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Mrs. Kelly Tsipras from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Alternate Seating & Organization

Help me give my students flexible seating in the classroom with the couch and stools! The pen organizer will help keep the desks organized and cleaned and the staplers will help to have one at each table.

  • $505 goal

This project expired on September 5, 2025.

This project expired on September 5, 2025.

My Project

Slowly transforming a classroom can be a huge undertaking, but I just need a few more items to complete the transformation. Changing just a few items, such as individual desk into tables.

The couch and stools will be used by students daily as alternate seating.

We currently have one couch and we have 20 students fighting for it every day. The alternate seating will help to offer more choices for more students. A thinking classroom requires our notes to continuously change and add to our notes; the staplers will be used to keep the students organized and the pen holders will used to keep the pens, pencils and colored pencils organized when we use them on a daily basis.

Mrs. Kelly Tsipras Pittsburgh Brashear High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Pittsburgh, PA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

100 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Folding Sofa Bed with Pillow- Convertible Chair Floor Couch & Sleeping Mattress, Premium Fabric- Foldable Memory Foam Sleeper for Living Room/Dorm/Guest Room/Home Office/Apartment/Loft, Dark Gray • Amazon Business $99.99 1 $99.99
Leinuosen Set of 6 Assorted Color Portable Folding Stools 18 Inch Stackable Stool with Handle Foldable Stacking Stool Flexible Seating for Home Office Classrooms Camping Kitchen Party • Amazon Business $97.99 1 $97.99
Swingline Desktop Stapler 20-Sheet Capacity Black (54501) • Staples $6.73 10 $67.30
Bostitch Office Impulse Heavy Duty Electric Stapler Value Pack, 45 Sheet Capacity, Includes 5,000 Staples & Staple Remover, No-Jam, Faster Stapling, Black • Amazon Business $37.73 1 $37.73
Lebenrich Rotating Pen Pencil Holder for Desk, 5 Slots Unique Blue Desk Pen Organizer Easthetic Desktop Supplies and Accessories for Women Girls, Pen Cup Pencil Caddy for Office Home Art Supply • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Lebenrich Rotating Pen Pencil Holder for Desk, 5 Slots Unique Grey Desk Pen Organizer Easthetic Desktop Supplies and Accessories for Women Girls, Pen Cup Pencil Caddy for Office Home Art Supply • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Lebenrich Rotating Pen Pencil Holder for Desk, 5 Slots Unique Pink Desk Pen Organizer Easthetic Desktop Supplies and Accessories for Women Girls, Pen Cup Pencil Caddy for Office Home Art Supply • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Lebenrich Rotating Pen Pencil Holder for Desk, 5 Slots Unique White Desk Pen Organizer Easthetic Desktop Supplies and Accessories for Women Girls, Pen Cup Pencil Caddy for Office Home Art Supply • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
KTRIO Magnetic Staple Remover Tool 4 Pack, Professional Stapler Removers Flat Staple Puller Stick for Classroom, Office, Home, 4 Colors • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
KTRIO Magnetic Staple Remover Tool 4 Pack, Professional Stapler Removers Flat Staple Puller Stick for Classroom, Office, Home, 4 Pastel Colors • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64

Materials cost

$393.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$429.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.73

Total project goal

$504.84

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