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Ms. Urbanski from Springfield MA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

New Teacher, New School, New Classroom!

My students need an assortment of seating options and leveled readers in order to make their classroom a warm and comfortable environment!

  • $586 goal

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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

Students at my school are inquisitive, compassionate, and creative. For students with special learning needs, concentration and sensory stimulation can be quite a challenge for them while they are trying to learn. I am a special education teacher at a K-5 elementary school in a developing urban area. A comfortable, warm classroom environment is an essential need for my students. Many of my students receive special instruction in my classroom, and they deserve to be able to walk into a warm, inviting classroom. As a new teacher in a new school and a new classroom, I want to do everything in my power to give these students the amazing environment that they deserve to have as their learning space!

My Project

These materials will allow me to build a warm and comfortable classroom that will serve as a "home away from home" for my students with special needs. As they do not get to spend the majority of the day with their classmates in the general ed classroom, I would love to provide my students with a safe, comfortable, and wonderful room where they can do their best learning in a fun way. I am looking to provide flexible seating in he form of wiggle chairs, and a couple of leveled readers that they may enjoy in their wiggle seats during independent reading. Students would be able to benefit from these materials as they would help students deal with figeting and building movement into their classroom environment. My students have sensory needs, and these tools would be able to accommodate their unique needs by allowing them to move and fidget in their seats! Anything to help these amazing students and their new teacher would be much appreciated!

Ms. Urbanski
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Level G Fiction and Nonfiction Combo (40 books) • AKJ Education $153.78 1 $153.78
Active Kids Chair – Wobble Chair Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers - Age Range 3-7y – Grades K-1-2 - 14" High – Flexible Seating Classroom - Helps ADD/ADHD - Corrects Posture - Blue • Amazon Business $59.99 2 $119.98
First Little Readers Classroom Set: Levels E & F: A Big Collection of Just-Right Leveled Books for Growing Readers • Amazon Business $49.24 1 $49.24
Gaiam Kids Stay-N-Play Children's Balance Ball - Flexible School Chair, Active Classroom Desk Seating with Stay-Put Stability Legs, Includes Air Pump, Blue, 45cm • Amazon Business $15.98 3 $47.94
CanDo Inflatable Donut Ball, Orange, 21.7" • Amazon Business $12.00 3 $36.00
Therapist’s Choice Inflated Air-Filled Stability Balance Disc-Pink • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
Intex Beanless Bag Club Chair, Inflatable Chair, 49" X 47" X 30" • Amazon Business $23.89 1 $23.89

Materials cost

$460.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$497.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.83

Total project goal

$585.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$585.54

7 Donors

-$261.85

Donations toward project cost

-$222.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.28

match offer

-$323.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$275.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.55

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$0.00

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