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Ms. Velazquez from Panorama City, CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Nook for My 1st Grade Class

Help me give my students a calm, quiet, and inclusive 1st grade reading nook with a new rugs and floor seats.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Velazquez's classroom raised $631

This project is fully funded

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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

I took over a first-grade class in the middle of the year last school year. It was tough not having that initial time to create a space that works for me and my teachings. I ended up making a small library area with the resources I had and my students loved it!

I want a safe, calm, and inclusive reading nook for them to go to enjoy some quiet reading with a new rug and floor seats.

I already bought two of the chairs and the kids love them. I would love to create an updated library area for them. At the end of the year my students wrote about what they would miss from 1st grade and most, if not all, mentioned the library.

Ms. Velazquez Chase Street Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Panorama City, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
One World Neutral Colors Rug - 5'4" x 7'8" • Kaplan Early Learning Company $296.96 1 $296.96
Lakeshore Flex-Space Premium Floor Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 2 $159.98

Materials cost

$456.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $41.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$535.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.52

Total project goal

$630.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $630.12

5 Donors

-$618.65

Donations toward project cost

-$535.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.47

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