You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Porter from Chilton WI is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Ditch the Desks for the Write Way to Learn

Help me give my students a more creative, social and industrious writing workspace.

  • $4,036 goal

This project expired on May 23, 2020.

This project expired on May 23, 2020.

My Students

My students love to be fed so I frequently "bribe" them with home-baked goodies. Once their work is done, they will even ditch the computer games for a llama puzzle or a spirited game of "Apples to Apples". They love to sprawl out on the floor with a book and will sometimes fight for the two coveted "table spots".

My students are industrious, but also VERY social.

I know they appreciate the environment of creativity and open discussion of ideas I foster in my classroom and I want to give them a classroom that reflects their personalities and fosters their creativity and social natures.

I teach all high school grade levels, from freshmen English to AP Language and Dual Credit Communication classes.

My Project

Good things happen around tables. Think about it; eating, doing puzzles, playing games and collaborating all typically happen around tables. In my classroom, however, I have desks. I have tried to emulate tables but arranging then into "pods" of 3-4 desks, but it's not the same. This year I added a table on which I always have a puzzle available for students to work on, but then if they want to play a game or work together on a project they have to sit on the floor, or cobble together several desks. It's unnatural.

With so much of our work in the writing class on the computer, I find tables to be an important physical, mental and social alternative to desks.

Tables encourage more creativity and social interaction, both of which are very important for the writing classroom. I chose the tables with the whiteboard tops to maximize collaboration and encourage brainstorming, the sharing of ideas, and just more creative communication. Right now I have a "POSiTivITy wall on which students can write encouraging "POST IT" notes to each other. My hope is that the writable table tops will encourage more of the same.

Overall this is just flex-seating that provides students with options; but with so much more emphasis being placed on mental health and student stress levels, constructing a more inviting environment in which students have some choice and more opportunities for creative outlets makes a lot of sense. This project will benefit both my current and future students.

Ms. Porter
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Porter is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
TABLE - CLASSROOM SELECT ACTIVITY ROUND 60 - MARKERBOARD TOP - BLACK LOCKEDGE/UPPER LEG - SPECIFY TABLE HEIGHT • School Specialty $342.97 3 $1,028.91
TABLE - CLASSROOM SELECT ACTIVITY RECTANGLE 30X60 - MARKERBOARD TOP - BLACK LOCKEDGE/UPPER LEG - SPECIFY TABLE HEIGHT • School Specialty $223.97 3 $671.91
CHAIR - CS CONTEMPORARY FOUR LEG - SOFT PLASTIC SHELL 18 A+ - CHROME FRAME - SPECIFY SHELL COLOR - SPECIFY GLIDE • School Specialty $34.97 12 $419.64
CHAIR - CS CONTEMPORARY FOUR LEG - SOFT PLASTIC SHELL 18 - CHROME FRAME - SPECIFY SHELL COLOR - SPECIFY GLIDE • School Specialty $32.17 12 $386.04
DESK - 34-42 HEIGHT GRADE 5-12 - DESK FOR 2 - BLACK FRAME - 24X48 • School Specialty $335.97 1 $335.97
STOOL - CS CONTEMPORARY SWIVEL - SOFT PLASTIC SHELL 18 - CHROME FRAME - 23.5-32.5 ADJ HEIGHT - SPECIFY SHELL COLOR - NYLON GLIDES • School Specialty $103.57 2 $207.14
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 3 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS CONTEMPORARY A/A+ SHELL COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
STEEL (PP) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS TRAD/CONT/NEOCLASS/ROYAL STANDARD GLIDE OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
IMPERIAL (NAVY BLUE) - POLY SEAT COLOR - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS CONTEMPORARY A/A+ SHELL COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
STEEL (PP) - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS TRAD/CONT/NEOCLASS/ROYAL STANDARD GLIDE OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
IMPERIAL (NAVY BLUE) - POLY SEAT COLOR - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 12 $0.00
22-30 ADJ LEG • School Specialty $0.00 3 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS ACTIVITY TABLE ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 3 $0.00
IMPERIAL (NAVY BLUE) - POLY SEAT COLOR - CLASSROOM SELECT • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00
22-30 ADJ LEG • School Specialty $0.00 3 $0.00
OPTION CLASS - CS CONTEMPORARY SWIVEL STOOL SHELL COLOR OPTION • School Specialty $0.00 2 $0.00

Materials cost

$3,049.61

Vendor shipping charges

$304.96

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$45.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$3,430.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$605.35

Total project goal

$4,035.66

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support a teacher
near you!

Explore a map with requests from teachers across the country.

View map of requests

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Chilton","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[662907],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"WI","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":4753086,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":4036,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/ditch-the-desks-for-the-write-way-to-l/4753086/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":100,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Porter","isEquityFocus":false,"authorIds":{"662907":{"owner":"Ms. Porter","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4753086],"proposalHash":"-1010150329","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-4_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":7,"teacherChallengeId":21553631,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":662907,"schoolCounty":"Calumet","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"WI","name":"Wisconsin"}}