Help me give my students a calm and interactive environment that allows them to engage with their personal, academic, and social selves to become rounded and developed after a lost year of educational experiences due to covid.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. May's classroom raised $789
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are incredible, and they are the reason I know why I became a teacher. They make such a difference in my life not even day to day but period to period, that I want to be able to do the same for them. My students have had such a rough past two years with all of the social and educational changes from Covid, but each day they show up ready to be active participants in their learning experience. They are excited to take on new challenges and ideas! They really truly do inspire me daily and keep me coming back for more.
Many students come to class stressed not only from new social pressures and concepts that they haven't been able to practice but also simply because they don't have a place to relax at school other than my room, which is jam packed at lunch.
Recently we have had a large increase of students (around 400+) at our historic Northern Nevada high school. This has caused many unforseen problems but has also shown me that students new and old view certain classrooms as a home.
My Project
The ability to move around in a calm environment can not only help to relax students but help them to grow by giving them a kinetic and engaging experience that allows them to grow as students and interact socially. I have noticed the communication deficits that students have after this historic interaction with a pandemic and changing social climate. I want to provide them a space that feels calm and reminds them to believe in themselves and continue to strive to be the kind and intellectual people I know they are capable of being.
Studies have shown that a consistent and actively though out room design helps to relax students and motivates them to engage with their learning surroundings.
My students are noticeably more engaged in their work and less disruptive of their peers when they are given a choice to interact with the old whiteboards in my room.
The products that I have selected will help my students by giving them a much needed and updated surfaces to work on and explore as well as feel reminded to be peaceful, kind, and engaged with their learning experiences which will create more effective learning choices.
I have seen how choice and historic quotes like the ones on the banners have gotten my students to engage with their academic, personal, and social selves which can positively affect my students' work and demeanor and hope that the additional options will help us grow.
More than half of 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
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Materials cost
$585.32
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$45.95
3rd party payment processing fee
$8.78
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$670.05
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$118.24
Total project goal
$788.29
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$788.29
22 Donors
-$560.55
Donations toward project cost
-$480.22
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$80.33
match offer
-$223.33
Match offer toward project cost
-$189.83
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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