You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Ms. Shubitz from New York NY is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Who wants to sit on a dirty rug?!!?!

The cost of this "Floors That Teach" carpet purchased from Hghsmith Inc. is $332, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $378 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.

Where do you read? I'm assuming you choose to curl-up in a comfy place? maybe on a couch or on a cozy chair. My East Harlem Fifth Graders are just like you? they love leaning against the giant floor pillows and beanbags we have in our classroom. They love sprawling out all over the classroom rug. However, our rug is nearly two years old and has become a breeding ground for germs (it's survived a lice outbreak and two cold/flu seasons). It's no longer an inviting place for children to lay down on with a book. Therefore, we need your help! My class and I are fortunate, thanks to donors like you, since we've received a range of classroom supplies and books over the past two years, which have made our classroom a divine place to be. However, the colorful rug that was the centerpiece of our classroom no longer looks so cool since it's spotted, faded, and dirty due to daily foot traffic and use by 26 terrific fifth grade students. I use the workshop model of teaching, which calls for a rug to serve as the space for minilessons and share sessions. This allows children to be close together for a shared learning experience and allows them to focus (away from the distractions that await at their desks). Furthermore, this fall, 2006, I'll be starting to use the Responsive Classroom Method in my classroom, which states that the social curriculum is just as important as the academic curriculum. Therefore, we'll be having daily Morning Meetings as a means to build a tighter-knit classroom community. Again, the meeting area for these morning gatherings will be on the rug. However, I know my new class will not want to sit down on this mottled, visibly dirty rug. Who can blame them? It's no longer the inviting meeting area that it used to be. With your help, the classroom rug can again become a glorified, treasured space in our classroom that serves the above-mentioned purposes. Do you think you can help my students and me out by helping to purchase us a new rug? Thank you, in advance, for your consideration of this request!

Ms. Shubitz
Grades 3-5

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Shubitz is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Floors That Teach Carpet • Highsmith Inc. $258.72 1 $258.72

Materials cost

$258.72

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$309.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.95

Total project goal

$377.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$377.50

2 Donors

-$364.16

Donations toward project cost

-$309.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$13.34

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"New York","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[10026],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"NY","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":43479,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/who-wants-to-sit-on-a-dirty-rug/43479/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":30,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Shubitz","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"10026":{"owner":"Ms. Shubitz","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[43479],"proposalHash":"1206763721","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/136/teacher-placeholder-4_136.png","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":37403,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":10026,"schoolCounty":"New York (Manhattan)","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"NY","name":"New York"}}