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Mrs. Russ from Valparaiso, FL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Peace Room for Calming and Coping

Help me give my students sensory calming items for a cozy, calming space to take a breath and reset.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Russ's classroom raised $186

This project is fully funded

My Students

My amazing middle school students are smart, creative, spontaneous, and full of a love of learning! They come to school each day with lots of questions about the world around them. Whether working on math problems or conducting science experiments, my students love to learn by doing.

Our school serves many military families from the nearby Air Force base, a Navy EOD school, and an Army Special Forces cantonment.

We are in a unique area to have military families from so many different branches of service. Because of the challenges of military life, my students are resilient and hard-working.

My Project

Sometimes students need help regulating their bodies and minds, especially at school. When a person is in a calm and safe state of mind the brain can focus and be able to succeed.

The Peace Room will be filled with tools to help students regulate, relax, focus, and calm down.

The area will be created to be a calming place where students can go when they are feeling stressed, struggling with a difficult situation emotionally, or just need a place to manage their feelings. It will contain different activities students can use as self-management tools that will help them understand their behavior and refocus.

The Peace Room will give students a space to self-regulate which will increase their ability to learn in the classroom. It will provide a calming, safe, and supportive place to foster their academic and social-emotional health. They can develop skills that they can use outside of school to benefit their well-being such as self-awareness, resiliency, and self-care.

Mrs. Russ Okaloosa Stemm Academy Grades 6-8 Valparaiso, FL View local requests 300 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sunny Health & Fitness Mini Stepper with Resistance Bands • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
Zen Satori Board, Large - Paint with Water, Meditation & Mindfulness Practice, Great for Classrooms, Includes (3) Water Brushes • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
VGEBY1 Twisting Waist Disc, Body Shaping Twisting Waist Machine Rotating Board Female Twister Sports Equipment Aerobic Exercise Foot Massage • Amazon Business $12.31 2 $24.62
Kinetic Sand Beach Sand Kingdom Playset with 3lbs of Beach Sand, for Ages 3 and up • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Good Vibes Coloring Book: 43 coloring pages with Motivational and Inspirational Sayings and Quotes. Adult Coloring Book for Good Vibes, Stress Relief and Relaxation • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$125.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$157.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.78

Total project goal

$185.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$185.22

2 Donors

-$156.61

Donations toward project cost

-$156.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.45

match offer

-$1.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$1.28

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.22

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$27.11

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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