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Mrs. Merlos from Kansas City KS is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Crafty, Sanitary & Organized

Help me give my students glue and wipes for daily use and a storage cart for faster and easy access to reading and math centers.

  • $176 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 Students

My kindergarten students are creative, confident and bring happiness to the classroom! Many of our students are ESL and live in a high needs area. Though many are starting their learning journey, I can see their desire to grow in their intellectual and social skills.

I'm excited to see that my students are embracing our classroom diversity and learning atmosphere!

They arrive to school with open minds and a contagious smile. I can't wait to see how much they will grow as learners and citizens this year!

My Project

This year, our school supply list was shortened leaving many of our daily use materials out. In kindergarten, we go through supplies pretty fast because we have lots of cutting and gluing practice. In addition to our learning, we also try to keep up with our tables' cleanliness, so both of these will fulfill our crafty and sanitary needs in Kindergarten!

When it comes to reading and math centers, organization is key in our classroom.

Instead of having tubs throughout our room, I would like for our center materials to be in one central location, and the storage cart will do just that!

Mrs. Merlos
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Staples 6 Drawers Durable Storage Cart, Black/Clear (116862) • Staples Advantage $54.99 1 $54.99
Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Lemon and Lime Blossom, 80/Canister, 4/Pack (1920090641) • Staples Advantage $15.69 2 $31.38
Elmer's All Purpose School Glue Sticks, 0.24 Oz., 60/Pack (E501) • Staples Advantage $23.29 1 $23.29

Materials cost

$109.66

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$7.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$149.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.30

Total project goal

$175.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$175.33

1 Donor

-$87.66

Donations toward project cost

-$74.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.15

match offer

-$87.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.15

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$0.00

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