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Mrs. April Myres, NBCT from Horn Lake, MS is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crash Into Calmness: Air-Lite Ball Pit for Sensory Processing Needs

Help me give my students an Air-lite Ball Pit to provide sensory input for our students.

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My Students

Our Title I school is located in Northern Mississippi. We have a wonderful group of family and students! I am a special education teacher for PreK-2nd grade students. My students have a wide variety of learning characteristics and special education eligibilities with most sensory and/or behavior needs. Each child enters our school with their own sense of wonder and curiosity, while also having their own individual needs.

In my room, we focus on whole child development which includes academics and social-emotional education.

My students' needs greatly vary from non-verbal to children high functioning on the Autism Spectrum. Some have language needs- receptive, expressive, and/or articulation, as well as health concerns or disabilities.

Due to COVID-19 and social distancing guidelines, our families were given a choice between full-time in-person instruction and full-time virtual learning instruction. All of our teachers, including myself, teach both sets of students throughout the week!

Our classroom and school is a special place where children receive the love, resources, and accommodations needed to learn and grow each day!

My Project

Have you ever just needed to fall on the couch or felt angry and needed to squeeze an object? I sure have! For my students with additional sensory processing issues, additional support is needed throughout the day to regulate these feelings, emotions, and senses!

The air-lite ball pit is a wonderful sensory tool that allows my children the opportunity to safely experience proprioceptive input with squishes, jumping and crashing, as well as tactile and vestibular input through rolling!

The Air-lite ball pit is a safe sensory product and will go into our school wide sensory room which is available to all students when needed throughout the day for planned and unplanned sensory breaks! I am sure it will become a fan favorite for our students!

Thank you for helping our students stay safe during their much needed sensory and emotional breaks!

Mrs. April Myres, NBCT Horn Lake Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Horn Lake, MS View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

100 students impacted 24donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Air-Lite Ball Pit • Fun and Function $299.99 1 $299.99

Materials cost

$299.99

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.04

Sales tax

 $21.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$383.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.68

Total project goal

$451.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $451.21

19 Donors

-$203.41

Donations toward project cost

-$190.24

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.17

Matching donations from our partners

-$227.40

Match offers toward project cost

-$193.29

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.40

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 $0.00

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