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Ms. Bowes from Anchorage, AK is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Comfort and Movement While Learning and Working

My students need a variety of seating options, which will help them focus in the classroom.

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My Students

I am the teacher of 25 energetic and remarkable 5th-grade students in a city with the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in our country! Each morning my students walk through the door and are greeted with new opportunities to learn and be successful.

My students are very creative and, as their teacher, I do my best to foster their learning and provide opportunities to grow as individuals.

Each of my students comes from his or her own unique situation and home life. We have an ethnically and economically diverse classroom full of eager learners and hard workers. All of my students have strengths to share, as well as room to grow academically, emotionally, and socially.

My Project

The stability cushions and balance balls that I am requesting will provide students with flexible seating options, which will offer choice, comfort, and movement while focusing on learning and working. This will make a difference for everyone. Students will be able to choose the type of seat that fits their needs. My goal is to decrease distractive behaviors and time spent sitting still in a chair, as well for students to remain vested in his or her learning. The seating options I am requesting are in addition to a few other seating options already available to students and will have a positive impact on the students and their learning environment.

Not all students learn the same way, so why should they all be sitting in the same kind of chair?

Students spend a lot of time sitting while they are in school. If they are comfortable, the student outcomes will be more positive and productive.

I would like to offer my students a comfortable learning and working environment that meets their needs. Providing a variety of seating options will help my students focus and work to the best of their ability in order to achieve academic success.

Ms. Bowes Rogers Park Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Anchorage, AK View local requests

More than a third 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

25 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trideer 45-85cm Exercise Ball, Birthing Ball, Ball Chair, Yoga Pilate Fitness Balance Ball with Pump Plug Kit, Anti-Slip & Anti-Burst (Dark Blue, 65cm) • Amazon Business $20.99 3 $62.97
Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, KIDS Wiggle Seat, Sensory Cushion for Elementary School Chair (Office & Home & Classroom) • Amazon Business $16.99 3 $50.97

Materials cost

$113.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$1.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$147.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.00

Total project goal

$173.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$173.36

2 Donors

-$173.36

Donations toward project cost

-$147.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.00

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$0.00

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