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Mrs. Veloz from San Antonio, TX is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mental Health and Reading Organization

Help me give my students a new reading nook with shelves with individual cubbies that will provide mental health as they read independently.

  • $511 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are increasing their love for learning. Our school is a Title I elementary school. They are striving and learning even though there may be constant changes in their lives. They are learning that their mental health is very important.

These shelves will provide them with their own cubby to organize their reading books of choice.

Book recommendation forms, which will be an exit ticket upon finishing the book, will be stored in the shelf slots.

This reading nook will be ongoing and interactive. This classroom reading nook will allow my students the opportunity to switch from desk chairs to a comfy floor arrangement.

Students need to be given the opportunity to move around throughout the day. My students are in fifth grade and I want to instill in them that the love of reading can provide them with brain breaks, regardless of their reading ability.

They can display all of the strategies that are needed for reading. My students will get to see these strategies on full display during their own reading of their choice.

In doing this daily, the students will be able to apply them themselves anytime they read. They will realize that these reading skills are being taught because they are lifelong necessities, not just school needs. This will also increase their reading fluency, reading automaticity, and reading discussion among themselves. This is a win-win combination!

Mrs. Veloz Price Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mrs. Veloz

San Antonio, TX View local requests

Nearly all 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

22 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kallax Shelf Unit, white • IKEA $49.99 6 $299.94
Kvissle Letter Tray, white • IKEA $24.99 2 $49.98

Materials cost

$349.92

Vendor shipping charges

$49.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$434.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.62

Total project goal

$510.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$510.79

1 Donor

-$434.17

Donations toward project cost

-$434.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$76.62

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$0.00

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