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Mrs. Carrie Wan from Van Nuys, CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Collaborate Tables

Help me give my students the new tables they need to learn without hitting their knees or giving them splinters!

  • $702 goal

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My Project

I am a veteran 7th and 10th grade World History teacher, but also an Academic Decathlon & Academic Pentathlon coach. Many students are struggling emotionally and socially with coming back to school and learning the new normal. Most of our students are also on free and/or reduced-price lunches. I want to do my best to show students how much their work means to me as a teacher and as their coach.

I want to support my students by giving them a welcoming and comfortable environment that will help them do their best in class, so this means getting new student tables.

My students and I need new tables because these are cracked, chipped, and scratched so much that cleaning them with a disinfecting wipe has given me many splinters. They are also not necessarily built for high school students. They have a bar underneath the table textbook spaces, but many students hit their knees on the bar because their chairs are too high for the table and they are taller than the table allows. (You can see the tables in my classroom photo, but these were students in the 7th grade and my high school students find them too small).

Thank you in advance for your help with this project. We have so many wonderful devices in the classroom to be up-to-date (Promethean Board, Chromebooks, online textbooks) but to then have students sit at tables that are too old, dirty, and small means that something is lacking. My students should feel that they have all the support they need. Thank you for helping them!

Mrs. Carrie Wan Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12 School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Van Nuys, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Need Computer Desk, 47 inch Home Office Desk, Modern Simple Style Home Office Gaming Desk, Basic Writing Table for Study Student, Black Metal Frame, Walnut • Amazon Business $85.36 6 $512.16

Materials cost

$512.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $46.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$596.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.30

Total project goal

$702.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $702.00

1 Donor

-$702.00

Donations toward project cost

-$596.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.30

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