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Ms. Gambino from Baltimore, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Gambino's classroom raised $1,605

Art of Mexico and Day of the Dead

My students need tempera and watercolor paints, glitter, scratch board, air dry clay, felt and wire to make "tree of life" decorations for classroom walls.

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Ms. Gambino Sharp - Leadenhall School 314
Baltimore, MD Grades 3-5

I am an art and arts integration teacher responsible for instructing art lessons that incorporate reading, math, science and social studies and also assisting teachers to incorporate the arts into everyday instruction in the same core subject areas. I teach at a level 5 special education center for emotionally disturbed elementary school students from all over a high poverty urban school district.

Our school district has recently faced funding cuts and has responded with fair student funding. As we are a special education center with a small population, this does not always leave us a lot of budget space for art supplies. This year I wrote grants to support an in depth study of Japanese art and culture and students thrived while learning about another culture, building visual thinking skills as well as design skills. We celebrated with a Japanese New Years Tea Party.

I would love to continue the success of the in depth cultural study units in the art class and focus on Mexico next fall. Students will develop skills in sculpture and patterning while learning some Spanish language, identify parts of Mexico on a map, and celebrate with the Mexican festival of Day of the Dead just in time for Halloween! I need funding for supplies for us to create large tree of life murals, paper mache pinatas and skeletons, wrestling masks, Oaxaca animal sculptures and images, and other thematic objects for a full environmental experience. We will celebrate with a Day of the Dead community celebration complete with thematic music, activities, movies and snacks. Please help this other country come alive for my urban students!

Please help me to inspire my students to think about other cultures and to connect what they learn in school to the larger world. The art classroom is a wonderful window to the outside world for my inner city students. Hands on activities and imaginative problem solving are very therapeutic for my students, who suffer from emotional disturbances. I would like to inspire them to transform the school environment for this special event and help to empower them to use their imaginations for positive change!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

70 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. Gambino Sharp - Leadenhall School 314 Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Baltimore, MD 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

70 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
School Smart™ Air Dry Clay, Gray, 25-Lb. Pkg., Moist • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $27.25 8 $218.00
School Smart™ Air Dry Clay, Gray, 25-Lb. Pkg., Moist • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $27.25 8 $218.00
School Smart™ Glitter • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $6.97 2 $13.94
Prang® Ready-to-Use Tempera Paint Yellow Quart • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $6.75 3 $20.25
School Smart™ Art Paste • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $2.79 15 $41.85
Sax Basic Scratchboard Classroom Kit • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $51.99 1 $51.99
Loew-Cornell® Deluxe Clay Tool Set • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $17.15 2 $34.30
Prang® Semi-Moist Watercolor Masterpack, Twenty-Four 8-Color Oval Pan Sets Plus Refills – 36 Sets Total! • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $124.28 1 $124.28
Sax® Colored 30-Gauge Art Wire • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $21.59 1 $21.59
Economy Heavyweight Acrylic Felt 100-Piece Assortment, Standard Colors • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $23.68 2 $47.36
Sculpey III Colored Modeling Compound, Classic Collection • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $16.49 10 $164.90
Sculpey III Colored Modeling Compound, Bright Ideas • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc. $16.49 10 $164.90

Materials cost

$1,121.36

Vendor shipping charges

 $112.14

Sales tax

 $56.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$1,315.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$288.74

Total project goal

$1,604.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,604.13

3 Donors

-$1,603.66

Donations toward project cost

-$1,315.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$288.66

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