Help me give my students Sofa Sacks (plush bean bag chairs) and multicultural teen novels exploring the stories of historically dismissed voices to create a warm invitation to come inside and settle in.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Dozier's classroom raised $992
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are curious, bright, creative, and innovative. They are quiet thinkers, insightful writers, expressive debaters, and soulful dreamers. They are restless adventurers and creative engineers. They have strong opinions, endless questions, and sometimes timid silences. They are often not quite sure how to venture forth into the land of creative writing and literature, but once supported with gentle direction and clarifying nudges, they generate beautiful, original, light-up-the-sky, thoughts, ideas, and stories full of whimsy, adventure, and hope.
My students with special needs have such beauty and innovation to contribute, but they sometimes lack the courage to take risks, especially in this post-distance learning school year.
They need to spend time in creatively safe spaces where they feel welcomed and free to express themselves openly and honestly. They need to feel at ease, and that they belong here.
Our school aims to make every student feel safe, seen, respected, and represented in a multicultural, anti-racist environment. There is such a rich, diverse population here and we are committed to creating space for each and every student to grow, contribute and shine. Our students are full of potential, eager to learn, and excited for the school year. I am too!
My Project
All students need motivation to succeed. Some find it easily while others struggle. For students with special needs, a safe and welcoming classroom environment can make a big impact on their sense of safety, comfort, and willingness to actively participate in their education. When they feel comfortable, seen, and accepted, they are more likely to take risks necessary for learning. And we can more effectively bridge the gap between their potential and performance.
A classroom with desirable alternative seating like Sofa Sacks invites students in.
It encourages them to be comfortable, relax, and to associate reading and storytelling with comfort, choice, and freedom. Lining the walls of my class library with youth novels from multicultural perspectives that tells them that they too have a voice that matters. Their stories matter. And sensory equipment lets students with special needs know that their needs are seen, acknowledged and valued.
Students with special needs often struggle with shame and fear in education. They are well aware of the differences in their learning, and yet they often do not have a positive regard for those differences. I want to create a classroom that communicates their worth, value, and potential visually, kinesthetically, and academically. Help me to let my students know that they are powerful, creative, vital. Help them to understand that they are intelligent, capable and that they have something magical to contribute to the world. Help them to feel safe in my class so that they will begin to move from survival mode to curiosity mode, begin to take risks, ask questions, and maybe, eventually, believe in themselves enough to take giant leaps of faith in themselves!
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
Sofa Sack - Plush Ultra Soft Bean Bags Chairs for Kids, Teens, Adults - Memory Foam Beanless Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Foam Filled Furniture for Dorm Room - Purple 5'
• Amazon Business
$121.54
1
$121.54
Sofa Sack - Bean Bags Plush, Ultra Soft Memory Bean Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover Stuffed Foam Filled Furniture and Accessories for Dorm Room, 5-Feet, Cinnabar
• Amazon Business
$99.98
1
$99.98
Sofa Sack - Plush Ultra Soft Bean Bags Chairs for Kids, Teens, Adults - Memory Foam Beanless Bag Chair with Microsuede Cover - Foam Filled Furniture for Dorm Room - Royal Blue 5'
• Amazon Business
$99.98
1
$99.98
Something to Say
• MahoganyBooks
$15.29
6
$91.74
New Kid
• MahoganyBooks
$11.69
6
$70.14
Class Act
• MahoganyBooks
$11.69
6
$70.14
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
• MahoganyBooks
$8.09
6
$48.54
One Crazy Summer
• MahoganyBooks
$7.19
6
$43.14
Good Kind of Trouble, A
• MahoganyBooks
$7.19
6
$43.14
Super Z Outlet Liquid Motion Bubbler for Sensory Play, Fidget Toy, Children Activity, Desk Top, Assorted Colors (4 Pack)
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Sensory Fidget Toys Set, 25 Pcs., Stress Relief and Anti-Anxiety Tools Bundle for Kids and Adults, Marble and Mesh, Pack of Squeeze Balls, Soybean Squeeze, Flippy Chain, Liquid Motion Timer & More
• Amazon Business
$16.95
1
$16.95
Fadeless - 57167 Bulletin Board Art Paper, Azure, 24" x 60', 1 Roll
• Amazon Business
$16.08
1
$16.08
Yoobi Composition Book | Pack of 3 Fun Prints in Frenchie Hearts, Pandacorn & Rainbow | Sewn Binding | 100 College Ruled Sheets | 7.5 “ x 9.75” Paper | Pack of 4
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Yoobi x Marvel Cute Composition Books (Set of 3) – Kids Composition Book w/Spider-Man Web, Boombox, & Pool Float Designs – 100 Sheets College-Ruled Composition Book – Sewn Binding, PVC Free
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Materials cost
$761.34
Vendor shipping charges
$6.88
Sales tax
$33.50
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.42
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$843.14
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$148.79
Total project goal
$991.93
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$991.93
1 Donor
-$495.96
Donations toward project cost
-$421.57
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$74.39
match offer
-$495.96
Match offer toward project cost
-$421.57
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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