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Mrs. Olthouse from Garland, TX is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tolerance Tables

My students need the bar height table and stool set and mobile desk carts for safe flexible seating and standing areas.

  • $331 goal

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Help Mrs. Olthouse

Mrs. Olthouse has another project! Donate to Basic Supplies for New Year to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $138.
2X

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 Students

I teach at a high poverty school where several of the students receive free or reduced price lunches, and 100% receive free breakfast. Even though my fourth grade students have many obstacles that make learning more difficult, I always have high expectations that they will grow and learn. School is a safe and happy place for my students. Each day they come into the classroom excited about the day and spending time exploring and learning together! For many of my students, being at school is the best part of their day.

Keeping up with today's technology is an important part of education.

Coding, financial literacy, and STEAM activities are all very important to me to teach my children.

My Project

We are moving to flexible seating in our classroom to motivate and engage students all day every day. I have many students who prefer to stand during the day. Research shows that providing opportunities for different seating and movement in the classroom has significant benefits on learning. Using these pub/bar height tables will give students the freedom to choose how they learn.

Giving my students a choice makes them think responsibly about their learning and how they learn best.

These tables will help me facilitate small group sessions. I would like to set up a small group station with a tall table and chairs. Students love finding new places to learn and giving learning spots at different heights will give many opportunities for them to do so. This project will help me talk with students in small groups on a variety of needs and specifically those affecting tolerance.

Mrs. Olthouse Northlake 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.

More about Mrs. Olthouse

Garland, TX 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

22 students impacted 42donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bar Height Table and Stool Set • Amazon Business $85.64 2 $171.28
Seville Classics Tilting Mobile Laptop Desk Cart • Amazon Business $37.87 2 $75.74

Materials cost

$247.02

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$280.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.54

Total project goal

$330.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$330.27

40 Donors

-$157.88

Donations toward project cost

-$146.53

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.35

match offer

-$157.88

Match offer toward project cost

-$134.20

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.68

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.51

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$0.00

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