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

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The Power of Choice

Help me give my students an exciting classroom where they have the choice of seats. Students thrive in environments where they are able to make choices. Help me give my students the power of choice.

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My Students

Our Second grade classroom is full of love. We have built a classroom that encourages us to learn and love despite the many obstacles that we all face on a daily basis and particularly the obstacles that my students face living in a low income neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. My students work hard everyday, putting forth effort in all they do.

I strive to provide my students with hope, the hope that is required to be the roses that grow through the concrete.

Our school is located in the Englewood neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago. My students have dreams for their futures like all children. But growing up in Englewood and having the dreams that they have require large amounts of hope to achieve them. My students face obstacles at every point in their lives including facing trauma that most children and adults don't ever face in their lifetimes.

Our classroom is an explosion of color, love, and hope. My students deserve the chance to grow and thrive even in the most inhospitable places. Our classroom provides hope for future and a safe place to be loved and nurtured.

My Project

We are requesting balance ball seats, yoga mats, wobble seats and chairs bands. These materials are a part of a teaching method known as flexible seating. Flexible seating provides students with different seating choices throughout the day or during specified times in the day. Flexible seating has been utilized in my classroom during our independent reading time and I will introduce it during small group rotations throughout the day.

Flexible seating has the ability to give students power, the power to make their own decisions and take ownership of how they learn best.

Students learn to be self aware as they realize they learn better in different areas of the room and also in different seating styles. Student behavior is also positively affected, students want choices, they thrive in an environment where they can make choices and will try their best to maintain that choice by following directions.

My students face monstrous amounts of challenges and trauma. Being in control of something as simple as a seat can have a huge impact on all aspects of their lives.

Ms. Karnemaat Libby Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

More about Ms. Karnemaat

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Gaiam Classic Balance Ball Chair – Exercise Stability Yoga Ball Premium Ergonomic Chair for Home and Office Desk with Air Pump, Exercise Guide and Satisfaction Guarantee, Ocean • Amazon Business $69.98 1 $69.98
Gaiam Classic Balance Ball Chair – Exercise Stability Yoga Ball Premium Ergonomic Chair for Home and Office Desk with Air Pump, Exercise Guide and Satisfaction Guarantee, Wasabi • Amazon Business $69.98 1 $69.98
Tabletop Magnetic Easel & Whiteboard (2 Sides) Includes: 4 Dry Erase Markers. Drawing Art White Board Educational Kids Toy • Amazon Business $19.99 2 $39.98
Rest Mat Single - Green • Kaplan Early Learning Company $31.46 1 $31.46
Chair Bands (12-Pack)-Fidget Resistance Chair Bands for Kids with Sensory Needs-Kicking Improves Concentration for Students with Autism ADHD SPD, for School Chairs Desk Classroom • Amazon Business $26.87 1 $26.87
Trideer Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, Kids Wiggle Seat, Sensory Cushion for Elementary School Chair (Office & Home & Classroom) (34 cm Royal Blue) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Trideer Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Flexible Seating Classroom, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, Wiggle Seat for Sensory Kids (Office & Home & School) (33cm Robin Egg Blue) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Yoga Direct Deluxe Extra Thick Yoga Sticky Mat, Yellow, 1/4-Inch • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Yoga Direct Deluxe Extra Thick Yoga Sticky Mat, Light Lavender, 1/4-Inch • Amazon Business $18.86 1 $18.86
Trideer Inflated Stability Wobble Cushion with Pump, Extra Thick Core Balance Disc, Kids Wiggle Seat, Sensory Cushion for Elementary School Chair (Office & Home & Classroom) (34cm New Yellow Green) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Gaiam Kids Yoga Mat Exercise Mat, Yoga for Kids with Fun Prints - Playtime for Babies, Active & Calm Toddlers and Young Children, Dino Zone, 3mm • Amazon Business $17.98 1 $17.98
Gaiam Kids Yoga Mat Exercise Mat, Yoga for Kids with Fun Prints - Playtime for Babies, Active & Calm Toddlers and Young Children, Mr. G, 3mm • Amazon Business $17.98 1 $17.98
Gaiam Kids Yoga Mat Exercise Mat, Yoga for Kids with Fun Prints - Playtime for Babies, Active & Calm Toddlers and Young Children, Seahorse, 3mm • Amazon Business $17.98 1 $17.98
AmazonBasics Yoga & Exercise Mat with Carrying Strap, 1/4", Red • Amazon Business $15.15 1 $15.15
Gaiam Kids Yoga Mat Exercise Mat, Yoga for Kids with Fun Prints - Playtime for Babies, Active & Calm Toddlers and Young Children, Blue Rocket, 3mm • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
Black Mountain Products Exercise Balance Stability Disc with Hand Pump, Red • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65
CAP Barbell HHY-CF004B Cap Fitness Yoga Mat, Blue • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89

Materials cost

$435.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.21

Total project goal

$554.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.73

3 Donors

-$442.38

Donations toward project cost

-$386.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.86

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.35

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 $0.00

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