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Mr. Aguilar from Los Angeles, CA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art Materials for a Colorful Future

My students need a set of masks, one set of rotating caddy, art tissue, a set of string ring beads, one bag of pom poms, one set of sketch markers, and set of wiggle eyes.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Aguilar's classroom raised $453

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

Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence. Joseph M. Calahan

My students come from a high-poverty neighborhood with a very diverse range of home structures: nuclear, single parent, foster and migrant, to name a few.

My students love to be at school and enjoy learning, especially when the activities are hands-on. Many of my students are English Language Learners that attend a public school in the Los Angeles area. They are always excited to experience any kind of technology that I'm able to bring to my class.

My Project

Creative thinking and reasoning have been identified and highlighted as an essential twenty-first-century skill by many business, education, community and government leaders. I need these art supplies for art time twice a week. I love creating groups where my students work collaboratively to create art projects. As my students grow and develop, introducing them to the idea that the arts involve creative problem solving will teach them how to manage frustration, uncertainty and ambiguity with innovative ideas and solutions. I create a "Bully Free Zone" through the arts, my students can learn how to express their unique identities, while simultaneously developing habits of mind that will help them succeed anywhere, from the playground to the workplace. I will use the notepads so my students can do presentations during art time. They will use the masks and the wiggle eyes to create characters for emotion sensitivity class. They will color with the markers and decorate with pom pons.

My School District can't afford an art teacher so these students are given these experiences until they enter high school.

At this early age their talents can be discovered but unfortunately we cannot find that artist without giving them the time and opportunity to explore. So please help me out!

Mr. Aguilar Ricardo Lizarraga 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

29 students impacted 80donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
3m Company - Post-it Self-stick Easel Pads 2/pk Yellow Lined • Teachers' School Supply $90.00 1 $90.00
Chenille Kraft Company - Pom Poms Assorted 1 Lb. Bag • Teachers' School Supply $23.52 1 $23.52
Roylco Inc. - Roylco African Masks 20pk • Teachers' School Supply $11.49 2 $22.98
Pacon Corporation - Art Tissue Multicultural 20 Shts 20 X 30 • Teachers' School Supply $3.99 10 $39.90
Rotating Kraftedger Caddy Set Options: 24 Count • Teachers' School Supply $37.99 1 $37.99
Newell Corporation - Mr Sketch Scented Marker 18 Colors • Teachers' School Supply $18.57 1 $18.57
WIGGLE EYES CLASS PK APPROX 1000 • Teachers' School Supply $33.90 1 $33.90
Chenille Kraft Company - Dial - A - Bead • Teachers' School Supply $17.00 1 $17.00
STRINGING RING BEADS 220PC ASSORTED • Teachers' School Supply $7.50 1 $7.50

Materials cost

$291.36

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.05

Sales tax

 $26.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$384.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.84

Total project goal

$452.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.28

67 Donors

-$405.64

Donations toward project cost

-$382.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.90

match offer

-$2.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$1.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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