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Ms. Loyd from Owensboro, KY is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Trading in Tile to be Snug on a Rug

Help me give my students a space to come together for engaged whole group learning. The headphones will help minimize the noise and chaos of independent learning.

  • $831 goal

This project expired on July 5, 2025.

This project expired on July 5, 2025.

My Project

I’m requesting two items to help our classroom, a classroom rug and headphones. Right now, if I call them down to do engaged whole group teaching and modeling, they have to sit on cold tile. I lose their focus after so long because they are uncomfortable. The rug will help give them a comfy space to keep their hands and feet to themselves and stay engaged with learning. The headphones are also needed. I teach several students with ADHD and autism. They get overstimulated very easily. As of right now, only parents who were able to afford headphones have brought them in. When it’s time to do independent work on the computer, the noise and volume increase tenfold due to most students not having headphones. This then leads to my students with high needs being uncomfortable. Headphones for everyone would completely solve these problems.

My goal for this project is to provide all around comfort and calm for my students.

Providing a way to comfortably learn would make all the difference to my seven and eight year old students.

My students are the most giving and loving children I’ve ever taught. They have hearts of gold even when each one of them is personally going through a lot. I teach at a Title 1 school with extremely high needs and a high ELL population. Even though they have the world against them, they come in every day and try to give learning their all. They deserve a space to do so comfortably.

Ms. Loyd Burns Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Owensboro, KY 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

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore A Spot for Everyone Classroom Carpet for 30 Kids - 9' x 12' - Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $549.00 1 $549.00
Ladont 48 Pack Classroom Headphones Bulk for School Students, Durable Wholesale Headphones Class Set for Kids Children Toddler Teen Boys Girls (Mixed Colors) • Amazon Business $89.95 1 $89.95

Materials cost

$638.95

Vendor shipping charges

$27.45

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$705.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.58

Total project goal

$830.56

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