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Ms. Kerestes from Trafford, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Breath In, Breath Out, & Calm Yourself About

Help me give my students calming books and noise canceling headphones for our cool down calming area.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kerestes's classroom raised $198

This project is fully funded

My Project

My Learning Support classrooms are made up of students K-5 in two different schools. One of these schools is a Title I school where at least one-third of students come from low-income households. Since I am at two schools with two classrooms, I require double the resources to best serve all of my students with disabilities.

We are hoping to get noise-canceling headphones to add to our calm down area as well as new books to focus on calming down, breathing, and our emotions.

Students are not able to learn if they are upset. These new resources will help students be able to calm down and return to learning.

Our calm down area has emojis students can look at to help express how they are feeling. We have some books available for students to look at but are looking to widen our collection to focus on calming down and breathing. We currently do not have any noise-canceling headphones which create challenges for students who may be sensitive to loud noises.

Thank you for taking the time to read about our classroom. We appreciate you thinking of us and supporting education. We could not do this without your help and support.

Ms. Kerestes Level Green Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Trafford, PA View local requests 25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dr.meter EM100 Kids Protective Earmuffs with Noise Blocking Children Ear muffs for Sleeping, Studying, Shooting, Babies 27NRR Adjustable Head Band, Green-2 Packs • Amazon Business $29.89 2 $59.78
A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Book Box Set (Books 1-8: Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love, & Scribble Emotion) • Amazon Business $37.67 1 $37.67
I'm Just a Kid: A Social-Emotional Book about Self-Regulation (Social Emotional Books) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Breathe Like a Bear: 30 Mindful Moments for Kids to Feel Calm and Focused Anytime, Anywhere (Mindfulness Moments for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69

Materials cost

$136.02

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$168.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.66

Total project goal

$197.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$197.72

5 Donors

-$189.81

Donations toward project cost

-$168.06

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.91

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$0.00

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