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Ms. Li from New York NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Lap Desks for Socially Distanced Learning

Help me give my students portable lap desks so they can learn while maintaining a social distance prescribed by the CDC.

  • $276 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach a wonderful group of first-graders in an English and Mandarin Chinese dual-language school. My students are bright, inquisitive, and eager to learn. Each one has a unique personality that I have enjoyed getting to know these first months of the school year. Some are playful, sociable, and talkative, while others are thoughtful, controlled, and attentive.

Each one of my students contributes to the vibrant mosaic of individual and collective creativity that makes up our classroom community.

Many of our students come from immigrant families and bring with them a variety of cultures from around the world.

My Project

My students are 6 years old first graders. It is very difficult for them to sit still at a desk for long periods of time. Each year, I have one or two students for whom movement is even more important, but getting out of their seats and walking around the room frequently can be very distracting for other classmates. During this pandemic, it will be even more important for students to limit movement and remain in their seats.

These lap desks will offer them a flexible seating option that will allow them to maintain a safe social distance from their classmates.

Some students focus better when they can wiggle a bit. Wiggling while they are seated on the floor is much safer than wiggling in a chair where they can run the risk of tipping a chair over.

Ms. Li
Grades PreK-2
  • PS 184M Shuang Wen
  • New York, NY
  • More than half of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 25 students.

    8 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
ECR4Kids The Surf Portable Lap Desk, Flexible Seating for Homeschool and Classrooms, One-Piece Writing Table for Kids, Teens and Adults, GREENGUARD [Gold] Certified, Red (10-Pack) • Amazon Business $184.99 1 $184.99
Collapsible Folding Lap Desk, in Green • Amazon Business $15.98 1 $15.98

Materials cost

$200.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$233.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.29

Total project goal

$275.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$275.27

6 Donors

-$148.61

Donations toward project cost

-$127.62

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.99

match offer

-$125.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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