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Mrs. Foster from Garland, TX is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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5th graders Need to Make Music Safely!

Help me give my students a personal Music kit, with rhythm sticks, a scarf, a recorder, a tone block, an egg shaker, and jingle bells.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Foster's classroom raised $952

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are highly motivated, highly diverse and highly dedicated to music and school. They love exploring sound and songs through our classes. They respect their equipment and love using the instruments and tools to further their learning.

My students work together in harmony to create harmony.

They explore our culture by singing and dancing to folk songs. They learn history by exploring the composers and their famous musical works. They learn about sound and instrumental technique by playing recorders, xylophones, drums, ​and ukuleles.

My Project

About 45 of my fifth grade students are at home. They are learning asynchronously from me, and don't have access to the equipment in the music room. The students have been issued technology from the district, but they still don't have equal access to all of the great things we do in Music class.

To give them the ability to participate at home, I want to create personalized Music kits for them to to use.

The instruments and the scarf included in my request would allow them to play along at home with me when we do instrumental or movement activities. The students LOVE these activities, and it's been difficult to give my students the same musical experience that they love with such limited parameters.

Mrs. Foster Northlake Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

45 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Soprano Recorder • Woodwind and Brasswind $3.89 48 $186.72
80-Piece Egg Shaker Assortment with Elephant Basket • Woodwind and Brasswind $169.99 1 $169.99
Wrist/Ankle Bells • Woodwind and Brasswind $3.09 45 $139.05
Small Wood Tone Block with Mallet • Woodwind and Brasswind $2.79 48 $133.92
12 Colored Scarves • Woodwind and Brasswind $19.99 4 $79.96
Set of 24 Rhythm Sticks • Woodwind and Brasswind $28.99 2 $57.98

Materials cost

$767.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$809.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$142.79

Total project goal

$951.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$951.92

3 Donors

-$537.96

Donations toward project cost

-$457.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.69

Matching donations from our partners

-$413.95

Match offers toward project cost

-$351.86

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.09

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$0.00

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