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Ms. Dudek from Chicago, IL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Us Cushion the Classroom Experience!

Help me give my students comfortable seating options to help their physical well-being and maintain their focus.

  • 1 donor
  • $181 goal

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Ms. Dudek has another project! Donate to Cutting It Close With Macbeth to help her classroom.

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My Project

Multiple students complain that they have to sit in hard desks all day. By the time it reaches 7th or 8th period, students would rather stand or sit on the floor than to sit in the hard, confined desk that is uniform in all classrooms. After reflecting on this, I thought to write a DonorsChoose project to try to attain more comfortable seating options in my classroom.

Help give my students better seats so that they will have a better focus in my classroom.

I will give students these cushions to see if it improves their experience.

Ms. Dudek Percy L Julian High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

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Chicago, IL 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

200 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SAIREIDER Seat Cushion and Lumbar Support Pillow for Office Chair, Memory Foam Car Seat Cushions Back Support Pillows, Help Relieve Pain of Back, Lumbar, Tailbone and Sciatic Nerve（Black） • Amazon Business $29.95 3 $89.85
Everlasting Comfort Doctor Recommended Memory Foam Seat Cushions for Office Chairs - Tailbone Pain Relief Cushion, Sciatica & Back Support, Office Chair Cushion & Car Seat Cushion • Amazon Business $31.99 1 $31.99

Materials cost

$121.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$153.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$27.12

Total project goal

$180.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $180.79

1 Donor

-$180.79

Donations toward project cost

-$153.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.12

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 $0.00

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