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Ms. Garcia from Bell, CA is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Area

Help me give my students the opportunity to have a place where they can express their feelings or simply calm down when they feel overwhelmed, with a teaching easel, floor seats, cushions, and more.

  • $990 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My classroom is full of energetic and vibrant students eager to learn. Thus far they have enjoyed learning about what they are feeling, how to name their emotions, and find healthy ways to cope with what they are feeling. I also have a group of newcomers in my class that have a difficult time communicating with others in the 2nd language they are expected to learn. Having the two sided board in a calming corner would benefit in terms of being able to draw or write what is bothering them.

At times the student need help learning how to take a breath when overwhelmed, so having a comfortable area in which they can sit and practice breathing with the help of a breathing board to guide them.

Flexible sitting in a calming area of the room, like the flex seating bags and wiggle seats wold be a plus to their opportunity to sit either alone or with a friend that share similar feelings. We live in a time in which students have not yet learned how to cope with life and its challenges and having this calming retreat would be a great start.

Ms. Garcia Nueva Vista Magnet Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Bell, CA 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

27 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC748 - Flex-Space Double-Sided Mobile Teaching Easel • Lakeshore Learning Materials $499.00 1 $499.00
LC405BU - Flex-Space Comfy Floor Seat - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $69.99 2 $139.98
Bouncyband Wiggle Seat Little Sensory Cushion • Nasco $18.70 3 $56.10
VR154 - Squish Squeeze Sensory Beads • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
EE952 - Mindful Breathing Board • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$728.06

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.61

Sales tax

 $66.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$841.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.45

Total project goal

$989.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $989.66

1 Donor

-$989.66

Donations toward project cost

-$841.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.45

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