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Mrs. McCargish from Richmond, IN is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Flexible Seating for All!

Help me give my students flexible seating options. Students need to fidget without being a distraction to others, and wobble chairs provide that opportunity for them, as well as encouraging good posture habits.

  • $394 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I have a diverse and amazing population of students who make my everyday "job" into an amazing learning journey. I am on that learning journey together with my 9th and 10th graders.

Together with the 140-ish students that I teach every day, we create a home in the four walls we inhabit.

My school works every day at nurturing the diverse interests of the amazing students we serve, despite the obstacles life throws at us.

Our district is a low SES district with more than 65% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Many students treat our school as a home, because the place they go to after 3:30 doesn't provide what a home should. My goal is to help create the learning opportunities that these amazing students deserve, and not let the poverty mindset prevent my students from reaching their potential.

My Project

The typical student in my school is used to sitting... A lot. No wonder they get squirrely! Try as I might with lessons where we actively move, sometimes they have to sit and learn what a gerund is.

Have you ever followed a student around for a day and thought, "Wow, that's a lot of sitting and note taking." I wouldn't want to sit in a hard chair for 55 minutes, only to walk next door and sit in a chair for another 55 minutes, repeat 7 times a day.

Why should I ask my students to?

With flexible seating options, my students can focus less on the uncomfortable chair they're sitting in, and more on the book they're reading, or the lesson I'm teaching.

Mrs. McCargish
Grades 9-12
  • Richmond High School
  • Richmond, IN
  • 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

    This project will reach 140 students.

    5 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kore Teen Active Chair - 18.7" H Color: Dark Green • Teachers' School Supply $67.75 4 $271.00

Materials cost

$271.00

Vendor shipping charges

$29.81

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$334.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.09

Total project goal

$393.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$393.96

3 Donors

-$275.00

Donations toward project cost

-$233.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$118.96

Match offers toward project cost

-$101.12

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.84

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$0.00

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