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
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.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mrs. Galvez from Los Angeles, CA is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mrs. Galvez is requesting

Calming Area

Help me give my students opportunities to self regulate, deal with their feelings and improve their mental health wellness, which will promote their success in life.

  • $975 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mrs. Galvez for her next project!

Help Mrs. Galvez

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Mrs. Galvez for her next project!

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Social-emotional learning is essential in our classroom. My kinder students need soft seats, calm down cubes, a calming cuddle ball and a beanbag to create a calming-down area where they can settle down and explore their feelings. We need to help them Calm Down, support their emotional growth and mental health and wellness.

Please help me support my students to learn to deal with others and work through their BIG emotions.

Your donation will help us give our students strategies and assist them when dealing with escalating mental health needs, finding solutions to challenges and helping them feel better. They will benefit from referring to the bulletin board sets and posters, along with the sensory tools, activity mats. and the amazing Fill a Bucket Lessons.

They also need these other materials like soft, sensory balls, swing and ring toss, mini bowling set for social development, to help them explore their feelings, have fun, get along with, work with their peers, and develop positive and healthy ways to self-regulate. They will become more engaged, mindful, and gain empathy through Using Good Manners and Making Better Choices Matching Game.

Mrs. Galvez Leo Politi Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mrs. Galvez

Los Angeles, CA 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

23 students impacted 1donor

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mrs. Galvez is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
DD430SB - Calming Colors<sup>&reg;</sup> Premium Teardrop Beanbag Seat - Sky Blue • Lakeshore Learning Materials $129.00 1 $129.00
DD380X - Calming Colors<sup>&reg;</sup> Soft Seats - Set of 5 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $99.50 1 $99.50
GG735 - Lets Get Moving Activity Mats • Lakeshore Learning Materials $59.99 1 $59.99
RE322 - Lakeshore Sensory Ball Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
CA201 - Cuddly Puppy Weighted Shoulder Wrap • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
FC589 - Soft Safe Comet Balls • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
LC959 - Fill a Bucket Storytelling Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
CA312 - Calming Cuddle Ball • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
SE581 - Rainbow Liquid Sensory Viewers • Lakeshore Learning Materials $32.99 1 $32.99
VR240 - Super-Safe Ring Toss Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
EE106 - Making Good Choices Match-Ups • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
EE953 - Calm Down Cubes • Lakeshore Learning Materials $12.99 2 $25.98
GM429 - Mini Bowling Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $24.99 1 $24.99
CW527 - Swing and Catch Cup - Set of 6 Colors • Lakeshore Learning Materials $21.99 1 $21.99
EE951 - Gel-Bead Emotion Friends • Lakeshore Learning Materials $14.99 1 $14.99
SCD106064 - Happy Place Motivational Mini Poster Pack • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
SCD110553 - Happy Place Motivational Bulletin Board Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99
SCD110109 - Good Manners Matter Bulletin Board Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$721.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $66.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$828.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$146.14

Total project goal

$974.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $974.28

1 Donor

-$828.14

Donations toward project cost

-$828.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$146.14

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mrs. Galvez and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/calming-area/7085294/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":23,"teacherScreenName":"Mrs. Galvez","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1907229859","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Los Angeles","teachersOnPage":[734926],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":7085294,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"734926":{"owner":"Mrs. Galvez","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[7085294],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp734926_orig.jpg?crop=342,341,x0,y12&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1723081999995","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":126405,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":734926,"schoolCounty":"Los Angeles","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}