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Mr. Houk from Crystal Lake, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Children's Fitness Center!

My students need exercise and fitness equipment to help improve fitness testing scores, which are now submitted to the state each year.

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My Students

I have the pleasure of teaching over 450 students from diverse backgrounds in grades Kindergarten through fifth grade! Also, we have a wonderful group of students in special education called the Aspire group. The Aspire group contains students in grades K-5 who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Our school does an amazing job at seamlessly integrating the Aspire students into all subject and encore areas of learning. One of their favorite subjects is Physical Education and I am thrilled to teach them all the new and exciting skills, fitness challenges, and games each week!

My Project

My student's ideas were to continue building up our new goal of creating a fitness center for students to use during P.E! Illinois has initiated a new Enhanced P.E. model that is fitness based and now requires all P.E. teachers to submit fitness scores to the state each year. New fitness equipment will help students build on their health and fitness knowledge while allowing them to create fitness goals!

The students requested more equipment because they loved the fitness equipment I purchased last year!

Exercise and fitness equipment can be very expensive, and with a very limited P.E. yearly budget it would take many years to obtain this awesome equipment. The students plan to use the materials to further increase their knowledge on fitness and to use the equipment to lead a health-enhancing lifestyle in and outside of school. Some of the equipment in my cart includes:

- Kettle Bells (teach about building strength, which will benefit them during the push-up and pull-up fitness tests).

-Medicine balls (core strengthening movements to help with sit ups).

-Vertical Jump test (teach about power and to help train for the agility portion of fitness testing).

- Ab wheel (students can work on building their core muscles, which would benefit them during the abdominal fitness test).

-Sit & Reach Box (used for Fitnessgram testing to test flexibility).

-Yoga Mats (teach students about various yoga positions and for stretching practice).

I strive to build a Children's Fitness Center in our school so that students can learn about leading a healthy lifestyle and have fun in the process!

Mr. Houk South Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Crystal Lake, IL View local requests 450 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tandem Sport Vertical Challenger Jump Tester $289.96 1 $289.96
CAP Rubber Medicine Ball Set with Rack $167.95 1 $167.95
Baseline 12-1086 Sit n' Reach Trunk Flexibility Box, Deluxe $136.37 1 $136.37
YogaAccessories (TM) 1/4'' Extra Thick High Density Yoga Mat (Phthalate Free) - Red $20.95 4 $83.80
Power Press Push Up - Complete Push Up Training System $49.99 1 $49.99
AB WHEEL $9.99 4 $39.96
Camry 200 Lbs / 90 Kgs Digital Hand Dynamometer Grip Strength Measurement Meter Auto Capturing Hand Grip Power $25.99 1 $25.99

Materials cost

$794.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$835.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$147.52

Total project goal

$983.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $983.45

3 Donors

-$147.00

Donations toward project cost

-$124.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$836.45

Match offers toward project cost

-$710.98

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$125.47

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