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Mr. Weiner from Summerville SC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Can You Hear Me Now?

My students need a portable PA/sound system as a classroom resource, to turn non-performance spaces into alternate performance spaces, and to perform in elementary schools and in the community.

  • $1,185 goal

This project expired on March 22, 2018.

This project expired on March 22, 2018.

My Students

My middle school is located in South Carolina. 54% of the school is on free or reduced-price lunch. There are a total of 897 students in the school. All the students have an arts class; including theatre, dance, music, band, strings visual arts and creative writing. Classes in theatre average 25 students per class. Challenges that the arts classes have are overcrowded classes with no budget to buy teaching materials. Another challenge is that every student has an art class whether they want one or not and while it is important to expose the students to the arts, no student has to pass the class in order to pass the grade. Some students consider their arts class purely social time which can destroy the class for students who are motivated.

My Project

This grant is for a portable PA system. The performing Arts share a space with athletics. We work well together but there are times when our schedules conflict. Fine arts generally lose this battle. One day one of my students said, "Hey Mr. W., why can't we perform in the courtyard?" And my response was, why not? I had my students look around the campus for alternate performance spaces. Now the problem becomes, how do we bring the equipment we need to that space. The PA system will bring audio component anywhere.

There are also times in the performing arts when our students have to "take their act on the road." We do recruitment in the elementary schools and we perform out in the community.

The equipment at the host sites are often in bad shape. This system will add a level of consistency that our students need.

Finally, this will also serve as a valuable classroom resource to explain the components of a typical sound system and give the students hands on experience with this type of equipment.

Mr. Weiner
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yamaha STAGEPAS 600I Portable PA System • Amazon Business $899.99 1 $899.99

Materials cost

$899.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$63.45

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,006.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$177.70

Total project goal

$1,184.64

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