You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

Edit classroom photo

Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson's Classroom Edit display name

  • Grove J Tuttle Elementary School
  • East Haven, CT
  • 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

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson can use on her next classroom project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7117037 Customize URL

View your stats
Track donations »
Edit
"What the educator does in teaching is make it possible for the students to become themselves." - Paulo Freire Each one of us learns in a unique way and finds comfort in different things. My goal in creating flexible seating options in our classroom is to allow for student choice. The ability to choose is extremely powerful and empowering, especially at the elementary level when the foundation for and love of learning is being set. Flexible seating will also lend to greater collaboration and discourse among peers. The flexible seats that have been chosen will be used to bring students together and further create a sense of a collaborative learning community. Students will have the ability to choose a "smart seat" for them where they feel relaxed, can focus, can openly communicate and gain a new perspective. Currently, we have "flexible seating" and the students choose their "smart seat" for the day but this is done minimally. Students currently sit on the floor, lay on the floor, or move to a different desk. My goal is to show my class how valued their commitment to their learning is. My 22 students are truly one of the kindest groups I have ever had the pleasure to teach and I would like them to feel that their kindness is rewarded. Please help me to enhance my students ability to choose a "smart seat" and enhance their learning!

About my class

"What the educator does in teaching is make it possible for the students to become themselves." - Paulo Freire Each one of us learns in a unique way and finds comfort in different things. My goal in creating flexible seating options in our classroom is to allow for student choice. The ability to choose is extremely powerful and empowering, especially at the elementary level when the foundation for and love of learning is being set. Flexible seating will also lend to greater collaboration and discourse among peers. The flexible seats that have been chosen will be used to bring students together and further create a sense of a collaborative learning community. Students will have the ability to choose a "smart seat" for them where they feel relaxed, can focus, can openly communicate and gain a new perspective. Currently, we have "flexible seating" and the students choose their "smart seat" for the day but this is done minimally. Students currently sit on the floor, lay on the floor, or move to a different desk. My goal is to show my class how valued their commitment to their learning is. My 22 students are truly one of the kindest groups I have ever had the pleasure to teach and I would like them to feel that their kindness is rewarded. Please help me to enhance my students ability to choose a "smart seat" and enhance their learning!

Read more

About my class

Read more
{"followTeacherId":7117037,"teacherId":7117037,"teacherName":"Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp7117037_orig.jpg?crop=1225,1225,x0,y28&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1582030295283","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"","teacherChallengeId":21562397,"followAbout":"Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson's projects","teacherVerify":-1941821072,"teacherNameEncoded":"Mrs. Pierpont-Grayson","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/7117037","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=7117037","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":6,"numSupporters":21},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.