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Ms. Hayles from Atlanta, GA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Calm-Down Corner Project

Help me give my students a sense of inclusiveness and a way to better handle emotions while learning.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hayles's classroom raised $200

This project is fully funded

My Project

My Project

I will be working with students with diverse needs—specifically, language impairments and others with severe learning deficits.

Having a calm-down corner in my classroom will serve as an intervention system that will help me teach my geniuses how to cope, handle their emotions, and refocus in the classroom—without having to be sent out of the classroom for behavioral issues causing them to miss valuable instruction time. It will also teach scholars strategies to self-regulate, which can be used inside or outside of the classroom. This promotes social-emotional learning. Having these social-emotional learning tools will tremendously help my scholars.

Ms. Hayles Kindezi School Westlake Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Atlanta, GA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

45 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Solobo: Emotions Coin Drop - social emotional learning toy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $40.00 1 $40.00
hand2mind Sensory Fidget Tubes, Calming Toys for Kids, Occupational Therapy Toys, Play Therapy, Stress Relief Toy, Comfort Items for Anxiety, Calm Down Corner Supplies (Set of 4) • Amazon Business $33.79 1 $33.79
Sportime Anti Burst Exercise Ball, 29-1/2 Inches, Red - Stability • School Specialty $24.05 1 $24.05
Solobo: Only the Emotions Coins (30 per pack) - social emotional learning tools • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Lakeshore Find Your Feelings Emotion Slider • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$121.83

Vendor shipping charges

$7.90

Sales tax

$8.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$169.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.99

Total project goal

$199.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$199.96

1 Donor

-$99.97

Donations toward project cost

-$84.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.99

match offer

-$99.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$84.99

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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$0.00

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