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Mrs. Bratton from Louisville, KY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Kinders Maximize Learning!

My students need 28 chair pockets to keep their school supplies accessible and organized. They also need bitty bottom chair cushions to help them stay seated and focused.

  • $631 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have 24 amazing kindergartners that come to school ready to work and engage in learning!

My students are an incredibly kindhearted bunch!

They are very supportive of one another and their silly teacher. We enjoy celebrating each others' successes big or small. My classroom is not just a learning community, but a caring and supportive family!

My Project

To teach my students the independence and responsibility they crave (and need!), they need chair pouches to keep their personal supplies and belongings accessible and organized. This would lower transition times between subjects because students could access their required materials quickly. By lowering transition times, behavior disruptions would be minimized and, in turn, learning time maximized. This is an opportunity for the students to take responsibility for their materials and learn how to manage and organize their workplace. Additionally, kindergartners are quite "wiggly" and have a hard time staying seated and focused. For many of my kiddos, this is their first time in a disciplined and structured classroom setting, so having to sit still can be challenging. Other students who are able to sit are easily distracted by those who do need to move. The bitty bottom chair cushions would allow my students who need the extra movement to stay focused on learning without disruptions.

With your donation, I would be able to provide my students with a more smoothly run classroom.

Students will have less distractions from learning with lower transition times and less disruptions from students needing to move. I would be meeting ALL of my students needs by allowing them to have a personalized space to access their supplies, while teaching personal responsibility and organization. Students who need extra movement and stimuli would have their needs met in a non disruptive manner.

Mrs. Bratton
Grades PreK-2
  • Wheeler Elementary School
  • Louisville, KY
    • More than a third 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

    This project will reach 24 students.

    9 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CHAIR POCKET MEDIUM 15 GREEN TRIM • School Specialty $13.48 28 $377.44
CUSHION SIT 8'' PURPLE BITTY BOTTOMS CRUNCH • School Specialty $18.99 2 $37.98
CUSHION SIT 8'' BITTY BOTTOMS PVC BALLS BLUE SWIRL • School Specialty $18.99 2 $37.98

Materials cost

$453.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.34

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$535.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.51

Total project goal

$630.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $630.05

7 Donors

-$351.45

Donations toward project cost

-$316.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.25

match offer

-$258.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$219.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.55

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 $0.00

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