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Mrs. Rossicone from Brooklyn, NY is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Drawing with Scissors

My students need scissors to work on various projects in the art studio.

  • $182 goal

This project expired on July 23, 2010.

This project expired on July 23, 2010.

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Mrs. Rossicone PS/IS 104 the Fort Hamilton School
Brooklyn, NY Grades 6-8

My Students

Imagine working on a collage and having to wait for the student next to you to be finished cutting so that you could take your turn with the scissors. This is the challenge that my students face each time we work on creating collage works of art.

My students range from kindergarten to 8th grade.

They come from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. This school is a place of acceptance for all people in all colors in all sizes. Sometimes they even surprise us adults in the building at how accepting they are. They learn from each other, feed off each other and grow because of each other.

My Project

When the artist, Henri Matisse, was an old man and could no longer stand at his easel to paint, he taught himself how to "Draw with Scissors". Using scissors develops strength physically and visually. Cutting is a fine motor skill, and my students are starting to lack this skill due to lack of practice. Being able to use a scissor, with cutting along a line, teaches us how to see in a different way. It all teaches us how to focus on what we are working on.

By funding a full class set of scissors for our art studio you are giving my students the ability to create beautiful, cut paper works of art for years to come.

What could be more important than giving a child a way to express him or her self?

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 496 students impacted
Mrs. Rossicone PS/IS 104 the Fort Hamilton School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than half 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

Never Before Funded 496 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
FISKARS SCISSOR/POINT ART CADDY 24PK • Blick Art Materials $61.79 2 $123.58
Item Shipping/Handling Charges • Blick Art Materials $13.95 1 $13.95

Materials cost

$137.53

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$148.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.62

Total project goal

$181.21

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