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Mrs. Thayer from Auburn, ME is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sitting with Style!

Help me give my students Learniture Active Learning Chairs and plastic stack stools for more comfortable and preferable seating!

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My Students

My students are an active, creative, and funny group! They are always surprising me with their ambition to learn and as we say at every morning meeting, "work hard to be your best self."

Our school is a small, urban, Title I school with about 270 students, where over 95% of students qualify for free breakfast and lunch.

No matter that struggles some of my students face, they come to school ready to learn and improve themselves. I strive to make our classroom a calm and inviting place where students can try their best to be their best!

My Project

Flexible seating is important and preferred by my students, so I am working to add more into our classroom. This project will allow for four Learniture Active Learning Chairs and three plastic stack stools for more seating options. That's enough for every student to make a choice each time they enter our classroom.

Flexible seating is another way students can have voice and choice in my classroom.

By having these options available to them, they know if they use the seating appropriately, that they can make a more preferable seating choice to be more comfortable while working. I have seen students more motivated and increase their stamina because of flexible seating!

Mrs. Thayer Washburn Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Auburn, ME View local requests

More than half 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

55 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Learniture Active Learning Chair/ Stool, 18" H, Black, LNT-3046-18BK • Amazon Business $84.59 4 $338.36
Norwood Commercial Furniture NOR-STOOLBS-SO Plastic Stack Stools • Amazon Business $37.71 3 $113.13

Materials cost

$451.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.57

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.15

Total project goal

$600.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $600.98

15 Donors

-$542.15

Donations toward project cost

-$468.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.82

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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