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Ms. Shaw from Syracuse NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building a Multicultural Library with Flex Seating

Help me give my students an engaging multicultural library space with flex seating!

  • $781 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are amazing! I teach ENL (English as a New Language) and my students are from all across the world! Some countries represented in my classroom are Nepal, Burma, Somalia, Kenya, and Syria. My students are smart, resilient, compassionate and community activists! In my classroom, we not only focus on language development but also social justice.

My Project

I would love to have a space in my classroom where students can read and see books with main characters who look like them. I want to create an environment where students ask to read and want to read books where they can see themselves in them. I have many books that represent my class such as "The Name Jar", "To Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World", "Eyes that Kiss the Corners", "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut", "Halal Hot Dogs", "The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family" and "Drawn Together", but now I want a physical space in my classroom designated to reading these books and exploring identity and diversity.

Ms. Shaw
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DG245 HelpYourself HeavyDuty Bookstand 4Foot Wide • Lakeshore Learning Materials $369.00 1 $369.00
LC405GR FlexSpace Comfy Floor Seat Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 3 $179.97
LC529RG FlexSpace Balance Ball Seat 22 Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 3 $74.97

Materials cost

$623.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$663.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.05

Total project goal

$780.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $780.35

5 Donors

-$442.68

Donations toward project cost

-$376.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.40

match offer

-$337.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$287.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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