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Mr. Grantham from La Puente, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Grantham's classroom raised $396

Art For Art's Sake

My students need art materials, like markers, yarn, paint and paper, to create colleges which they will enjoy and about which they will write descriptions.

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Mr. Grantham Sparks Elementary School
La Puente, CA Grades PreK-2

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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

"To be an artist is to believe in life." Joan Miro I want my students to believe in life and to live life to its fullest. Art can open many doors and create a new ways of looking at life.

My students are curious first graders who have a love of learning and always want to explore new concepts and ideas.

Our school is a Title 1 school with a high poverty rate with 97% receiving free or reduced lunch. Many of my students have never ventured out of their neighborhood and do not get to experience what many people take for granite. Museums, sporting events, and other cultural events are areas that most of my students do not get to take part of.

My Project

I am requesting art materials that my class will use to create mixed media colleges. In my request I have asked for multicolored yarn, paint, pencils, and a paper-making kit. I am going to use the paper kit to show my students how to make paper which in turn they will create their own college. My class will learn about the process of paper making, how to create their own piece of art, and how to look at art and describe it in a piece of writing.My students will learn how to follow a process, how to use their imaginations, and why art is important. They will also learn how to look at a piece of art and describe it.

Art is part of human nature.

There is no society that does not produce art. Art describes us, is used to tell stories, it lets us know who we are. Art is not just an 'extra' activity that is used as 'filler'. Creativity and problem solving are part of the benefits of art. My students need to be exposed to the world of art and all the benefits it entails.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 2 donors
Mr. Grantham Sparks Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

La Puente, CA View local requests

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

60 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/INTFRNC BLU 2OZ • Blick Art Materials $9.42 1 $9.42
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/INTFRNC GRN FN 4OZ • Blick Art Materials $16.71 1 $16.71
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/INTRFNC VLT FN 2OZ • Blick Art Materials $9.42 1 $9.42
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/IRID BRT GOLD 2-OZ • Blick Art Materials $9.42 1 $9.42
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/IRID BRONZE 2-OZ • Blick Art Materials $9.42 1 $9.42
GOLDEN ACRYLIC/IRI SLVR 2-OZ • Blick Art Materials $7.82 1 $7.82
PRISMACOLOR MARKER/24CT W/FREE 8CT MRKR • Blick Art Materials $49.99 1 $49.99
CHUNKY MARBLE YARN/MISTY BRN • Blick Art Materials $11.04 3 $33.12
CHUNKY MARBLE YARN/SANDPIPER • Blick Art Materials $11.04 3 $33.12
PAPERMILL STATION/GROUPS • Blick Art Materials $70.24 1 $70.24
BOTANICALS/BOTANICAL VALUE SET • Blick Art Materials $23.76 1 $23.76

Materials cost

$272.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$336.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.38

Total project goal

$395.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $395.84

1 Donor

-$81.60

Donations toward project cost

-$81.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$299.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$254.86

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.40

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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