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Ms. Vollor from Buffalo, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sensory Break Boxes

My students need sensory/break boxes to help them stay on task during unstructured times during the day.

  • $161 goal

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My Students

As a special education teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. The majority of my students have emotional and sensory needs that interfere with their ability to be present for instruction. Despite the many challenges they face, they come to school everyday excited and willing to try something new. Not everyday is easy or predictable outside of the hours they spend in my classroom. I am looking to provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences that meet their unique learning abilities.

My students work hard to regulate their bodies and emotions while trying to meet rigorous common core learning standards.

They are energetic, smart, and spontaneous. As a new self-contained special education teacher, my classroom has to be able to suit a variety of learning needs. I may not be able to control their emotions, however, I can certainly control their experience during the school day. By creating a learning environment that will fit their sensory needs in a creative and positive way, I am hopeful to inspire students to continue on a path of academic excellence.

My Project

The boxes are quite simple; they are compartments that contain materials for a certain activity. The activities are typically short and structured, and they may offer a nice blend of familiarity and challenge. Any activity that fits in the compartment may be used as part of a child's curriculum, or in therapy at home.

The benefits of Activity Boxes is the convenient packaging offers much more than organization for the child working on the activity.

Benefits for using task boxes for autistic children are great. They have a definite beginning, middle and end. The tasks appeal to the desire for routine and order. Activities in the boxes address various skills. They make it easier to attend to the task without distraction.

Lastly, they encourage independence, as the child takes the task out of the box, completes it, and puts it away with minimal or no guidance.

Ms. Vollor PS 92 Build Community School Grades 3-5

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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Buffalo, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

12 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698 • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99
Sterilite 6 Quart Clear Stacking Closet Storage Tote with White Lid (12 Pack) • Amazon Business $28.94 1 $28.94
YUANXIA Multi Color Plastic Pony Beads, 2000-Pack rainbow beads (2000 Pack) • Amazon Business $13.89 2 $27.78

Materials cost

$104.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.05

Total project goal

$160.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $160.33

1 Donor

-$136.28

Donations toward project cost

-$136.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$24.05

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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