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Ms. Chmura from Kearny, NJ is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give us a reading nook for our middle school classroom!

Help me give my students a new reading area! I'm moving to a new classroom for the 2025-2026 school year, and I have a nook that I would like to turn into a book nook.

  • $676 goal

This project expired on October 3, 2025.

This project expired on October 3, 2025.

My Project

I have always attempted to create a comfortable independent reading area in my classroom, and next year I will have a book nook! I'd like to transform it into an organized and welcoming space for my 6th graders.

I currently have a rug I purchased myself from home depot, but it slides around on the floor and isn't the most welcoming.

The benches will help us to organize books, as well as giving us some seating off the floor to enjoy a book, and the rug sweeper will help it to last a long time!

Ms. Chmura Hudson - Ascs Middle School Grades 6-8

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Kearny, NJ View local requests

More than a third 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

Never Before Funded 75 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flagship Carpets Schoolgirl Style Composition Notebook Educational Area Rug for Kids Room Seating Décor, Children's Classroom, Play Carpet for Teaching and Playroom, 7'6" x 12' • Amazon Business $319.99 1 $319.99
KidKraft Wooden Bookcase with Reading Nook, Six Shelves and Gray Cushion - Espresso • Amazon Business $64.22 3 $192.66
Yocada Carpet Sweeper Cleaner for Home Office Low&Undercoat Carpets Rugs Pet Hair Dust Scraps Paper Small Rubbish Cleaning with a Brush • Amazon Business $23.39 1 $23.39

Materials cost

$536.04

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$574.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.31

Total project goal

$675.39

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