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Mrs. Kirkland from Columbus, GA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New School- New Needs!

Help me give my students flexible seating, hands on materials used for calm down purposes and help me, as a special education teacher, keep my documents confidential by helping me shred paperwork. Thank you so much in advance!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Kirkland's classroom raised $441

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our elementary school is located in Columbus, Georgia. We are a high poverty school with several high risk students attending from all over the world. The students in my classroom have special needs that require that they be pulled from the general education classroom to receive a modified curriculum. Abilities range from Autism to ADHD and from speech to occupational therapy. My goal is for each child to grow throughout the school year and become as successful as possible by achieving all of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals.

Unfortunately, my students have not been exposed to many life experiences.

They don't know why reading and math are important to their future. They do not know what they want to be when they grow up. They do not know what the world has to offer and are therefore are just not motivated in the classroom.

I have been researching several different types of projects to help my students get more exposure to life experiences, figure out their personal strengths and weaknesses, and decide what they want to do with their future.

However, many of these projects require technology that we don't have in our classroom Four old laptops isn't enough.

My Project

I am working with students who need to be able to move around while also listening and being active in the lesson. Flexible seating would give them a great opportunity to be able to feel comfortable, be active and still work hard. The building materials and darts are to help students have more hands on materials and also helps to work on social emotional behaviors that we have in the classroom. Lastly, the shredder is needed to shred confidential documents. Please help our classroom be the best it can be!!

Mrs. Kirkland Brewer Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

15 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC405GR - Flex-Space Comfy Floor Seat - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 2 $119.98
Quill Brand 10-Sheet Cross-Cut Shredder (QL-TXC102A) • Quill.com $89.99 1 $89.99
Staples 44900 Wireless Optical Mouse, Black, 5/Pack • Staples $67.99 1 $67.99
Fat Brain Toy Co. Mini Squigz, 75/pack (FBT107) • Quill.com $20.06 1 $20.06
LC528GR - Flex-Space Balance Ball Seat - 17 - Green • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost

$318.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$374.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.13

Total project goal

$440.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $440.85

4 Donors

-$428.35

Donations toward project cost

-$364.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.25

match offer

-$12.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.88

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 $0.00

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