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Ms. Sousa from Phoenix, AZ is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexible Seating for Fidgety Fifth Graders!

Help me give my students balance balls to reduce restlessness and improving focus while they learn!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sousa's classroom raised $764

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students walk into our classroom every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. At our school, we practice leadership principles through The Leader in Me program, emphasizing the importance of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids and 7 Habits of Effective People. We start each morning with a smile, a handshake, and a hearty "Good morning!" Every morning, prior to reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, each student chants the school mission statement: We Lead. We Inspire. We Impact our World.

I teach at a Title I school in Arizona where 100 percent of our students receive free breakfast and lunch.

Many of my students receive a donated backpack of food on the weekend. Despite so many hardships, my students are eager to learn and do their best. They want to be in school because they want to learn all they can so they can be successful one day. They have dreams, they have goals, and they create and work towards action steps each and every day.

My Project

I'm a firm believer in keeping the focus on what's really important: the students. If student motivation and higher engagement is truly the desired end game, then we as teachers must adapt right along with our students in our classrooms. To see that some classrooms look the same now as they did 70 years ago is shameful. The students we share our classrooms with don't know life without constant connectivity, wi-fi, and a global audience. Outside the windows of our classroom is a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing world full of choices. How can we expect our students to solve problems and make choices independently if we constantly solve their problems and make their choices for them? Our classroom environments should be conducive to open collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. This simply cannot be done when kids are sitting in rows of desks all day.

Everything I do in my classroom is based on research and best practices for kids.

Redesigning my classroom was not any different. I've found that some of the immediate benefits of flexible seating include burning more calories, using up excess energy, improving metabolism, increased motivation and engagement, creating a better oxygen flow to the brain, and improving core strength and overall posture. It's no surprise that physical activity is linked to higher academic performance, better health, and improved behavior.

Ms. Sousa Cesar Leadership Academy Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LA486DC - Flex-Space 22" Balance Ball Seat Bundle - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $142.44 4 $569.76

Materials cost

$569.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $40.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$649.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.54

Total project goal

$763.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $763.59

11 Donors

-$548.00

Donations toward project cost

-$473.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.71

match offer

-$206.78

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.81

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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