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Ms. Sweeney from San Diego, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Place For Readers to Read!

My students need a comfortable and supportive place to sit and learn how to read alongside their peers in a guided reading setting.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sweeney's classroom raised $946

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are excited, ambitious, and curious about the world around them. They always have a question to ask or a story to tell. My students are a diverse group of eager kindergarteners: ethnically, culturally, economically, and academically. I am a teacher at an International Baccalaureate school where students are exposed to a second language, art, music, gardening, technology, and character studies.

Did you love kindergarten?

Well my students do. They are excited and ready to learn. One thing we do each and every day is guided reading. We are looking for a comfortable table to sit around where students can enjoy reading, learn sight words, and talk about books.

My Project

The guided reading table will be used daily for reading groups, math groups, small writing groups, and one on one support for struggling students. This table will serve as the center spot for the classroom where students know that the work they are doing is special and important to their learning.

Your generous donation to our project will improve our kindergarten classroom by giving students a special place to learn to read all of the amazing books in our library.

Kindergarten students need a quiet place to practice the skills that they are learning in reading, writing, and math. This table will change our classroom for the better by giving us a wonderful place to learn and grow.

Ms. Sweeney Alice Birney Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

San Diego, CA View local requests

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

25 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CN411 - 48" x 72" Teaching Table • Lakeshore Learning Materials $349.00 1 $349.00
CR124BU - Wobble Chair - Blue - 14" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 2 $139.98
CR124RD - Wobble Chair - Red - 14" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 2 $139.98
CR124GR - Wobble Chair - Green - 14" • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 1 $69.99

Materials cost

$698.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $63.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$803.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.77

Total project goal

$945.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $945.15

12 Donors

-$682.39

Donations toward project cost

-$588.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.54

match offer

-$252.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$214.53

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.37

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 $0.00

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