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Ms. Chavez from Elgin IL is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Singing Circle Carpet

My students need a 9' circle carpet for our music classroom because we sit on the floor during class.

  • $441 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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

Our school is full of amazing musical children. We have 540 students in grades k-6 and each student visits me weekly to make music as a community.

92% of our students are living at or below the poverty line.

Within our school we have a lot of diverse learners. We have both 1-way and 2-way dual language classrooms where our students learn in both English and Spanish.

We also house a dual language gifted program and offer enrichment opportunities for all of our students to dive deeper into special topics.

My Project

As the music teacher I see every student in our school each week. During music class we do not use furniture because we like to have an open space for dancing, creative movement, and for setting up large instruments. Since we do not have chairs for seating, all of our students sit on the floor when they enter the room. Unfortunately we have cold, hard tile on the floor which is not very fun to sit on. This large circle carpet will be a great place for our students to sit comfortably!

In addition to creating a comfy place to sit, the circle shape of the carpet is a great visual reference for young children.

Often times in our class we sit or stand in a circle to play a singing game, do a folk dance, or take turns playing instruments. Having the visual of a circle will help my youngest students and students with special needs with their spatial awareness by providing a visual of a large circle so they can easily find their circle spot with their peers.

Ms. Chavez
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC109 - Navy Blue Round Carpet - 9' • Lakeshore Learning Materials $339.00 1 $339.00

Materials cost

$339.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$374.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.01

Total project goal

$440.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $440.09

13 Donors

-$412.86

Donations toward project cost

-$359.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.23

Matching donations from our partners

-$17.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$14.45

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.23

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 $0.00

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