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Mrs. Kramer from Carlsbad CA is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Flexible Seating= Student Engagement

Help me give my students choices in the work enviornment by donating to our donut seats and Portable Lapdesks.

  • $191 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school has been around since the 1950s. In fact, some of my students' parents and grandparents attended the same school. It is a small community with a lot of big hearts. The kids and families love the community and it has a big-family feel.

Teaching in public schools, we have many different challenges, with children who need very diverse learning environments.

While my students love their school, community, and classmates, being in a classroom that was built so long ago, brings challenges. These youngsters are our future teachers, CEOs, engineers, doctors, and maybe even a future United States president and deserve the best education I can give them.

My Project

All students deserve to be comfortable in their learning environment. Having flexible seating choices allows students to sit at different heights and positions. The donut seats will be used at my low work table so kids can bounce as they think, read and write. The Portable Lapdesks give students the opportunity to have some privacy while they are working.

Having flexible seating gives students a sense of ownership and empowers them to make choices.

The idea that students may choose where they sit at different times of the day gives them choice during school, which is not often. By moving to a different place and seating arrangement students get up and move which keeps them from being sedentary.

Mrs. Kramer
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
ECR4Kids The Surf Portable Lap Desk/Laptop Stand/Writing Table, Red • Amazon Business $25.00 3 $75.00
CanDo Inflatable Donut Ball, Blue, 33.5" • Amazon Business $22.00 2 $44.00

Materials cost

$119.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.53

Total project goal

$190.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.20

6 Donors

-$185.79

Donations toward project cost

-$161.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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