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Ms. Harris from Brooklyn, NY is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Fidget So We Can Focus!

Help me give my students Bouncy Bands so that each student can focus better and be more engaged in my ICT classroom!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Harris's classroom raised $619

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are passionate learners that are looking to deepen their knowledge of algebra. Our classroom is a safe and vibrant environment. Students consistently come to hang out in the math room during their lunch periods and after school.

They make the space warm and welcoming for all that enter.

Although many students come from low income households, they are rich in knowledge and kindness.

They are caring and compassionate, and they are looking to move on to AP coursework and college level classes in the near future.

My Project

Many students in my ICT classroom have IEPs. This causes them to need redirection often because they love to fidget and walk around the room. Although this sometimes helps my students focus, it can be distracting to themselves and others at times.

I want to give my students a way to fidget that will help them focus and succeed.

Getting bouncy bands for their desks will allow them to fidget freely without moving around too much to distract from the lesson and work at hand.

Many of my students have expressed to me how hard it is for them to sit still in class, and I want to be able to provide them with opportunities to help them focus and feel successful each time they leave the classroom.

Ms. Harris Urban Assembly School Music & Art Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

137 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
BouncyBands(r) for Desks • Kaplan Early Learning Company $14.36 34 $488.24

Materials cost

$488.24

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$525.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.75

Total project goal

$618.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$618.31

4 Donors

-$411.66

Donations toward project cost

-$349.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.75

match offer

-$206.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$175.65

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.00

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$0.00

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