience.

  • $680 goal

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My Students

My firsties are tomorrow's future. They enter "our" classroom community each day with smiles on their faces and ready to learn.

These amazing students are motivated to learn and work cooperatively with each other to become successful, as individuals and as a classroom community.

We are a Title 1 school with a total enrollment of just over 400 children. 67% of our students receive free and/or reduced meals.

Seventeen wonderful students make up our classroom family. Of these students, three receive speech services and one receives special education services. A majority of my students come from low socioeconomic families, and a large percent of them receive free lunch. However, this does not stop my students from becoming excited and eager about learning.

I want to provide a learning environment that will make my students even more eager and excited about learning. The tables will allow me to do just that.

My Project

To enhance classroom learning, I would like to transition to tables instead of desks. There are many reasons the 60" flower activity tables will make a positive impact on student academic progress and learning. First, collaboration is easier. Students are able to sit within close proximity to work together in small groups. Research has shown that collaboration among students is essential to student success.

Collaborative learning allows students with different backgrounds, race, or up bringing to work together.

In order to solve a project's given problem, children need to communicate. Tables take up less space and support a community environment. The extra space is conducive to inquiry-based and hand-on learning. In addition, more space allows for other comfy furniture like bean bags and fun floor type chairs. Tables don't shift and drift apart from one another. This makes the room much quieter. Desks move around the room and create a noisy environment for wiggly first graders. Tables also provide a cleaner environment and promote organization. Students no longer have a desk to just throw things into. The tables force the students to put things in their place. Children don't waste time looking for books, folders, and other materials and you will never find a moldy snack “in” a table. Also, students no longer have a place to hide distracting things they like to play with.

Mrs. Kephart Blue Springs Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Athens, AL 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

17 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TABLE - CS ACTIVITY FLOWER 60 - SPECIFY TOP COLOR - SPECIFY T-MOLD EDGE/UPPER LEG COLOR - SPECIFY TABLE HEIGHT • School Specialty $228.87 2 $457.74
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE LAMINATE TOP COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
GRAY NEBULA (PP) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
22-30 ADJ LEG • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS STANDARD/APOLLO ACTIVITY TABLE MATCHING UPPER LEG/T-MOLD EDGE COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
ROYAL BLUE (PP1) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00

Materials cost

$457.74

Vendor shipping charges

$45.77

Sales tax

$37.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$577.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.95

Total project goal

$679.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$679.64

6 Donors

-$620.81

Donations toward project cost

-$535.19

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.62

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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