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Mrs. Alfred from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Alfred's classroom raised $191

Club Caribbean - Wow That's Beautiful !

My students need various craft supplies like beads, art wire, and pliers.

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Mrs. Alfred Mather High School
Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

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.

I teach English as a Second Language at a large urban high school in Illinois. My job is it to make sure the 110 high school students who are entrusted to me are ready for college next year. This is a momentous task. They work hard to achieve the goal of the American dream. Many of them study hard and have little fun besides going to school and doing homework and helping at home with chores. I want to offer them more after school than just more work. I used to sponsor an afterschool club that focused on learning journalism and publishing skills and we published two Zines each year. I know that many of these students would like to learn publishing skills as well. However, unlike just learning publishing skills and writing stories, I want to get these students involved in greater projects of helping and volunteering and to really feel that what they are doing is helping in some greater way.

Since my students come to me from all corners of the world, it would be great to have an afterschool club that focuses on art from all over the world. However, we will start by focusing on the art of the Caribbean first and as the year progresses, include the projects from other parts of the world. Since I have been to Haiti many times and I work with schools in the Port-au-Prince area on my vacations from school in the US, my students will have the opportunity to actually share their projects with three schools in Port-au-Prince.

I want my students to learn and develop the art of the Caribbean by learning embroidery, music, and dance. Since we have an annual dance event in the spring where clubs perform their ethnic dances, I would like my students to develop a dance that could represent any one island of the Caribbean. We will need art supplies in the form of beads, sequins, and drums. We will journal our progress in the club in the form of a school magazine that will be published at the end of the year showcasing the students’ art work and stories of what they have learned from their time in the club. These students will not only learn how to replicate art from the Caribbean, but also learn some drumming and dancing along with journalism and publishing skills.

Help these students to learn about things they would never learn about unless they have a chance to attend this after school club. They are wonderful and very hardworking students who need a little help to broaden their horizons by learning about art, dance, and music of the Caribbean and journalism and publishing skills, skills they will be able to use for many years to come.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

50 students impacted 4 donors
Mrs. Alfred Mather High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL 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

50 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lustre Glo Seed Beads, 1-lb. Pkg. • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $2.38 3 $7.14
Indian Seed Beads, 1/2-lb. Pkg. • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $9.99 1 $9.99
Sax® Set of 4 Mini Pliers • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $29.69 1 $29.69
Storage Cups • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $2.39 4 $9.56
Opaque E Beads • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $5.99 1 $5.99
Lustre Glo Seed Beads, 1-lb. Pkg. • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $2.38 2 $4.76
Chevron Glass Beads, 1/2-Lb. Pkg. • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $30.99 1 $30.99
Rainbow Hemp Variety Pack • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $4.99 1 $4.99
Sax® Colored 20-Gauge Art Wire • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $28.79 1 $28.79

Materials cost

$131.90

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.19

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$156.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.26

Total project goal

$190.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.34

2 Donors

-$84.20

Donations toward project cost

-$78.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.16

match offer

-$95.17

Match offer toward project cost

-$78.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.97

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 $0.00

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