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Ms. Caiaccia from Flushing, NY is requesting sports & exercise equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sports Teams Speed It Up!

My students need training aids to assist with speed and quickness.

  • $587 goal

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My Students

Students at THHS represent the finest of New York City public schooling as they partake in a very vigorous academic curriculum. It is sometimes difficult for students to balance their schoolwork with sports teams' practices and competitions.

We need your help to take our sports teams to the next level because we want to be able to train both their sports-specific skills as well as their strength, speed, reaction and other skills-based fitness foundations.

I have been teaching and coaching at THHS for the last 10 years, and in my experiences here I have learned that most of the students appreciate being exposed to a variety of ways to stay fit and explore different sports and activities that they may have otherwise not had the chance if not through the competitive school sport environment.

My Project

My students will use effective training tools with limited space to improve their quickness and reaction times to better performance during games and matches. I coach varsity girls' basketball and varsity boys' volleyball and I have seen the direct impact of sport-specific training on in-game performance. This project is a way for me to further enhance the training techniques that our teams use to get stronger and faster. Our players will work on their cutting, quickness and ability to move without the ball.

My students will see direct benefits from these training aids during basketball games and volleyball matches by jumping higher for rebounds and spikes and by chasing down a ball or sprinting down the court to beat our opponents!

The field of sport-specific training is growing and so do the opportunities for our student-athletes to train smarter. With these specific training tools I will be able to create circuits and other routines for our athletes.

Ms. Caiaccia Townsend Harris High School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SKLZ Pro Training Agility Poles - 8 pack - No Color • DICK'S Sporting Goods $79.99 3 $239.97
SKLZ Speed Chute - No Color • DICK'S Sporting Goods $29.99 4 $119.96
SKLZ Quick Ladder Pro 2.0 - No Color • DICK'S Sporting Goods $59.99 1 $59.99

Materials cost

$419.92

Vendor shipping charges

$41.99

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$498.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.92

Total project goal

$586.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$586.13

5 Donors

-$284.24

Donations toward project cost

-$256.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.64

match offer

-$284.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$241.61

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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$0.00

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