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Ms. M. from IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Basic instuments for music

The cost of conga drums, recorders, tambourines, and more from West Music is $834, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $834 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

Dear kind and generous donor, I am a new music teacher for grades pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at a Chicago Public School in the Uptown neighborhood. As I have been organizing my classroom, I have found very little resources for my students. We do have very few rhythm instruments but none that are in good shape. After talking to the principal I have realized that there is no money in the budget for these resources. I want my students to not only be able to read and understand music, but to create it and perform it as well. In order to do this I am asking for recorders and rhythm instruments that will be very appreciated in my classroom. 30 soprano recorders for my fourth and fifth grade classes, 8 conga drums, 8 guiros, 8 wood blocks, and 8 tambourines which will be used by all grades. It is important to me that my students have the chance to really appreciate music during this time in their lives and these few resources will help make that possible.

Ms. M.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kid's Konga • West Music $37.80 8 $302.40
Basic Beat Headless Tambourine • West Music $8.95 8 $71.60
Wood Fish Shaped Guiro • West Music $8.50 8 $68.00
C Soprano Recorder • West Music $4.25 30 $127.50
Hardwood Block with Mallet • West Music $2.60 8 $20.80

Materials cost

$590.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$683.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$150.08

Total project goal

$833.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $833.76

3 Donors

-$802.88

Donations toward project cost

-$684.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.27

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 $0.00

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