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Mr. Morton-Newman from Studio City, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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21st Century 1st-Grade Seating

Help me give my students these trapezoid collaborative tables.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Morton-Newman's classroom raised $3,677

This project is fully funded

My Project

I recently made the switch from teaching 3rd grade to 1st grade for the first time in 15 years. As a 3rd grade teacher, I frequently used flexible seating (4 octagonal tables that seated six students each). This was a remarkable way to group students and allowed for academic differentiation and socialization that was vital for a well-rounded academic year. Now, switching classrooms, I no longer have these tables available to me. I currently have a classroom with only one table ... the table that I am requesting four more of to make it a uniform classroom set.

Meeting the needs of my new first-grade students is imperative, and the flexibility of these desks will go a long way for me to achieve this goal.

In addition to flexible seating being vital to my classroom management, these desks go one step further by allowing easy movement and varying configurations, all without sacrificing quality.

I am hoping to pioneer this type of seating at my school in my new grade level, as I have seen how effective it has been for me and my colleagues in 3rd grade.

I am hoping this project allows the students in our classroom to realize what I already know ... that First Grade is #1, not just in number order, but in classroom experience as well.

Mr. Morton-Newman Carpenter Community Charter School Grades PreK-2 Studio City, CA View local requests 24 students impacted 26donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flex-Space Mobile Trapezoid Table - Maple • Lakeshore Learning Materials $669.00 4 $2,676.00

Materials cost

$2,676.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $133.80

Sales tax

 $244.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$40.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,124.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$551.43

Total project goal

$3,676.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $3,676.22

25 Donors

-$3,626.22

Donations toward project cost

-$3,124.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$501.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$50.00

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