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Ms. Smith from Trinity, AL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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These Little Hands Can Save the Earth

My students need these books about recycling and caring for Earth, wobble chairs, and reusable writing tablets as these materials will help them learn how to care for Earth and how to create less waste.

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My Students

My students are ready and eager to learn. We are a Title I school with 100% of the students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. Our students come from a rural community with parents who want them to succeed and the best for them in life. My students are in first grade.

We enjoy learning in a nontraditional environment and using technology to explore the world around us.

My students are excited and love the opportunity to explore the world around them. They have been learning to work collaboratively and how to find solutions to real-world problems.

My Project

This project is to teach my students about the importance of taking care of the Earth. In our classroom, we do all we can to help the environment including recycling and reusing. My students always look at things before they put them in the trash and ask if we really need to throw them away.

They are the future and if they are empowered to take care of Earth, they will share their knowledge with others.

There are three parts to this project that will enhance my student's learning of the importance of being responsible. They might be little, but they have great power.

The first part is to help stock our Creation Station area in our classroom. In the Creation Station, students create projects out of materials that would have been thrown away. Currently, students sit in the floor, but wobble stools will allow them to have a place to sit as they reuse materials. We have a bits box where we place all leftover paper from any cutting projects we do in class as well as old magazines and newspapers.

The second part of this project is to help us go green with classroom participation with LCD writing tablets. These tablets run off one battery for 5 or more years and can be used over and over by students. Students can use them instead of whiteboard and whiteboard markers. Whiteboard markers have to be thrown away after we use them.

The third part of this project is new books about recycling will be used whole group for us to discuss why it is important to recycle and take care of the Earth. My students are intrigued by how things work. These books will help them to understand why we take care of the Earth and how they can.

Ms. Smith East Lawrence Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Trinity, AL 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

19 students impacted 44donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kore Patented WOBBLE Chair, Made in the USA, Active Sitting for Toddler, Pre-School, Kids, and Teens; Kids don't have to sit still anymore -The BEST seat in any Classroom! - Black - Kids (14in) • Amazon Business $64.95 3 $194.85
Boogie Board Jot 8.5 LCD eWriter, Blue (J32220001) • Amazon Business $15.99 4 $63.96
Why Should I Recycle? (Why Should I? Books) • Amazon Business $5.38 1 $5.38
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$268.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$324.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.19

Total project goal

$381.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $381.25

43 Donors

-$189.39

Donations toward project cost

-$168.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.21

match offer

-$189.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$160.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.47

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 $0.00

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