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Mx. Lex from Anchorage AK is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Sensory Tubs, Fidgets and Proper Pencils Make for Perfect Learners!

Help me give my students sensory tubs, fidgets, and pencils to be successful in school.

  • $407 goal

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My Students

My students come from many diverse homes. We have the highest number of languages spoken across the school district. We are located in an area where most people consider us a foreign country rather then part of the US.

My students are special and unique in their own ways however this brings many challenges to the way that they learn and function in the school setting.

This is particularly challenging with COVID. They do not have access to many materials and other things necessary to learn.

We are a free breakfast and lunch school. We are located just outside of a joint military base. We serve a high number of students who have parents in the military. The students are so eager to become active learners.

My Project

We all need to fidget sometimes. The perfect pencil makes you want to write more. Who doesn't love digging around in sensory sand like your own personal sandbox? No one either adult or child wants to be caught not focusing, writing properly, or digging around in the wrong places.

Every kid needs to fidget and pop its rule the school right now and mechanical pencils make you extra cool!

What can be better on a chilly day when it is so cold outside that you can't go out to play then pretending you are on the beach in a far away land playing in the sand and building.

I want to be able to help my student be excited about writing and learn to properly hold a pencil with the Papermate mechanical pencils. We all need to fidget and the fidget packs will make great tools in class and awesome prizes to work towards that can then be brought home. The sensory tubs will help my students with sensory issues work through these challenges in a safe and comfortable environment so that they can be successful learners. They also will help when it is -35 and we can't go out to recess and wish we were all somewhere warmer.

Mx. Lex
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Paper Mate Handwriting Triangular Mechanical Pencil Set with Lead & Eraser Refills, 1.3mm, Fun Barrel Colors, 8 Count (2017484) • Amazon Business $6.38 20 $127.60
BINGLALA 20 Pcs Simple Fidget Toy Pop Fidget Toy Mini Stress Relief Hand Toys Keychain Toy Push Pop Bubble Wrap Pop Anxiety Stress Reliever Office Desk Toy for Kids Adults (20 PCS) • Amazon Business $23.49 3 $70.47
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Ocean and Sand - Fine Motor and Sensory Toys for Kids • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Dinosaur Dig - Dinosaur Toys for Toddler Boys and Girls • Amazon Business $16.97 2 $33.94
Creativity for Kids Sensory Bin: Outer Space - Preschool Sensory Space Toys for Kids • Amazon Business $16.97 2 $33.94

Materials cost

$305.93

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$4.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$345.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.90

Total project goal

$406.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$406.01

2 Donors

-$160.34

Donations toward project cost

-$136.29

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$245.67

Match offers toward project cost

-$208.82

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.85

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$0.00

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