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Handbuilding for Kids

My students need a slab roller.

Ms. Skeen Brightwood Elementary School

Greensboro, NC Grades 3-5

700+ students + 2 teachers rolling clay by hand = 4 aching arms! Ours is a highly impacted school in an urban setting, where seventy five percent (75%) of our students are on free or reduced lunch because their median family income is below poverty level. Our students do not have a good cultural arts background.

Each week, my co-teacher and I teach art to over 700 students in grades K-5. When I am here, our classes are doubled - that is, my class and my co-teacher's class are together in the same room, which means we have to prepare materials for two classes at one time. Our curriculum calls for the students to use clay for artmaking at every grade level. We do have a kiln, and we do have clay; however, we don't have a slab roller. We like to do slab-construction projects with most grade levels, and that means rolling out slabs for each student by hand - not an easy thing for the strongest of arm and back, not to mention the long hours it takes to do all the rolling and storing of the slab pieces!

A slab roller is the perfect solution for this situation. We have a table to mount it on, and someone handy with tools who can mount it in place for us. Now all we need is the roller! The North Star Polaris roller that I have chosen is, in my opinion as a professional clay artist, the best and safest roller for use in any situation. There are no wires or cables; all the "guts" of the machine are covered, and the North Star is adjustable so we can make slabs of various thickness. Having a slab roller will cut the prep time for clay projects by AT LEAST half.

Your donation will make it possible for our students to have even more clay projects each year, because it will be easier on the teachers to prepare. Thank you so much for your support!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

700 students impacted 14 donors

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Greensboro, NC
Grades 3-5
Visual Arts
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Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Skeen Brightwood Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Greensboro, NC 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

700 students impacted 14donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $10.00 1 $10.00

SLAB ROLLER POLARIS/!D 24IN • Blick Art Materials $504.00 1 $504.00

Materials cost			$514.00
Vendor shipping charges			$51.40
Sales tax			$21.85
3rd party payment processing fee			$7.71
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$603.95
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$132.57
Total project goal			$736.52
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$736.52
11 Donors			-$725.55
Donations toward project cost			-$603.95
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$121.60
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$10.97
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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