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Ms. Schaefer from Jennings MO is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Calming Classroom Spaces

Help me give my students singing bowls, calming light bulbs and bean bags

  • $440 goal

This project expired on May 23, 2020.

This project expired on May 23, 2020.

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

I am so honored to work with so many amazing students. I work in a Title I school district with students who have IEPs for special education needs. Every day I am inspired by these students who live in an area where trauma and violence are common and yet they continue to persist and come to school to get their education. For many of these student our school is their safe place. So I feel it is my responsibility to made sure that we are providing them with every possible support and opportunity available with little to no funding.

It is a gift when my students share their lives with me.

And those lives include many traumas and hardships as well as joys and successes. As a School Social Worker I am honored to provide a place to share stories and help find ways to dissipate the traumas and celebrate the joys. I am always looking for creative, evidenced based ways to support these students.

My Project

Students who live in communities with trauma have an increased need for calm spaces to help their brains stay regulated and ready to learn. The student in our high school have unusually high ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) scores and traumatic stress. Finding calming spaces are critical for the students to stay regulated and ready to learn.

Being able to find calm spaces in classrooms helps ensure students don't miss any learning.

Because the high school classes are 90 minutes in length, students often need a mindfulness/brain breaks during the class period and having the supplies like singing bowls in each classroom makes these calming techniques easy to access.

To further support calming in the classroom, teachers are also creating spaces with colored lights and beanbags so that students can take self directed breaks when necessary.

Ms. Schaefer
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sofa Sack - Plush, Ultra Soft Bean Bag Chair - Memory Foam Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room - Olive 3' • Amazon Business $60.00 3 $180.00
Reehut 4.2'' Tibetan Meditation Yoga Singing Bowl Set, Hand Hammered Singing Bowl With Mallet & Silk Cushion, For Meditation, Chakra Healing, Prayer, Yoga and Mindfulness • Amazon Business $18.99 5 $94.95
Tibetan Singing Bowl – Hand Crafted Chakra Singing Bowl Set with Mallet & Cushion – Brass 4” Sound Therapy Bowl for Meditation, Yoga & Gift – Tree of Life Prayer Bowl with Deep Sound by Bim–Bam–Bom • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99
RGB LED Light Bulb, Color Changing Light Bulb Dimmable 5W E26 Screw Base RGBW, Mood Light - 12 Color Choices - Timing Infrared Remote Control Included, 40W Equivalent(8 Pack) • Amazon Business $31.56 1 $31.56

Materials cost

$338.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$373.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.93

Total project goal

$439.51

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