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Mrs. Mary Marek Soto from Oswego, IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ensuring a Learning Environment Free from Distraction

Help me give my students a learning and working environment free from visual distractions.

  • $1,348 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 Project

My students have a variety of cognitive and physical disabilities. The students in my classroom are often distracted by visual stimulation around the classroom. In our classroom, we have limited shelving and places to store hands-on classroom materials that can be out of reach from the students when not in use. I am requesting a storage cabinet.

By donating to our project, you will not only help to improve and increase student attention and focus, you will ultimately help to increase their academic achievement.

Thank you for taking the time to read about my classroom, my students, and my project.

Mrs. Mary Marek Soto Churchill Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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Oswego, IL View local requests 10 students impacted 8donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DG218 - Heavy-Duty 6-Foot Locking Storage Cabinet • Lakeshore Learning Materials $1,099.00 1 $1,099.00

Materials cost

$1,099.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,145.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$202.14

Total project goal

$1,347.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,347.62

6 Donors

-$904.30

Donations toward project cost

-$837.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.65

Matching donations from our partners

-$362.16

Match offers toward project cost

-$307.84

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$81.17

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 $0.00

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