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Ms. Elyse from Reno, NV is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Beautiful Classroom Library

Help me give my students beautiful wooden shelves for our wonderful books and quiet fidgets for our peace corner.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Elyse's classroom raised $281

This project is fully funded

My Project

We are a public Montessori school offering high-quality Montessori education for free to students of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. One of the pillars of Montessori education is creating a beautiful environment where students are inspired to learn.

We have wonderful books in our classroom library that cover a wide-range of topics and genres.

Our non-fiction books are engaging in the cultural areas of social studies and all the sciences. Our novels vary in topics and reading levels to reflect the diverse background of my students. Our bookshelves, on the other hand a VERY well0oved and falling apart. We need new shelves!

Also, we have a quiet corner in our library for students to go when they are feeling stress or upset for any reason. It's a calming space and we would like to have some fidgets and sensory options to help students find peace and return to work.

Our wonderful books need shelves that reflect their quality and my students will benefit from a variety of sensory tools in our library corner to help self-regulate. Beautiful shelves and a quiet reflection corner will make our classroom library a place where students can find the books to inspire them and peace when they need it.

Ms. Elyse High Desert Montessori School Silverada Campus Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sauder Miscellaneous Storage 5 Bookcase/Book Shelf, L: 35.28" x W: 13.23" x H: 69.76, Lintel Oak • Amazon Business $167.99 1 $167.99
20 PCS Multicolored Quiet Fidgets Toys for Unique Fidget Experience, Anti Anxiety Sensory Toys Combine into New Shapes, Brain Imagination Tools, Relax Therapy Educational Toy for Kids Boys Adults • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
3 Pack Calming Liquid Motion Bubbler, Hourglass Type Bubbler Timer Sensory Toys for Children with Autism Toys for Children and Adults with Autism and Anxiety Relax and Calm Down School Office Toys • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Stretchy Strings Sensory Toys - Easter Basket Stuffers for Kids, Quiet Fidget Toys, Classroom Rewards for Students, Stress Relief Calming Toys, Stretchy Toy for Hand Therapy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$204.96

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$238.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.01

Total project goal

$280.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$280.04

2 Donors

-$138.82

Donations toward project cost

-$119.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.80

match offer

-$140.01

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.20

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$0.00

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