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Mrs. VanBuskirk from De Soto MO is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Creative Thinkers

My students need a new listening station, student privacy partitions, and wobble cushions for alternative classroom seating.

  • $315 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Please help us improve our learning and motivate the students in our classroom. We are very eager to learn and succeed and just need the right tools to move forward!

I have a wonderful group of 1st grade students who would love your support!

They are very hardworking and want nothing more to be successful young learners. They are energetic and have a strong desire to learn. We are a rural school in a small community. Our school has approximately 300 students.

My Project

My students are in need of a new listening station to listen to stories. This will help expand their imagination, creativity and comprehension skills. They can relax and listen to stories supplied in our classroom library or stories that they record on their own.

We are also in need of student offices.

This will create a tranquil and private place to story write and allow their creative juices to flow. With student offices, the pressure will be taken off the student and they can work at a pace that they feel is desirable to themselves.

Flexible seating would be an awesome addition to our classroom. Not one student learns the same way or even at the same pace. This would give the students a major advantage when it comes to expanding learning opportunities.

Mrs. VanBuskirk
Grades PreK-2
  • Sunrise School
  • De Soto, MO
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households

    This project will reach 20 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CE326 - Classroom CD/Cassette Player with Bluetooth® • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
JJ689 - Privacy Partition - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 2 $59.98
LC511BU - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LC511GR - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
LC511RG - Flex-Space Wobble Cushion - Orange • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99

Materials cost

$233.95

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$267.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.20

Total project goal

$314.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$314.66

5 Donors

-$314.66

Donations toward project cost

-$267.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.20

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$0.00

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