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

Talented Young Artists in Need of Supplies

The cost of this proposal is $281, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $294 goal

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In many public schools, including my own, art is treated as an extra. It gets relegated to a few classes, once a week, in favor of test-prep curricula developed by private test-prep companies like Kaplan. In my own junior high school in East New York, Brooklyn, we have 1100 students and no art teachers. Many of our students struggle academically but excel artistically, yet we have no drama program, and just one music teacher for the entire student body. As far as art class is concerned, many students never have the chance to move beyond rudimentary cartoon drawings. This issue is about more than just stagnating talent: Each year, eighth graders in New York City schools apply to high schools across the city, including schools that specialize in the arts. Each year, eighth graders from my school trudge off to portfolio reviews with pencil sketches of muscular action figures on looseleaf. They have little chance of competing with their better-off peers who have spent months compiling polished portfolios. This year I was struck by the talent of one of my seventh graders. We made totem poles during our unit on Native Americans, and his totem pole was extraordinary. Every visitor to my classroom comments on his use of color and perspective. During lunch one day I invited students to stay in my room to make holiday cards, and again, his creativity and use of color was striking. This young man and several other students, are in desperate need of the opportunity to apply to specialized high schools that focus on fine arts, but they will never be able to do so without portfolios. I have decided to begin an afterschool art program to help a small group of students prepare portfolios with which to apply to specialized high schools. In order to create the required pieces of work we will need certain materials, including special pencils and pens, sketchbooks, pastels and watercolors. Unfortunately, my students cannot afford to purchase these supplies, and while I am providing some supplies, I can't afford to provide all of them, either. With your help, a small group of junior high school students from Brooklyn will have the chance to develop their artistic abilities and maybe, one day, attend a top-rated high school. I am requesting sketch pads, pencils, pastels and newsprint pads for each student, as well as several drawing boards that will be reused in future years. Thank you very much for your help.

Ms. P.
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blick Studio Newsprint Pad 100 Sheet Pad 18" 24" • Dick Blick Art Materials $6.98 6 $41.88
Faber-Castell Goldfaber Sketching Pencils Set • Dick Blick Art Materials $5.19 6 $31.14
Artline Drawing Pens Set of 3 • Dick Blick Art Materials $4.99 6 $29.94
Faber-Castell Goldfaber Studio Soft Pastels Set of 12 • Dick Blick Art Materials $4.39 6 $26.34
Blick Studio Drawing Pad, 50 Sheets 11" 14" • Dick Blick Art Materials $4.19 3 $12.57
Blick Studio Sketch Pad 100 Sheets 9" 12" • Dick Blick Art Materials $3.59 6 $21.54
Masonite Panels 24" 30" • Dick Blick Art Materials $3.32 6 $19.92
Masonite Panels 11" 14" • Dick Blick Art Materials $0.89 6 $5.34
Kneaded Eraser 2-1/8" 2-1/8" 3/8" • Dick Blick Art Materials $0.78 12 $9.36

Materials cost

$198.03

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FREE

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3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$240.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.88

Total project goal

$293.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$293.76

4 Donors

-$248.51

Donations toward project cost

-$241.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$45.39

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$0.00

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