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Mrs. San Jose Kelly from Torrance, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Teamwork to Make the Classroom Environment Dream Work!

Help me give my students a backpack cart, AV cart, vacuum cleaner, and other brand new and updated classroom tools to create an even better and cleaner learning environment for a strong start to the next school year!

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My Project

Creating a safe, nurturing, and collaborative classroom environment makes a very big difference in every student's learning experience. These three items: backpack cart, media cart, and vacuum are all vital tools that our classroom needs in order to provide my students with a functional, efficient, and clean space. The dimensions of our classroom have stayed the same since our school doors opened, but teaching and learning has continuously evolved. Gone are the days where students sat on their desks for the entire school day. Now, learning has become more dynamic and interactive. With these changes, our classroom furniture is in desperate need of some upgrades to "get with the times."

With these tools, all of my students will be able to take more accountability and independence with their self-help skills during arrival and dismissal routines, have better access and view of our daily lessons, and more importantly have pride by having a cleaner, healthier, and safer space.

My students are the most flexible students I know. They roll with the punches, and go with the flow. But even if that is the case, they are at their best and thrive most when we have a structured environment that caters to their needs. One of the greatest things about teaching my class is having the opportunity to teach the same students for 3 to 4 years. By helping us fulfill this project, they will be able to make use of this investment for half of their elementary school career!

All of my students come from various home life and living situations, and we have all worked so hard to create a nurturing classroom environment where they can feel safe. I hope that these upgraded items will help us create an even better classroom environment, especially for the new year.

Mrs. San Jose Kelly Halldale Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Torrance, CA 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

17 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC751 - Flex-Space Student Storage Backpack Cart • Lakeshore Learning Materials $899.00 1 $899.00
Norwood Commercial Furniture Adjustable-Height Mobile Black Plastic Utility AV Cart with Power Strip, NOR-OUG1042-SO • Amazon Business $103.23 1 $103.23
Dirt Devil Endura Lite Bagless Vacuum Cleaner, Small Upright for Carpet and Hard Floor, Lightweight, UD20121PC, Red • Amazon Business $54.99 1 $54.99

Materials cost

$1,057.22

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $96.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,199.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$211.73

Total project goal

$1,411.55

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,411.55

13 Donors

-$926.93

Donations toward project cost

-$805.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$121.04

match offer

-$463.47

Match offer toward project cost

-$393.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.18

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 $0.00

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