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Mrs. Belanich from Flushing, NY is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Looking to the New Norm

Help me give my students desks so that they can sit socially distant yet have a comfortable space to learn from.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Belanich's classroom raised $548

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are from the most diverse borough of New York City, Queens. Because of this, our population is made up of many English language learners. My classroom is comprised of students of mostly Asian and Hispanic descent. Our school receives Title I funding to help support the needs of our students. The funding is allotted towards cultural programs and educating our students on the importance of fitness and nutrition.

My students come from hardworking immigrant families.

Therefore, their parents spend a significant amount of time away from home. Unfortunately, my students do not get to spend a lot of quality time with their parents. They really look forward to coming to school and bonding with their teachers and peers.

Come September, my students enter their final year in our school. They take the state tests for the first time and experience more demanding and rigorous work. We constantly have to remind ourselves that even though they are the "big kids", they are still 8 year old children who need nurturing in a world that expects them to grow up way too fast.

My Project

When the school year begins in September, there will be no doubt that things will be done very differently. Arrival, breakfast, morning meetings, lunch, recess, and so many other parts of our school day will have to change due to COVID-19.

What makes accommodating for the changes especially difficult are the budget cuts that are happening across our city.

When we need more money for staff to cover more lunch and recess periods so children are able to socially distance and more custodial staff to help keep our building disinfected and cleaned, funds are no longer available.

Even the arrangement of our classrooms are required to change without the financial means to do it. To keep the students who are attending in-person learning safe, they need to be socially distanced and with our current furniture situation, it is proving to be very difficult. I am requesting small tables to replace our current tables that do not allow for proper social distancing. Our children need to be able to keep a safe distance in order to be in the classroom. These tables will allow for that to happen.

The best learning environment for our kids is to be in the classroom setting. However, their parents need to know that their child will be kept safe when they are in school. Please help us show our parents that we are committed to keeping their child safe while learning.

Mrs. Belanich Active Learning Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

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More than three‑quarters 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

34 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Advantage Open Front Student Desk (ADV-SD-MO) • Staples Advantage $85.79 5 $428.95

Materials cost

$428.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$465.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.13

Total project goal

$547.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $547.51

9 Donors

-$521.62

Donations toward project cost

-$444.13

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.49

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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