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Mrs. Mullinax from Gastonia, NC is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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You've Got Mail! Help My Kindergarteners Build Independence

Help me give my students individual student mailboxes to create an organized, engaging, and developmentally appropriate learning environment. Classroom mailboxes provide students with a designated space for important papers, completed work, and family communication.

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Mrs. Mullinax Brookside Elementary School
Gastonia, NC Grades PreK-2

My Project

Our kindergarten classroom is seeking funding to purchase individual student mailboxes to create an organized, engaging, and developmentally appropriate learning environment. Classroom mailboxes provide students with a designated space for important papers, completed work, family communication, and special notes from teachers. These mailboxes help young learners develop responsibility, independence, and organizational skills that will benefit them throughout their educational journey.

Need for the Project

Kindergarten students are just beginning to learn organizational habits and personal responsibility. Currently, distributing student work and communication materials takes valuable instructional time and often results in misplaced papers. Individual mailboxes would provide each child with a consistent place to receive and store materials.

By having their own mailbox, students learn to:

Take responsibility for their belongings

Practice organizational skills

Follow classroom routines independently

Develop confidence and ownership of their work

Strengthen home-school communication

These foundational skills are essential for student success both in kindergarten and beyond.

Project Goals

The classroom mailboxes will:

Promote student independence by allowing children to retrieve and manage their own materials.

Improve classroom organization and efficiency.

Increase instructional time by streamlining the distribution of student work and communications.

Strengthen family engagement by ensuring important papers are sent home consistently.

Foster responsibility and accountability in young learners.

Implementation Plan

The mailboxes will be assembled and labeled with student names at the beginning of the school year. Students will be taught procedures for checking their mailboxes daily as part of our classroom routine. Mailboxes will be used for:

Take-home folders

Student work

Parent communication

Classroom newsletters

Special recognition notes and certificates

Students will check their mailboxes at the end of each school day, reinforcing responsibility and organizational habits.

Thank you for investing in our young learners and helping us build a classroom where every child can thrive.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

24 students impacted 1 donor
Mrs. Mullinax Brookside Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Gastonia, NC 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

24 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Really Good Stuff Plastic Tray - 1 Tray • Amazon Business $10.99 27 $296.73
Really Good Stuff Mail Center – 1 Black Classroom or Home Literature Organizer with 27 Slots – Keep Your Classroom, Office, or Distance Learning Space Organized, Durable, Easy Assembly • Amazon Business $266.55 1 $266.55

Materials cost

$563.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$645.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.94

Total project goal

$759.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $759.61

1 Donor

-$759.61

Donations toward project cost

-$645.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$113.94

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