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Ms. Sharmela from Brooklyn, NY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexible Seating for Successful Learning!

Help me give my students Mind Reader kids’ lap desks and freestanding portable tables for writing around the classroom or outside of the classroom. They will also be a great incentive and encouragement for their learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sharmela's classroom raised $319

This project is fully funded

My Project

I am fortunate to teach in a caring and supportive community. Most of the families have lived in the area for generations. Our school parents, like all parents, want what's best for the education of their children.

My students are amazing.

They are the future and strive to be experts in all that they do. They build each other up through a loving, encouraging and respectful environment. They are creative and inspiring. Truly awesome young people ready to take on the world. Students promote and accept each others unique differences. They are protectors of their classmates and stand up for what is right. My students inspire me each and remind me to always be myself.

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” - Oscar Wilde

During the day, students get a little antsy having to stay in a seat at their desk. I want to offer my students these awesome Mind Reader Kids’ lap desks and freestanding portable tables with side pockets so they may move around the room and complete work. Having these seats for my students will allow them to not only be able to move around the room, but be more successful in their studies. They can sit around the room allowing them to stay focused on work and not worry about anything else going on in the classroom. Sometimes, they just want to get away from the crowd and work more independently. Having these seats available for them to use will allow them to do so.

Ms. Sharmela PS 316 Elijah G Stroud Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

240 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD371RD - Soft Seat - Red • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97
DD371GR - Soft Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 3 $59.97
Mind Reader Kids’ Lap Desk, Freestanding Portable Table with Side Pockets for Coloring Books, Tablets, Toys, Reading, Snacks, Plastic, Green • Amazon Business $19.99 3 $59.97
Mind Reader Kids’ Lap Desk, Freestanding Portable Table with Side Pockets for Coloring Books, Tablets, Toys, Reading, Snacks, Plastic, Red • Amazon Business $18.99 3 $56.97

Materials cost

$236.88

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$270.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.72

Total project goal

$318.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$318.15

2 Donors

-$159.08

Donations toward project cost

-$135.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.86

match offer

-$159.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$135.21

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.86

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$0.00

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