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Mrs. Vermeal from Meriden, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art for All Students!

My students need art materials so that they can enhance their learning through aesthetic immersion.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Vermeal's classroom raised $273

This project is fully funded

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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

I teach in an urban district where the majority of our students qualify for free and reduced breakfast and lunch. I have a regular education classroom that includes ESL students, Special Education students, and students from a variety of demographic backgrounds.

My students come to school every day ready to learn and eager to be engaged.

They put forth their best effort every day and are active participants in their own learning. I am continually looking for new ways to keep them invested in their education.

My Project

I want to create an educational environment where my students can experience art every day. Using an aesthetic immersion model, I hope to teach them to access their understanding of art to enhance their learning. Using musical instruments or art materials such as paint will provide students with a variety of creative opportunities to show mastery of content area curriculum. Using the shakers, rhythm sticks, and drums, perform songs that they have written based on the reading assignments, or even math concepts. The paint and paper will allow students to illustrate events in a book in a creative way, demonstrating their knowledge in noor even combine the two disciplines - all while learning academic vocabulary, building community, and becoming critical thinkers. Art integration increases student engagement and achievement, and every student deserves the chance to experience art in all its forms as often as possible.

Organic exposure to visual art and music helps students become divergent thinkers who use all their senses to engage with the information that they need to master in all content areas.

By experimenting regularly with a variety of artistic mediums, my students will have more opportunities to notice the world around them, and to use those connections to better understand complex academic information.

Mrs. Vermeal Benjamin Franklin 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
LC241 - Heavy-Duty Drums - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $31.99 1 $31.99
JC13 - Rhythm Stick Activity Kit • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
Boardwalk B2440900 Butcher Paper, 24" x 900 ft, White Roll • Amazon Business $28.99 1 $28.99
VR308X - Tempera Blocks - Set of 4 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $26.99 1 $26.99
EG648 - Egg Shakers - Set of 12 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $15.99 1 $15.99
QR764 - Wrist & Ankle Bells • Lakeshore Learning Materials $3.99 4 $15.96
04800-1001 - Sargent Childs Smart Smock - , 27", Long Sleeve • Blick Art Materials $1.79 8 $14.32
QR753 - Sand Blocks - Pair • Lakeshore Learning Materials $5.99 2 $11.98
LK936 - Economy Paintbrush Assortment - Set of 24 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $9.99 1 $9.99
Standard Shipping • Blick Art Materials $9.95 1 $9.95

Materials cost

$196.15

Vendor shipping charges

 $2.43

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$231.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.86

Total project goal

$272.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.38

3 Donors

-$136.19

Donations toward project cost

-$115.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.43

match offer

-$136.19

Match offer toward project cost

-$115.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.43

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 $0.00

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