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Mr. Mark Young from Oklahoma City, OK is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Collaboration Stations

Help me give my students a collaborative classroom to promote teamwork, compromise, responsibility, and self-worth while students complete evidence-based protects that truly support state and national standards and expectations.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Mark Young's classroom raised $965

This project is fully funded

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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

My students have constantly been told they are unable to complete high-level tasks simply due to their demographics and situations. Eventually, they believe it themselves. Students need teachers who believe in them enough to make available the opportunities to problem-solve, to defend their own individual thoughts, to be accountable to themselves and to others, to do more than just be hand-fed information to be recalled later.

I want for my students these "collaboration stations" to make history more alive and meaningful to them because history was made more personal for them by involving them.

They would have to consider every choice and thought and opinion and base them solely from factual evidence. They would have to learn that their are multiple points of view to the same event as well as multiple interpretations of an event, place, or person, which means they would learn to debate in civil manners, make compromises, and/or realize neither person or group will change their opinion but still choose to remain civil and respectful in spite of differing opinions. Their self-worth and self-esteem are continually increased as they are enabled to share their own ideas and thoughts and be included in a team where each member has a task.

Trying to group old-style elementary desks and chairs doesn't work for this generation. Early-learning grades have new tables and chairs for group work, but intermediate and middle school classrooms seem to always be given the "leftovers". If collaborative classrooms are truly desired, collaborative furniture is a great necessity in order to make this happen. These "collaboration stations" (tables and chairs)will help make history and social studies more memorable instead of a class to dread. Thank you.

Mr. Mark Young Jefferson Middle School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oklahoma City, OK View local requests

Nearly all 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
Tatub Bar Table and Chairs Set of 4, 5 Piece Counter Height High Breakfast Table Chairs Set of 4 for Dining Room, Brown • Amazon Business $179.99 4 $719.96

Materials cost

$719.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $58.68

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$819.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.61

Total project goal

$964.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $964.05

1 Donor

-$611.94

Donations toward project cost

-$585.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$275.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$233.75

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$77.11

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 $0.00

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