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

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Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork Part 2

Help me give my students basic supplies such as pens, highlighters, and notebooks along with wobble stools, cardboard boxes, and post-it notes, to implement engaging hands-on lessons during our small group workshop stations.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Imagine rooting for your favorite team during the Super Bowl...how amazing would it be for your team to get into the end zone and score a touchdown? Well, I am my students' biggest fan and I am determined to see them grow in their self-confidence, academics, and be successful in our world!

Setting up work stations with hands-on and creative ways to help students access the curriculum would make such a big difference in engaging my students and helping them get excited about learning!

This year, I have a large class size once again and I continue to brainstorm ways to help incorporate movement and small group instruction daily. Reading workshop is a time where students get to explore different strategies for learning with small group tasks and build on their teamwork skills.

My students need post-its, highlighters, and notebooks to express themselves through journaling and give one another written feedback. They also need folders, cardboard boxes, and tape to create projects such as a Biography lapbook for Black History month. The wobble stools, frisbees that will act as mini-whiteboards, dry erase markers, and privacy partitions will help to provide a calming space to work throughout our workshop stations. Storage bins are needed to help keep our games and workshop materials organized and ready for daily use and creative play. Lastly, we need Kleenex and Clorox wipes to make sure our classroom workspace is clean to reduce the spread of germs.

Help my students get into the learning zone during workshop so they can go the length of the "learning field" and "score" new strategies to support their learning through the implementation of our workshop stations!

Mrs. Edwards Smyser Elementary School Grades 3-5

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 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

30 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flex-Space Premium 16" Blue Wobble Chair Bundle - Set of 6 Chairs • Lakeshore Learning Materials $512.05 1 $512.05
Champion Sports Plastic Disc, 125g, Assorted Colors, Pack of 6 (CHSFD125-6) • Quill.com $26.99 6 $161.94
Lakeshore Privacy Partitions - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $49.99 3 $149.97
Mead 1 Subject Spiral Notebook, 10 1/2" x 7 1/2", College Ruled, 70 Sheets, Assorted Colors, 6/Pack • Quill.com $16.59 6 $99.54
IRIS USA 3 Drawer Rolling Storage Cart with Organizer Top, Black • Amazon Business $36.99 2 $73.98
Scotch Packaging Tape - 6 Pack • Teachers' School Supply $32.71 2 $65.42
Lysol© Disinfecting Wipes - Lemon/Lime Blossom - 80 Ct. - Case of 6 • Nasco $56.35 1 $56.35
Erasable Gel Pens, 15 Pack Retractable Erasable Pens Clicker, Fine Point, Make Mistakes Disappear, 8 Black 7 Blue Inks for Writing Planner and Crossword Puzzles… • Amazon Business $13.98 4 $55.92
Kleenex Ultra Soft Facial Tissue, 3-Ply, 60 Sheets/Box, 4 Boxes/Pack (50173) • Quill.com $10.99 4 $43.96
Here to There Packaging White Cardboard Pizza Boxes, Takeout Containers - 12 x 12 Pizza Box Size, Corrugated, Kraft – 50 Pack • Amazon Business $39.78 1 $39.78
Quill Brand� File Folders, Assorted Tabs, 1/3-Cut, Letter Size, Assorted Colors, 100/Box (740913AD) • Quill.com $32.99 1 $32.99
8 Pads Lined Sticky Notes 4x4 in Post, 8 Colors Self Sticky Notes Pad Its, Bright Stickies Colorful Big Square Sticky Notes for Office, Home, School, Meeting,50 Sheets/Pad • Amazon Business $7.96 4 $31.84
Pilot FriXion Light Pastel Erasable Highlighters Chisel Tip Assorted Ink 5/Pack (46543) • Staples $8.81 3 $26.43
EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Markers, Chisel Tip, Assorted Colors, 36 Pack • Amazon Business $21.55 1 $21.55
Crayola Colored Pencils Assorted Colors 12/Box (68-4012) • Staples $1.77 8 $14.16
Mr. Pen- Guided Reading Strips, 18 Pack, Highlighter Strips, Bookmarks for Kids, Highlight Strips for Books, Reading Trackers for Kids, Highlighter Strips for Reading, Book Highlighter Strips • Amazon Business $5.98 2 $11.96
Sharpie Permanent Marker, Fine Tip, Black, Dozen (30001) • Quill.com $10.99 1 $10.99

Materials cost

$1,408.83

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.84

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,472.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$259.91

Total project goal

$1,732.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,732.71

4 Donors

-$797.00

Donations toward project cost

-$795.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.65

match offer

-$797.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$677.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$119.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$138.71

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