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Mrs. Tongay from Saint Louis, MO is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Rug for Reading and Gathering

Help me give my students a Flex-Space: A Spot for Everyone Classroom Carpet for large group activities such as morning meetings and story time.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Tongay's classroom raised $632

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are inquisitive, loving and excited about learning. They enjoy learning from each other and through hands-on activities.

Since we are an early childhood school, much of our focus is on social emotional learning and learning through play.

Our magnet school attracts children from all parts of our city with 90% coming from low-income families.

We love learning about one another and sharing our experiences as we build our classroom community.

My Project

Our classroom recently had carpeting removed and was replaced with tile. This took away their soft place to sit and the ability to use our Velcro sit spots, which helped them know where to sit during large group time.

We gathered on the carpet several times daily for morning meetings, story time, lessons and center activities.

We would like to have a big rug for a softer place to sit and to help with getting our meetings, lessons and story time started promptly.

The design of the rug gives each student an individualized spot plus additional room, if needed.

Mrs. Tongay Stix Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Saint Louis, MO 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

20 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC283 - Flex-Space A Spot for Everyone Classroom Carpet for 30 Kids - 9 x 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00

Materials cost

$499.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.67

Total project goal

$631.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$631.15

11 Donors

-$396.15

Donations toward project cost

-$336.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.42

match offer

-$235.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$199.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.25

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$0.00

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