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Ms. Duvall from High Ridge MO is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Alternative Lighting for Middle School SPED Classroom

Help me give my students the film inserts that can help decrease the overstimulation the fluorescent lights cause my middle school special education students. I also would like to add a floor lamp for additional lighting.

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I am looking for assistance in making my classroom more sensory-friendly for my students who have various sensitivities to the fluorescent lights in the traditional classroom. I teach middle school special education Math, Social Skills, and ELA. We have students who are sensitive to the fluorescent lights in the classroom and can become overstimulated by them. The film covers that can go over the lights would be a great solution to the classroom! I am also looking for assistance in purchasing a floor lamp that I could put in the calming corner of my classroom, which is a place students can go when they feel they need a space to calm down and work. Any help towards purchasing these alternatives to the traditional classroom lighting would be greatly appreciated!

Ms. Duvall
Never Before Funded Grades 6-8
  • Woodridge Middle School
  • High Ridge, MO
    • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 60 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
ShadeMAGIC - 4 Pack - Fluorescent Light Covers - 2x4 Film Insert for Ceiling Light Diffuser Panels - Night Sky Stars - Classrooms and Offices - Decorative Lighting • Amazon Business $56.15 3 $168.45
Simple Designs Incandescent Floor Lamp Black (LF2000-BLK) • Staples $29.39 1 $29.39

Materials cost

$197.84

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$230.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.73

Total project goal

$271.54

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Total project goal

 $271.54

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 $271.54

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