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Mrs. DeClusin from Pueblo West, CO is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Safe, Calm, and Able to Concentrate Within My Classroom

Help me give my students items to help them feel comfortable and safe within my classroom.

  • $857 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Project

Having so many students with social emotional needs, I am trying to set up my classroom where they feel safe and able to focus on the content being presented to them. By providing all students, including the students with ADD, ADHD, and autism, with fidget spinners, they will be able to increase their concentration and attention to the concept being taught within my room. Research implies that overactive movements, such as fidgeting, helps improve performance on required tasks in children. The soft and cozy design of bean bags have been proven to help promote relaxation and lower tension and anxiety and with so many of my students facing social and emotional distress. Relaxing in a bean bag can help them feel peaceful and allow them to decompress and focus on themselves and the content at hand within my class. My number one priority is that it ensures these kids feel safe and loved while in the classroom, and if they do, they will better be able to grasp concepts being presented to them. With the many physical and mental health benefits that bean bags provide, my students begin to overcome obstacles one at a time.

Mrs. DeClusin
Grades 6-8
  • Skyview Middle School
  • Pueblo West, CO
    • More than a third 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 74 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flash Furniture Cotton Twill Bean Bag Chair Red (DGBEANSMSLDRD) • Staples $95.80 6 $574.80
EWA Eco-Wood-Art 3D Mini Fidget Twister • Blick Art Materials $7.50 15 $112.50

Materials cost

$687.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$727.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.40

Total project goal

$856.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $856.01

1 Donor

-$856.01

Donations toward project cost

-$727.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$128.40

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