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Ms. Salvanti from Staten Island NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bouncing Out of the Old and Into the New!

Help me give my students the comfort of learning. Help me throw away the old views of a traditional classroom, and bring on the new out-of-the-box (no pun intended) classroom comfort!

  • $766 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are so inspiring! They come with a wide range of developmental delays but believe me, there are no delays in their love of learning! Despite their battles against poverty and special needs, these kids are ready to take on the world and I’m ready to show them the way!

My upcoming class is a small self-contained group of 12.

It is a bridge class, which means it will consist of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade students. Most importantly, these kids are amazingly eager to learn and grow, and I’m so excited to provide the environment they need to do so!

My Project

Like most of us, my students struggle sitting in their seats for extended periods of time. However, just because we’re restricted to one room all day, doesn’t mean we have to be restricted to one seat all day! I would love to provide my students with the option of alternative seating. I’ve participated and witnessed Flexible Seating and it works! Funding for this project will help me bring fun and comfy seating choices to all my students. Let’s get rid of the dreaded traditional classroom (we’ve all been there.. 😴😴😴 ) and bring on the new, comfy learning environment!

Ms. Salvanti
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC680 - Flex-Space Round Floor Table - 42" Diameter • Lakeshore Learning Materials $279.00 1 $279.00
LA486DC - Flex-Space 22" Balance Ball Seat Bundle - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $142.44 1 $142.44
LC405GR - Flex-Space Comfy Floor Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $54.99 2 $109.98
LC573BU - Flex-Space Big Beanbag Seat - Blue (30") • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99

Materials cost

$611.41

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$650.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.81

Total project goal

$765.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$765.39

2 Donors

-$458.00

Donations toward project cost

-$389.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.70

match offer

-$307.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$261.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.11

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$0.00

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