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Mrs. Talsky from Redwood City CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calm Carpet Colors Allow For a Calm Successful Day

Help me give my students a new, calm, and colorful classroom meeting carpet

  • $659 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The students in my room hold a very special place in my heart. Their families have taken the important step towards allowing them to learn through a nontraditional setting. We learn through hands-on activities and project-based learning.

I teach at a small community charter school where 80% of the students are English Language Learners and have low Social economic status.

We have one class per grade level and do our best to collaborate with both the upper and lower grades. Approximately 14% of our school population is classified as special education. We are an incredibly diverse class filled with caring hearts and excited smiles. I love my class and hope to make this year a memorable one.

My Project

Our class carpet is the focal point of our classroom. It is where we begin and end each day within first grade. It is where we gather for a story. It is where we learn to read, write, perform math tasks, and discuss our emotions.

We use our carpet every single day.

Our current carpet has been in my room for over 7 years. It has served its purpose but has definitely seen better days.

This year, I would love to bring a fresh carpet into the room. I would especially enjoy having this carpet because it has calming colors that would support my students that are overstimulated easily. It also allows each child to have a clearly distinguished individual safe space. It would allow all students to focus on our tasks and grow as learners.

Mrs. Talsky
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
PP309 - Calming Colors® A Place for Everyone Carpet for 30 Kids - 9' x 12' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $479.00 1 $479.00

Materials cost

$479.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$43.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$560.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.83

Total project goal

$658.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$658.84

6 Donors

-$576.82

Donations toward project cost

-$490.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.52

match offer

-$82.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$69.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.30

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$0.00

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