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Mr. Mac from Bronx, NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Weighted Companions

Help me give my students tools to help calm themselves when they're overstimulated.

  • $449 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

My students continue to prove that children from low-income neighborhoods can and do thrive.

Our school sits in the middle of the poorest congressional district in the United States.

We have the third-highest percentage of single mothers in America and host some of the nation's highest childhood asthma rates. Ten years ago, our school was one of the city's lowest-performing schools. It was a chaotic place, simply focused on providing a safe environment for students to visit during the day.

Today, ours is a model school whose teachers embrace responsive classroom teaching strategies. Students' math scores have increased from their record lows by three hundred percent. Parent satisfaction and support for school efforts are high, teachers provide innovative and engaging instruction, and everyone involved with the school rates its leadership top notch. In large part, our collaborative and effort-focused school culture has helped students embrace a growth mindset; the idea that struggle and even failure breeds success. These lessons are embedded in everything we do.

My Project

A lot takes place during PE class. Students rotate through stations to learn new skills, run and do fitness activities to boost their heart rates, listen to music and time their movements to beats. While engaging, these activities can sometimes overstimulate students' equanimity.

This project funds weighted animal and sports companions to help students regulate and calm themselves when needed.

The added weight grounds students and allows them to use the SEL skills we practice in class to focus on their bodily sensations and breathing.

Many thanks for your support!!

Mr. Mac PS 154 Jonathan D Hyatt 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.

More about Mr. Mac

Bronx, NY View local requests

Nearly all 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

300 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Manimo Weighted Stuffed Animal for Kids - Lap Pad Sensory Tool - Perfect for Home, Schools, Kindergartens, Daycares (Dog 4.4 lb) • Amazon Business $64.95 1 $64.95
Manimo Weighted Stuffed Animal for Kids - Lap Pad Sensory Tool - Perfect for Sensory Disorders for Home, Schools, Kindergartens, Daycares (Cat 4.4 lb) • Amazon Business $64.95 1 $64.95
manimo Weighted Stuffed Animal for Kids - Lap Pad Sensory Tool - Perfect for Sensory Disorders, Autism, for Home, Schools, kindergartens, daycares (Snake 3.3 lb) • Amazon Business $52.95 1 $52.95
manimo Weighted Stuffed Animal for Kids - Lap Pad Sensory Tool - Perfect for Sensory Disorders, Autism, for Home, Schools, kindergartens, daycares (Snake 2.2 lb) • Amazon Business $42.95 1 $42.95
FRIENDLY CUDDLE Basketball Weighted Lap Pad for Kids 5 lbs. - Sensory Weighted Stuffed Lap Blanket for Toddlers Kids Adults with Sensory Processing Disorder - Perfect for Classroom Travel Home Office • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
FRIENDLY CUDDLE Baseball Machine Washable Weighted Lap Pad for Kids 5 lbs. - Sensory Weighted Stuffed Lap Blanket for Toddlers Kids Adults with Sensory Processing Disorder - Home Classroom Travel • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
FRIENDLY CUDDLE Football Weighted Lap Pad for Kids 5 lbs. - Sensory Weighted Stuffed Lap Blanket for Toddlers Kids Adults with Sensory Processing Disorder - Perfect for Classroom Travel Home Office • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99

Materials cost

$345.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$380.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.23

Total project goal

$448.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $448.19

3 Donors

-$224.10

Donations toward project cost

-$190.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.61

Matching donations from our partners

-$224.08

Match offers toward project cost

-$190.47

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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