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Mrs. Buckingham from Yukon, OK is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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You Bring the Chairs, I'll Bring the Tables!

Help me give my students a more comfortable way of learning by providing our space with enough chairs to kick our desks to the curb and replace them with kitchen tables and chairs to help it feel more like home!

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My Students

My 3rd grade classroom family is made up of twenty-four, eight- and nine-year-old students. Those twenty four are made up of 12 girls and 12 boys. We learn and spend our days in a growing district with varying income households.

Diversity is newer to us, but doing what's best for kids is not.

My kids have a wide range of families that provide more than their needs. On the other end of the spectrum, we have kids that get backpacks filled with food for the weekend. We have divorced families and happily married families, and there are multiples and steps and fosters. We are a perfectly imperfect snapshot of our town and our community. Our differences make us who we are, and, in my classroom, we strive to celebrate those things every single day.

My Project

It may seem kind of wild to have a DonorsChoose project for a classroom set of chairs, but the best kind of learning usually stems from a crazy idea. My classroom has been, and will continue to be, a safe haven for my students. I want them to feel safe, comfortable and curious about their learning.

I have a dream of ditching our desks and plastic chairs and filling our classroom space with kitchen tables and chairs.

People of all ages learn their best when they feel safe and comfortable. I want to continue to provide just that. I want a classroom that invites the kids who don't typically thrive in a classroom setting to come in and have a seat with us. I want them to feel welcome and connected before they decide it's another classroom that they might not be good enough in.

I want to have the same kind of dinner topic conversations with my classroom kids that I have with my own children at home because we all know that builds relationships and trust. Sometimes, it will be about geometry and grammar, but often times it's about what they do on the weekends and how that connects to what we are learning about. That right there? That's where the magic lies.

I believe with my whole heart, that when our classrooms are a branch of our individual teacher personalities, even more authentic magic can be made within the walls of our classrooms. I've scoured facebook marketplace, and I've done enough research to know that I can find quality tables on a budget. I will likely need six. I have hardly any chance at finding 26 sturdy chairs. We've been navigating uncharted waters throughout this pandemic. Why not practice what what I preach and dream big?

Mrs. Buckingham Stone Ridge Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Yukon, OK View local requests 24 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Furmax Metal Dining Chairs Set of 4 Indoor Outdoor Patio Chicken 18 Inch Seat Height Trattoria Chic Bistro Cafe Side Stackable,Black • Amazon Business $138.01 6 $828.06

Materials cost

$828.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $67.49

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$937.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$165.52

Total project goal

$1,103.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,103.49

3 Donors

-$1,101.14

Donations toward project cost

-$937.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$163.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.35

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