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Mr. Leon-Rodriguez from San Diego CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Popular Science/STEM Books Library with Inviting Seating

Help me give my students Science/STEM inclusion books and comfortable seating for the classroom library.

  • $603 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 Students

My students generally come from low-income families that live around the school neighborhood located in the Southeast area of San Diego. Most of my students are African American and Latino, followed by students from the Pacific Islands or Asian backgrounds.

Our school is a unique place.

The school has a great percentage of students with special needs; therefore, our school needs to be equipped with technological devices, lab tools and materials, and other resources that will guarantee that all students have what they need to learn and succeed adequately.

My Project

My students enjoy reading fiction and nonfiction books. However, our classroom library needs additional book selections that I know they would enjoy reading. Most of the books are popular titles in science and gender inclusion.

Additionally, an inviting seating would attract students to the special library corner where they can read fictional and nonfiction books.

My students themselves requested some of the science books in this project. They also suggested a more comfortable seating than the one they are experiencing every day. The purpose of this project is to create a place in the classroom where my students could finally call their own and read their favorite book selection.

Mr. Leon-Rodriguez
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sofa Sack - Plush, Ultra Soft Bean Bag Chair - Memory Foam Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room - Aqua Marine 3' • Amazon Business $65.50 1 $65.50
Sofa Sack - Plush, Ultra Soft Bean Bag Chair - Memory Foam Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room - Cinnabar 3' • Amazon Business $65.00 1 $65.00
Sofa Sack - Plush, Ultra Soft Bean Bag Chair - Memory Foam Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room - Tangerine 3' • Amazon Business $61.08 1 $61.08
Sofa Sack - Plush, Ultra Soft Bean Bag Chair - Memory Foam Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room - Royal Blue 3' • Amazon Business $61.00 1 $61.00
Free Lunch • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Most Magnificent Thing • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Am Malala • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fish in a Tree • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Six Dots • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Trailblazers • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Steve Jobs • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Medieval Science (500 - 1500) • AKJ Education $6.32 1 $6.32
A Long Walk to Water • AKJ Education $5.28 1 $5.28

Materials cost

$424.00

Vendor shipping charges

$13.00

Sales tax

$38.80

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$512.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.38

Total project goal

$602.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$602.54

3 Donors

-$280.74

Donations toward project cost

-$257.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.79

Matching donations from our partners

-$299.07

Match offers toward project cost

-$254.21

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.73

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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Project Activity

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