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Mrs. Gottshall from Philadelphia PA is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Tennis Balls for a Quiet Classroom.

My students need tennis balls for their chairs to create a peaceful learning environment.

  • $250 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

The students from our school have a fantastic work ethic despite their humble backgrounds. They love to help one another and work together. We are not a fancy private school: We are a public K-8 school located in the School District of Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, our school and school district suffer from a severe lack of funding.

We are a Title I school. Our budget is stretched so thin that unfortunately we haven't gotten new equipment in many years. In fact, we are in desperate need of tennis balls for our classroom chairs. During the day, students often move their chairs to work cooperatively with other students within the classroom. Our chairs are old and have lost the paddings on their legs, causing scratches in the floor and loud screeching noises. We would love to have a peaceful classroom environment to work.

My Project

The students in my classroom are eager scholars who seek a quiet learning environment. Throughout the day, they move to work cooperatively, visit learning stations, join in small group instruction, visit the classroom library, go to enrichment classes, go to lunch, or just use the restroom.

During the course of the school day students move from their chairs about 20 times a day.

Multiply that by 27 students and you can imagine the noise! The noise created by the chairs legs scraping when moved it very distracting to students trying to focus on their assignments. The requested tennis balls will be placed on chair legs to create a peaceful learning environment.

Mrs. Gottshall
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Penn Pressure less Tennis Ball, Bucket Of 48 • Quill.com $59.92 3 $179.76

Materials cost

$179.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$212.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$37.49

Total project goal

$249.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$249.95

2 Donors

-$237.49

Donations toward project cost

-$201.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.62

match offer

-$12.46

Match offer toward project cost

-$10.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.87

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$0.00

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