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Ms. Bethea from Laurinburg, NC is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Classroom Hotspot

Help me give my students a flexible seating transformation in the classroom that will provide students a choice of bean bags so they can self-regulate their learning environment to maximize academic engagement.

  • $1,063 goal

This project expired on April 5, 2024.

This project expired on April 5, 2024.

My Project

This project entails transitioning a traditional classroom layout with rows of desks to a flexible seating environment with varied options to meet diverse learner needs. Flexible seating has been shown to improve student focus, engagement, and academic achievement. The teacher aims to provide an innovative classroom design that empowers students to self-regulate and make choices about where and how they learn best based on the task and their needs in the moment.

Flexible seating expands the learning environment while upholding an orderly, respectful classroom community.

Meeting diverse learning needs boosts self-efficacy, enjoyment, and academic outcomes. This project aims to balance stimulation and calming spaces to cultivate student-centered classrooms where all can thrive.

Ms. Bethea Sycamore Lane Primary School Grades 3-5

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.

Laurinburg, NC View local requests

Nearly all 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

Never Before Funded 280 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Children's Factory Tear Drop Kids Bean Bag Chair, Flexible Seating Classroom Furniture, Toddler Beanbag Chair for Daycares, Schools & Homes, Blue, 30x30x24" (CF610-044) • Amazon Business $134.03 5 $670.15
Lakeshore Flex-Space Big Beanbag Seat - Green (30"w x 32"h) • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00

Materials cost

$799.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$62.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$903.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$159.44

Total project goal

$1,062.91

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