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Ms. Backman from San Jose, CA is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Like to Wiggle!

My students need 3 Hokki Stools to help them be active while they learn.

  • $411 goal

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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 Students

Do you love sitting in a hard plastic chair for long periods of time? My students don't like it either! Help me give my students a new way to sit.

I teach 23 fantastic students at a Title I school in San Jose, CA.

Most of my students are learning English as their second language. My students love to learn and they are very active. Sometimes their activeness makes it hard for them to concentrate on lessons in the classroom. I need to think out of the box to give them a new way to release their energy in a safe way.

My Project

I am requesting three Hokki Stools for my classroom. A Hokki Stool is a stool with a rounded base. This allows the students to rock and wiggle while they are listening to lessons or completing work. This is a safer alternative to a yoga ball. The balls are hard for young children to sit on and I have visions of my students falling off! The Hokki Stool has a flat seat so students aren't in danger of rolling off! I have two Hokki Stools in my classroom and I saw a dramatic difference in attention abilities for my students who used them last year. I am hoping to slowly get enough Hokki Stools for my entire class!

Hokki Stools will improve my class.

With better focus my students will be able to learn so much more and I will spend less time trying to correct off-task behavior. Thank you so much for taking an interest in my students!

Ms. Backman Jeanne Meadows Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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San Jose, CA 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

23 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hokki Stool - 15" Blue • Kaplan Early Learning Company $96.01 3 $288.03

Materials cost

$288.03

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.54

Total project goal

$410.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $410.24

2 Donors

-$205.12

Donations toward project cost

-$174.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.77

match offer

-$205.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$174.35

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.77

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 $0.00

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