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Ms. Kight Witham from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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All We Need To Be Artistic Young Novelists!

My students need art supplies such as drawing kits, watercolor pencils, and erasers, and books that will inspire them to illustrate the novels they are writing for November National Novel Writing Month!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kight Witham's classroom raised $588

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

All 120 of my English Language Arts students are undertaking the monumental challenge of writing a novel during National Novel Writing Month. They have word count goals and this year, "A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words." To illustrate their novels they need great art supplies and a few art lessons.

My 7th grade students are enthusiastic, creative, and talented writers who are trying to write a novel in one month.

Every day in November we all strive to meet our word count goals by writing, writing, writing. My students have embraced this marathon of a writing project with great excitement, and it is my job to keep them writing when the writing gets tough. Part of my plan to keep my young novelists motivated involves helping them incorporate artwork into their storytelling to boost their word count with pictures. Some of the books that are inspiring this idea are "The Collected Works of T.S. Spivet," "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," and many amazing graphic novels.

My Project

Because of budget cuts my students do not get as much arts education as they once did in public schools, so I'm trying to restore the ARTS into English Language Arts. Writing a novel is a work of art in itself. One way we will enhance our novels is through images, and for this we need access to good art supplies. I am requesting artist pencils, ink pens, watercolor pencils, brushes, watercolor paper, and a how-to drawing book. We also need some inspiring books that help us imagine our settings more vividly, and for this, I have selected books from the stunning "Images of America" series that showcase old photos of our city and the diverse communities that populate it. With these art supplies and the inspiration provided by these books, we will make maps and character sketches and scene illustrations for our novels.

To be a 7th grader tackling the heroic challenge of writing a novel in a month, we need constant motivation to keep going.

One way to motivate kids is through a great classroom library, which we now have thanks to so many generous donors at Donor's Choose. Another way to motivate students to finish is if they know there will be time for illustrating at the end. With these great art supplies students will create covers, portraits, maps, and other images that will make their novels come to life!

Ms. Kight Witham Daniel Webster Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
KIMBERLY GRAPHITE DRAWING KIT #25 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $6.64 10 $66.40
PENCIL CRAYOLA WATERCOLOR SET OF 24 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $5.68 8 $45.44
ERASER SAX GUM ART 2X1X1 PACK OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $5.69 1 $5.69
SHARPENER 1 HOLE ALUM SCHOOL SMART P/12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $1.23 3 $3.69
BOOK LEARN TO DRAW 3-D • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $8.54 1 $8.54
BRUSH WATERCOLOR #1127 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $5.56 5 $27.80
PEN LIQUID EXPRESSO FLAIR PACK OF 12 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $22.54 2 $45.08
PAPER BIGGIE WATERCOLOR 12X18 200GSM 100SH/PK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $19.47 2 $38.94
West Adams, California (Images of America Series) Suzanne Tarbell Cooper, Don Lynch, John G. Kurtz • Barnes and Noble $18.80 1 $18.80
African Americans in Los Angeles (Images of America Series) Karin L. Stanford Ph.D • Barnes and Noble $14.09 1 $14.09
Central Americans in Los Angeles (Images of America Series) Rosamaria Segura • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
Los Angeles's Olvera Street, California (Images of America Series) William D. Estrada • Barnes and Noble $16.23 1 $16.23
Los Angeles's the Palms Neighborhood, California (Images of America Series) George Garrigues • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
Mexican Americans in Los Angeles (Images of America Series) Alex Moreno Areyan • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
Los Angeles (Images of America Series) Portia Lee, Jeffrey Samudio • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
Culver City (Images of America Series) Julie Lugo Cerra • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86
Venice, California (Images of America Series) Carolyn Elayne Alexander, Venice Historical Society • Barnes and Noble $17.86 1 $17.86

Materials cost

$397.86

Vendor shipping charges

 $24.16

Sales tax

 $36.40

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$499.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.13

Total project goal

$587.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $587.52

8 Donors

-$587.52

Donations toward project cost

-$499.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.13

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