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Mrs. Eckert from Menomonie WI is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Space for Books and Space for Learning

Help me give my students access to privacy when learning and an easier way to find favorite books.

  • $362 goal

This project expired on May 22, 2020.

This project expired on May 22, 2020.

My Students

Each day I teach 25 high energy first graders. I love what I do and am always striving to create a classroom environment that makes kids feel safe, comfortable, and ready to learn. My school specializes in helping children with Emotional Behavior Disorders. I want my classroom to be conducive to supporting all children!

The children who attend my school have great big hearts and deserve innovative furniture and resources to meet the needs of a changing society.

I am recently transitioning to a new school where I am finding furniture to be scarce. Many teachers have purchased furniture/ supplies for their classrooms from their personal money. I need help providing my students with comfortable seating options and furniture to make my classroom feel like a home away from home.

My Project

Every day the children in my class spend time looking for books that interest them and looking for a quiet place to do their work (reading, writing, math, etc). Currently, all of the books they are looking for are scattered in multiple different bins making our book checkout time take much longer than it needs to. When it comes time to sit and read, finding a quiet spot is also hard to find when there are 25 kids in the room all trying to do the same. Our current privacy offices have holes in them, are bent, and have writing on them from many classes before them.

By getting a standing bookshelf, I will be able to display a wide variety of different books that the children are interested in to help get good books in their hands faster.

By donating to our project, you will also be giving the gift of privacy and a quiet place for my students to get their work done. This will, in turn, improve focus and ultimately improve academic achievement.

Mrs. Eckert
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
JJ836 - Classic Birch Help-Yourself Bookstand • Lakeshore Learning Materials $199.00 1 $199.00
JJ689 - Privacy Partitions - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $36.99 2 $73.98

Materials cost

$272.98

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$307.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.19

Total project goal

$361.26

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