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Mrs. Athearn from Scarborough, ME is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Comfortable Carpet for the STEM Lab

Help me give my students a large and bright 9ft X 12ft area rug to provide a comfortable floor working area for our STEM lab.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Athearn's classroom raised $661

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My Students

I teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) to third and fourth graders in a vibrant, coastal, suburban community in Scarborough, Maine. My students are kind, welcoming, and tolerant character-driven individuals. My school leaders, fellow teachers, and families value education, and together we are all eager to provide rigorous and innovative learning opportunities for our students and children. We all come from diverse backgrounds but share a common thread of community and school pride. My students participate in numerous co-curricular clubs, sports, and service groups and represent what it means to be truly well-rounded.

My Project

My student engineers, computer scientists, and 3D designers need a large area rug in our STEM lab to provide a comfortable floor space to spread out to work. The floor in our STEM lab is tiled and students often like to work on coding or Lego robotics on the floor. In addition to using the rug as a flexible seating area for our STEM workshops, I will use the rug to gather my youngest 3rd and 4th graders for mini-lessons at the board during whole-group instructional time.

The large 9ft by 12ft area rug will provide enough room for my smallest students to sit socially distanced apart, but also directly in front of the board during lessons instead of sitting at their desks that must be in rows forcing some students to sit much too far away from where instruction and learning are taking place.

Mrs. Athearn Wentworth Intermediate School Grades 3-5 Scarborough, ME View local requests 300 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA952 A Place for Everyone Classroom Carpet for 30 Kids 9 x 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00

Materials cost

$499.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.95

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$561.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.08

Total project goal

$660.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $660.51

7 Donors

-$539.45

Donations toward project cost

-$477.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.17

match offer

-$99.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.85

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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