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Mrs. King from Greenville MO is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We've Got Rhythm!

My students need a variety of classroom percussion instruments to express their creativity.

  • $361 goal

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My Students

Plato once said "The life of man in every part has need of harmony and rhythm." My students love to make music and express themselves through rhythm and movement, but we need your help!

I teach in a rural school district and see nearly 450 students in Kindergarten through 6th grades.

Community members often feel isolated as they must drive 20 minutes to the nearest town to buy groceries and other necessities. The community offers no local fine arts performance opportunities or musical venues. Students must travel over an hour and a half for cultural events like concerts and art museums. For most students the only opportunity they have to interact with musical instruments is at school.

My Project

Your donation to this project will provide needed percussion instruments. Classroom rhythm instruments like claves, rhythm sticks, woodblocks and special percussion tubes called Boomwhackers will add depth to student music making experiences and give them a hands-on feel (literally!) for music making. These instruments will be used to accompany singing and dancing activities. They will also be used in community music making experiences like drum circles. Drum circles give students the opportunity to improvise and create with their classmates in a very personal way. These experiences teach cooperation, coordination and problem solving skills.

Will you be a partner in our rhythmic endeavors?

Your donation will provide instruments that students will use often in music class. Although your donation may seem small, the impact that it will make in the lives of my students is anything but small. Making music changes attitudes, perceptions and lives!

Mrs. King
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
C Major Diatonic Scale Set (Upper Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes • Woodwind & Brasswind $19.99 3 $59.97
Claves • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.99 6 $17.94
Wood Block with Mallet • Woodwind & Brasswind $5.75 5 $28.75
Tick Tock Block • Woodwind & Brasswind $3.75 5 $18.75
RB811 Wrist or Ankle Jingle Bell • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.49 25 $62.25
Lummi Sticks • Woodwind & Brasswind $26.99 2 $53.98
Traditional Wood Guiro With Scratcher • Woodwind & Brasswind $12.99 2 $25.98

Materials cost

$267.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$306.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.11

Total project goal

$360.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $360.74

5 Donors

-$180.36

Donations toward project cost

-$153.31

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.05

match offer

-$180.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$153.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.06

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 $0.00

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