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

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Bright, Colorful, and Flourishing Music Class!

My students need a new xylophone and fun scarves and ribbons.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Soto's classroom raised $466

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

Students are excited to take a break from their classroom to sing, move, and play instruments. I want my students to enter my classroom excited about music, and learn to have the desire to set high expectations for themselves. Students can express themselves through an engaging music program!

I am a new music teacher without a large amount of resources.

My students have been moaning because hitting two sticks together just aren't as exciting as they would like. I need student friendly instruments that are engaging and exciting to my students. The majority of my students are Spanish speaking students in an urban environment. They are very excited to play instruments and explore music. I am a new teacher and am working to build the music program into an exciting program that students are excited to be a part of. My students ask me everyday if they get to play instruments, and I am so excited that they want to learn how to play instruments and be part of an ensemble (musical community).

My Project

My students love playing new instruments! We currently have an Orff xylophone that is falling apart, missing bars, and missing mallets. Every time they see this instrument however, they get so excited! I would love my students to all be able to play on this wonderful instrument, but without a functional instrument, they can only look at it. Students will be able to play many different accompaniments using the xylophone with our different songs, and even perform on it during assemblies. My students also love to dance, so I would like to add scarves and ribbons to the tools students can use when moving and creating.

This project will continue to add more engaging materials and resources to the classroom.

It will provide students with fun instruments and tools that will help to inspire their continued music education. When students fall in love with music at an early age, they are more likely to continue with music in their lives. Students who are involved in music are at an advantage both socially and academically. They learn to work as a team and set high expectations for themselves.

Ms. Soto Newton Bateman 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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More than half of 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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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Diatonic Soprano Xylophone with Mallets • Woodwind and Brasswind $182.99 1 $182.99
Bright Color Ribbon Wands • Woodwind and Brasswind $27.99 5 $139.95
12 Colored Scarves • Woodwind and Brasswind $18.48 2 $36.96

Materials cost

$359.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.76

Total project goal

$465.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $465.06

8 Donors

-$455.06

Donations toward project cost

-$386.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$68.26

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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 $0.00

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