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Ms. Colleen from Milwaukee WI is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Room Where They Go to Come Back

Help me give my students a calm place when they need to leave their classroom, sit in a study carrel to focus on work, complete a social-emotional lesson, then prepare to return to their assigned classroom community.

  • $755 goal

This project expired on November 23, 2019.

This project expired on November 23, 2019.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students primarily come from a low-income, urban setting. Many are medically fragile and have complex needs and have inconsistent food security. We are an inclusive, public, Montessori school in Milwaukee, WI.

I love my students' resiliency and tenacity.

They are eager learners and crave greater social-emotional skills. As an example: one student asked to join my small group to learn more about how to express her feelings and find a resolution to problems. She showed improvement in a short time and invited others to join as well.

My Project

The materials and supplies that I am requesting for my students will transform an empty room into a calm, quiet place where students can come to increase their focus, be productive and prepare to re-enter their classroom communities. This room will serve our students who, for a variety of reasons, find it difficult at times to be in their classrooms for an hour or more. The study carrels will be set up in separate locations with a lamp for each. Teachers will provide work for the students to complete in this quiet place. If the student exited their classroom in a disruptive manner, staff will assist them in preparing to re-enter their classrooms community. The stamps and stamp pads will be used for our low-verbal students. As a restorative practice as they will stamp on paper a specific emotion for each classmate and hand it out upon returning as a way of repairing the relationship.

The donations to this project will help to improve my students' understanding of school as a safe place to learn and increase social-emotional learning.

Ms. Colleen
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Essentials Deluxe Floor 33"W Study Carrel, Teak/Black (89868) • Staples Advantage $279.99 2 $559.98
Jumbo Stamp Pads (Set of 5) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $26.96 1 $26.96
Giant Emotions Stamp Set (Set of 10) • Kaplan Early Learning Company $15.26 1 $15.26

Materials cost

$602.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$641.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.16

Total project goal

$754.39

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