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Ms. Vilensky from Brooklyn NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

From Sheet Music to Your Ears...

My project needs 20 copies of "Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course" Level 1, as well as 1 copy of a variety of 10 piano books that represent different musical styles.

  • $470 goal

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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.

At the All City Leadership Academy, we have slowly but surely been building our music program over the past three years. As we are a grade 6-12 school, we started music at both the 6th and 9h grade levels, and now are able to offer some musical opportunities to students in every grade. While some students have elected to take band or choir, many other students have been asking to try their hands at piano. Unfortunately, we only have one school piano, which makes full class instruction virtually impossible. Fortunately, this is all about to change thanks to a few extremely generous donors at DonorsChoose who have just agreed to supply us with 15 piano keyboards this winter. As my excitement about the pianos has grown over the past few days, I have realized there is one snag in the success of the program -- we have no piano music! I am requesting several copies of a basic piano book as well as a variety of specialty piano books to spark the students' musical interests. With the books including everything from the classics to rock and roll to jazz, my hope is that my students will have the tools to be jammin' out by spring -- if you can help us we will definitely be 'playing your praises!'

Ms. Vilensky
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book, Level One/2236 Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, Amanda Vick Lethco • Barnes and Noble $8.95 20 $179.00
100 Christmas Carols: Easy Piano Staff of Hal Leonard, Created by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Music from The Star Wars Trilogy - Easy Piano Arranged by Dan Coates • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Library of Easy Piano Classics: (Sheet Music), Vol. 1 Tim Tully (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $19.75 1 $19.75
How To Play Popular Piano In 10 Easy Lessons Norman Monath, Designed by David Hal • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
Pop/Rock Piano Hits for Dummies: A Reference for the Rest of Us! Noted by Robbie Gennet, Created by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Alicia Keys: Songs in A Minor: Easy Piano Alicia Keys • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Library of Easy Piano Classics, Vol. 2 Amy Appleby, Manufactured by Music Sales Corporation • Barnes and Noble $19.75 1 $19.75
Disney Blockbusters: Easy Piano Play-Along Series, Volume 11) Staff of Hal Leonard • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Torch Songs Easy Piano Hal Leonard Corporation (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Movie Greats: Easy Piano, Vol. 9 Hal Leonard Publications Staff • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45

Materials cost

$327.05

Vendor shipping charges

$32.71

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$385.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.51

Total project goal

$469.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$469.51

2 Donors

-$452.94

Donations toward project cost

-$385.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.57

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$0.00

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