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Ms. MESSINA from Reno NV is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Us Promote Family Engagement!

Help me give my students flexible library seating for our STEAM library learning center using Flex-Space Comfy Curved Seats!

  • $920 goal

This project expired on May 16, 2020.

This project expired on May 16, 2020.

My Students

My class is comprised of preschool students who are receiving an education with funding from the Nevada Ready Grant. This grant provides high quality early learning programs across the state while providing critical wrap-around supports for children who live in families with incomes of less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. These students' minds are constantly growing, and early intervention allows them a head start in learning.

Every day, I am committed to providing educational experiences that help our kids grow and that makes the transition to kindergarten a little bit easier.

Our school is designated as a Title I school, and I need items to help enhance their learning.

My Project

I teach at a Title l school under the Nevada Ready Grant. One of the objectives of this project is family involvement. I teach preschool and my students learn while playing. With that being said, I would like to host parent play events in which parents are invited to our classroom to play with their children. This will not only facilitate learning, but it will also encourage family involvement and family engagement. We will plan these events throughout the year, allowing various opportunities to encourage parent support within the classroom. This will allow my parents to see how we facilitate learning in the areas of fine motor, language arts, science, math, and social-emotional learning. These events will further develop teacher and parent relationships and will allow parents to further support their child's learning at home.

During our parent activities, I want to encourage vocabulary development and child-parent participation during our after school activities.

I have requested library seating that will allow parents to learn science, art and math with their child while enjoying read-aloud activities. These items will allow hands-on learning and exploration promoting shared experiences. Please help us encourage and create a head start in learning!

Ms. MESSINA
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC272BU - Flex-Space Comfy Curved Seat - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $229.00 3 $687.00

Materials cost

$687.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$53.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$781.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$137.86

Total project goal

$919.09

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