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Mrs. Torrence from Nashville TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Clay! Clay! Clay!

My students need a lot of clay, glaze and clay tools.

  • $947 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Since my first year of teaching, at least one student in each class has asked if we would be working with clay. We've never had a kiln... until now! Of course, I need the supplies and don't have a big enough budget. Help out L Middle School, please!

L Middle School is an inner city school in Tennessee.

We are a Title 1 school with 90% of our students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Despite our disadvantages, our school is improving greatly. We have been evaluated by different groups, such as Tribal and SACS, and have been raved about. Help our kids further their art education by donating clay!

My Project

Ceramics is always an essential part of art education. Not only will the students learn how to construct clay vessels, they will learn about the cultures that use clay for everyday items. Also, we will look into the chemical change it goes through in the kiln.

This project is essential to expanding our students' ideas as to what art is.

We can look at how different cultures used clay, from African jugs to Ming Dynasty porcelain ware. Art can have a function as well as being aesthetically pleasing.

Mrs. Torrence
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
CLAY LOW FIRE EARTHENWARE WHITE ART 25 MOIST 25 POUNDS • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $12.53 50 $626.50
GLAZE LIME LIGHT STROKE AND COAT PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.67 1 $13.67
GLAZE GLO WORM STROKE AND COAT PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.67 1 $13.67
GLAZE TUSCAN RED STROKE AND COAT PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.67 1 $13.67
GLAZE BLUE DAWN STROKE AND COAT PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.67 1 $13.67
GLAZE VANILLA DIP STROKE AND COAT PINT • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $13.67 1 $13.67

Materials cost

$694.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $69.48

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$804.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.01

Total project goal

$946.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $946.76

4 Donors

-$886.76

Donations toward project cost

-$753.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$133.01

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

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 $0.00

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