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Mrs. Castro from Toppenish WA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Circle Cushions for the Love of Reading!

Help me give my students comfortable and bright seat cushions in our Library while learning to love reading.

  • 4 donors
  • $312 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Project

I am moving into a Library/Social Skills Teaching position for the 24-25 school year. I am excited and want my scholars to be excited and love reading as much as I do. I will be opening our library before school starts in the morning and at lunch recesses so that students can come in and read if they choose. Our library is very large and very well lit so I would like to leave several of the lights off and use strings of lights, lamps, and the tree of lights to help give off a warm atmosphere.

Getting comfortable, by sitting on or using the cushion as a head rest, while enjoying a good book will help scholars engage with the book they are reading and will hopefully encourage them to read for longer periods of time.

My goal is to get students back to reading and carrying a book around.

Thank you for your consideration in donating to this project for cushions and materials so that our library can be a place students want to be, with a book in their hand.

Mrs. Castro
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Timgle 25 Pcs Floor Cushions for Classroom 15 Inch Flexible Seating Bulk Foam Floor Seats Pillows Portable Classroom Seating with Handles for Kids Student Adult Daycare School Home Learning (Round) • Amazon Business $124.99 1 $124.99
dalattin Led Lights for Bedroom 200ft, Smart Led Strip Lights with App Control Remote, RGB LED Light Strips, 24V Led Strip Lights for Room Decoration Party,Easter Decor(2 Rolls of 100ft) • Amazon Business $25.98 2 $51.96
LUYOEXT Willow Vine Lights, 8 Flash Model Twinkling Tree, 8.5ft Flexible Wall Tree Lights for Living Room Bedroom Decorations, 160 LEDs Lighted Tree Branch Lights for Wall Corner Decor • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
14 Pieces Growth Mindset Classroom Banner Inspirational Bulletin Board Poster Motivational Educational Classroom Decor Colorful Mindset Motivational Wall Banners for Teacher Student School Education • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$212.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$264.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$46.72

Total project goal

$311.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$311.47

4 Donors

-$311.47

Donations toward project cost

-$264.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.72

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$0.00

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Project Activity

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