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Ms. Schaeffer from Lake Worth FL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Comfy Carpeting

My students need a carpet for a new, safe, clean space to meet and learn.

  • $488 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

With every new school year comes a new group of unique learners. I am going into my seventh year teaching and every year I get just as excited to meet my new students!

"Children need a classroom environment they can understand and trust." -Responsive Classroom

Challenges excite me. Diverse learners excite me. Unique personalities excite me. It's not easy, but I love making my classroom a safe space for my students to learn to love school, achieve goals and feel successful.

My Project

Most of our lessons are focused around our classroom carpet. Being in a culturally diverse Title 1 school, we start our days with "morning meeting." This is the time we come together to greet each other, discuss our feelings, clear our minds of clutter and set our learning goals for the day. In addition, our reading lessons all take place in this central learning location. It's also used through out the day for a flexible seating option during most other subject areas. This carpet is where you'll find my first graders "acting out" their fiction texts or reading to a buddy. This carpet is where you'll hear students thinking aloud or turning and talking with a partner.

Ms. Schaeffer
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC697 - Flex-Space A Place for Everyone Carpet for 20 Kids - 8' x 9' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $379.00 1 $379.00

Materials cost

$379.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.18

Total project goal

$487.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $487.86

8 Donors

-$480.80

Donations toward project cost

-$414.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.06

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 $0.00

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