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Mrs. Sedley's Classroom

  • Atascadero High School
  • Atascadero, CA
  • 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

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  • Extra Special Swing

    Funded May 26, 2023

    Thank you so much for your donation to such an incredible project for my students with special needs! They LOVE LOVE LOVE the swing! They love to earn the swing for "cash out" time (free time) and it serves a sensory input purpose for the needs of my wiggly students. It truly puts a smile on the faces of so many of my students. Thank you for your support and generosity for this sensory swing and stand. It sits in my sensory room and is a joy for my whole classroom. Everyone that sees it says how awesome it is!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

    This classroom project was brought to life by An Anonymous Supporter and 2 other donors.
  • Carts for Job Skills

    Funded Feb 9, 2022

    Thank you so much for your donation to our classroom project, "Carts for Job Skills"!. My students and I appreciate your generosity. The cart is incredibly versitile in our classroom and is used every day for different jobs. We use the cart for our gardening job, cleaning jobs, and paper shredding jobs. The students enjoy pushing the cart to their jobs and to help them transport the materials they need for their job skills. Some of these tasks would not be possible for students without the help of the cart.

    Thank you so much for helping my students with this project!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • AHS Classroom Garden

    Funded Feb 9, 2022

    Thank you so much for your donation to our classroom's garden project & job skills activity! Each student got to pick out what seeds they wanted to plant and now we have a full blown garden! The students were able to use the gardening tools to start and maintain the garden.

    They are learning so much about what gardening means and how to take care of a garden. And when the garden does not need tending to, they can sort all the leftover seed packets in the organizer.

    Thank you so much for helping me start this project!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • Student Recycling Project

    Funded Mar 15, 2022

    Thank you so much for your donation to our classroom's recycling project and curriculum! My students and I are very grateful for your generosity. The students are now learning and practicing recycling different materials and how recycling helps our planet. In seperate bins they are recycling paper, recycling bottles, and crushing and recylcing cans. Soon we will take the full bin of cans&bottles to the plant to earn back some cash for the students to buy things for the classroom! This has been a great project to put together for my students but I couldn't have done it without you!

    Thank you so much!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • TPT Curriculum

    Funded Aug 28, 2021

    Thank you for your generous donations to this project! I am very appreciative and my students will greatly benefit from the materials and curriculum I will get from this project.

    I was able to buy multiple bundles of curriculum on Teachers pay Teachers! Some of the materials and curriculum I was able to buy are some English Language Arts curriculum, Social Emotional Learning Curriculum, Math Curriculum, and other Behavior Regulation materials.

    This project will help many students for many years.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • Music in the Special Education Classroom

    Funded May 5, 2020

    Thank you so very much for helping bring more music to my classroom! We have added many new instruments to our existing piano, guitar, and ukuleles so that now everyone can participate in music together! The students crave expression through music and enjoy participating in playing so many musical instruments! This is a great addition to our classroom and has already impacted the students in a positive way. They light up with joy with the new musical instruments and the time they get to spend playing.

    Thank you from all of us!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

    This classroom project was brought to life by SONIC Drive-In and 2 other donors.
  • AAC (Augmented and Alternative Communication) Learning Center

    Funded Jul 19, 2020

    Thank you so very much for these materials to help make my students learning center more accessible! These stands are unique in that they are soft but also sturdy in helping hold up my students' augmented and alternative communication devices (ipads with communication applications). This helps them be able to view their communication icons better without having to hunch over the table to view their screen. And just in case of behavior problems, these materials are soft and won't break. They are sure to last us many years!

    Thanks from all of us!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • Personalized Books

    Funded Dec 2, 2020

    Thank you so much for these materials to help bring spiral-bound books to my students!!! The books look so nice when they are printed and laminated and bound with our new machine. The students are enjoying turning the pages of my custom-made books for each of them across all subjects including reading, math, and even behavior, and life skills! These materials will be used for many years and benefit lots of students. I cant wait to keep making more custom books for my students!

    Thank you from all of us!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

  • Monarch Coffee Co.

    Funded Aug 18, 2019

    Thank you so much for your generous donations! The students at Monte Vista are so excited as we are setting up and learning how to start a coffee business. Your donation is opening up new possibilities for these students to learn new skills. The coffee cart has been officially been set up and we are learning the steps that it takes to make and run a coffee business. I have also set up the business so that every level of students are able to participate in some way.

    Some jobs involved with the new coffee business are making the coffee, delivering the coffee, collecting money and giving change. We also have students using switches to make requests and other programmed statements.

    Again, thank you for your donations and this project will greatly impact the growth and skills of my students!”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 5 other donors.
  • Adaptive Seating in the Classroom

    Funded Apr 17, 2019

    Words cannot explain how impactful this project has been for my students, but data is! I have data to support the HUGE impact that this ball chair has made on one student in particular that actually sits in his seat for prolonged periods of time (15-20 minutes) versus 1-2 minutes prior to the ball chair. The ball chair allows the student to wiggle and move while staying in his chair and getting more opportunities for engagement in classroom activities.

    Thank you so much for your generous donation! Students are better engaged in learning thanks to you.”

    With gratitude,

    Mrs. Sedley

    This classroom project was brought to life by The DonorsChoose.org Community and one other donor.
Every special education classroom can benefit from a classroom iPad. My students use teaching strategies based from ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) such as token economies and positive reinforcement. While many of my students have their own iPads, they use their iPads solely as their AAC (Augmentative or Alternative Communication) devices. The classroom iPad wold act as something they could earn after doing their work. The classroom iPad also has many benefits for me as the teacher for keeping rotations on schedule, keeping photos, and most importantly education apps for math and reading. You could say "theres an app for that" when it comes to teaching students like mine who are such visual learners and need accommodations that technology offers. Donors choose is such a wonderful gift to teachers like myself and I am so very appreciative. Thank you so much for your support!

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Every special education classroom can benefit from a classroom iPad. My students use teaching strategies based from ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) such as token economies and positive reinforcement. While many of my students have their own iPads, they use their iPads solely as their AAC (Augmentative or Alternative Communication) devices. The classroom iPad wold act as something they could earn after doing their work. The classroom iPad also has many benefits for me as the teacher for keeping rotations on schedule, keeping photos, and most importantly education apps for math and reading. You could say "theres an app for that" when it comes to teaching students like mine who are such visual learners and need accommodations that technology offers. Donors choose is such a wonderful gift to teachers like myself and I am so very appreciative. Thank you so much for your support!

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