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Mrs. Hickey from Matthews NC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Sit on Old, Hard, Plastic Chairs All Day? No Thanks!

My students need stools and stability ball chairs as flexible seating to help them think creatively!

  • $374 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are innovative, creative, and imaginative thinkers. They thrive on knowledge and continually want to know MORE. These students are certified as gifted and talented - and they love the time they receive as part of this pull-out program.

I am striving to make our learning environment more innovative, flexible, and fun.

I want my students to feel comfortable working, researching, and collaborating in my trailer classroom. My students have tremendous potential and I want them to feel inspired to do their absolute best work while in this classroom.

I am hopeful to inspire my clever students to always try their best, think outside of the box, and wow the world with their knowledge.

My Project

My students need flexible seating to help foster their creative growth. Sitting on old, hard, plastic chairs, cannot be good for elementary students who want to wiggle and move all day. These seats will allow my students to be comfortable - and feel like KIDS!

It has been proven that students perform better academically if they are engaged in the task at hand.

Students will love to come to class and learn because of these new stools and stability balls.

Your donations will reach over 130 students this school year, as I teach groups of students in grades 1-5. I can already see the looks of excitement on their faces as they walk into class and see our new work space. Thank you for helping support our students and encouraging them to love learning!

Mrs. Hickey
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Norwood Commercial Furniture NOR-STOOLBB-SO Plastic Stack Stools, 17 3/4" Height, 11 3/4" Wide, 11 3/4" Length, Black Legs (Pack of 5) • Amazon Business $57.59 3 $172.77
CanDo Non-Slip Inflatable Exercise Ball with Stability Feet, Yellow, 17.7" • Amazon Business $11.25 8 $90.00

Materials cost

$262.77

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$20.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$317.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.98

Total project goal

$373.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$373.19

2 Donors

-$177.77

Donations toward project cost

-$166.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.67

Matching donations from our partners

-$177.78

Match offers toward project cost

-$151.11

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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$0.00

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