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
Donate
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
Menu
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.

Edit classroom photo

Ms. Bostick’s Classroom Edit display name

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Bostick a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Ms. Bostick's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Bostick a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Ms. Bostick can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4138930 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
If student motivation and higher engagement is truly the desired end game, then we as teachers must adapt right along with our students in our classrooms. To see that some classrooms look the same now as they did 70 years ago is crazy. The students we share our classrooms with don't know life without constant connectivity, WiFi, and a global audience. Outside the windows of our classroom is a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing world full of choices. How can we expect our students to solve problems and make choices independently if we constantly solve their problems and make their choices for them? Comfy pillows and a beanbag will allow students to remove themselves from uncomfortable desks when they cannot focus. Our classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day. The large round table will be used every day in class discussion, so students are face to face rather than sitting sideways in desks. A standing desk will allow students who fidget and need movement to stand and have space in order to be more comfortable. Some of the immediate benefits of flexible seating include burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement, creating a better oxygen flow to the brain, and improving core strength and overall posture. It's no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior.

About my class

If student motivation and higher engagement is truly the desired end game, then we as teachers must adapt right along with our students in our classrooms. To see that some classrooms look the same now as they did 70 years ago is crazy. The students we share our classrooms with don't know life without constant connectivity, WiFi, and a global audience. Outside the windows of our classroom is a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing world full of choices. How can we expect our students to solve problems and make choices independently if we constantly solve their problems and make their choices for them? Comfy pillows and a beanbag will allow students to remove themselves from uncomfortable desks when they cannot focus. Our classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day. The large round table will be used every day in class discussion, so students are face to face rather than sitting sideways in desks. A standing desk will allow students who fidget and need movement to stand and have space in order to be more comfortable. Some of the immediate benefits of flexible seating include burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement, creating a better oxygen flow to the brain, and improving core strength and overall posture. It's no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior.

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":4138930,"teacherId":4138930,"teacherName":"Ms. Bostick","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp4138930_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1481214009944","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":20887091,"followAbout":"Ms. Bostick's projects","teacherVerify":251025669,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Bostick","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/4138930","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=4138930","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":0,"numSupporters":6},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.