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Mr. Luft from Brooklyn, NY is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brooklyn Kids Music Dreams

Help me give my students the music education they deserve with band instruments, recorders, xylophones and more!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Luft's classroom raised $4,798

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are hard-working, super-caring and curious learners.

Now, more than ever, we need to foster creativity, empathy and cultural literacy through music!

Music teaches our students to imagine, innovate, collaborate and respond with wonderment and awe, and to respect the artistic contributions of all cultures. They love and need music. They soak it up every chance they get. Whether it’s composing their own melodies, producing their first notes on the saxophone, belting out a catchy melody or relating music to culture and history, they can’t get enough. Many of our fifth graders arrive early in the morning and stay late after school to rehearse. Many students come to school to practice before they have even eaten breakfast! At our school, we have an extremely enthusiastic community of students, parents, administrators and faculty, who recognize the importance of music in education and in life.

My Project

Imagine one of our youngsters laying down their own jazz improvisation on the slide trombone, belting out an infectious melody on the recorder or banging out the bass notes on bass orff metallophone. Playing an instrument promotes creative and critical thinking, emotional awareness, cognitive growth, collaboration and cultural knowledge. It encourages grit by rewarding those who work hard and it functions therapeutically by providing an aesthetic outlet for student expression.

Our program brings music to over nine hundred students in South Brooklyn, but it will not survive without your support!

In our band, percussion ensemble and chorus rehearsals, our students will use these instruments to master the fundamentals of instrumental playing. They will participate in the therapeutic activity of creating music and collaborate with their peers in various performances throughout the year. Our students will also use these instruments in our core music classes where they will draw connections between music and history, culture and other disciplines through their performances and collaborations.

Mr. Luft PS 222 Katherine R Snyder Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

900 students impacted 67donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
YRS-20 Soprano Translucent Recorder with Baroque Fingering • Woodwind and Brasswind $4.99 280 $1,397.20
EAS-100 Student Alto Saxophone • Woodwind and Brasswind $299.98 2 $599.96
Metallophone Regular Diatonic • Woodwind and Brasswind $399.99 1 $399.99
Mendini MBR-30 Intermediate Brass B Flat Baritone with Stainless Steel Pistons • Amazon Business $399.99 1 $399.99
Orff Instrument Stand • Woodwind and Brasswind $104.99 3 $314.97
Model EFL-100 Student Flute • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.99 2 $239.98
ETB-100 Series Student Trombone • Woodwind and Brasswind $119.99 2 $239.98
Student Clarinet Model ECL-100 • Woodwind and Brasswind $109.99 2 $219.98
Xylophone Regular Diatonic • Woodwind and Brasswind $175.99 1 $175.99

Materials cost

$3,988.04

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$59.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$4,077.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$719.62

Total project goal

$4,797.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $4,797.48

62 Donors

-$4,073.24

Donations toward project cost

-$3,538.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$535.09

match offer

-$635.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$539.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$89.29

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 $0.00

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