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Mrs. Kuropas from Elgin IL is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Capturing the HeART of Our Tigers

My students need paper, pens and colored pencils for our collaborative Tiger Art project!

  • $1,200 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

I love my students. I am fortunate to teach 7th and 8th grade art at this wonderful school. My students come from meager backgrounds, many receive free breakfast and lunch at school. Several students are already working jobs with their parents to help make ends meet. These kids know hard work and they do work hard.

Art allows my students to explore their creative side.

I love to watch them develop ideas and see those ideas come to life in their artwork. This class is one of the few where the students can work, talk with friends and express themselves through lines and colors.

My Project

The materials I am requesting are for our students to create more collaborative art projects like the tiger featured in the photo. The students will use the paper to draw a segment of a larger picture that will then be traced with the Sharpie pens and colored with the colored pencils. The blender pens and blending stumps will help me teach blending techniques. This is a project that crosses both grade levels, between 7th and 8th grades.

The tiger project is designed to build our classroom relationships so the students can see how we can work together to create something beautiful and meaningful for our school.

Our school mascot is a tiger and we use ROAR (Respect, Organization, Achieving Success, and Responsibility) to remind our students how they can reach their goals. Our tiger art is meant to reflect our ROAR expectations and our unified school spirit.

Mrs. Kuropas
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PENCILS COLOR-GIANTS LYRA METAL BOX SET OF 18 • School Specialty $25.98 7 $181.86
PENCIL CHARCOAL BLACK ASSORTMENT PACK OF 72 • School Specialty $61.76 2 $123.52
MARKER SHARPIE ASSORTED FINE SET OF 24 • School Specialty $17.03 7 $119.21
PENCIL TICONDEROGA LADDIE TRI-WRITE W/ERASER PACK OF 36 • School Specialty $14.83 6 $88.98
MARKER SHARPIE PERMANENT FINE BLACK PACK OF 36 • School Specialty $26.05 3 $78.15
MARKERS BIC PERMANENT METALLIC FINE SET OF 8 • School Specialty $10.43 7 $73.01
PAPER PEN AND INK 18X24 80# PKG OF 100 • School Specialty $30.59 2 $61.18
PAPER PEN AND INK 12X18 80# PKG OF 100 • School Specialty $14.41 3 $43.23
PENCIL SKETCHING EBONY SAN14420 PACK/12 • School Specialty $5.89 6 $35.34
MARKER COLORLESS BLENDER • School Specialty $3.54 7 $24.78
PENCIL CHARCOAL WHITE PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $10.57 2 $21.14
PAPER NEWSPRINT WHITE 30 LB 12X18 REAM • School Specialty $8.44 2 $16.88
PAPER DRAWING MANILA 50 POUND 12X18 REAM • School Specialty $14.76 1 $14.76
BLENDING TORTILLONS MEDIUM PACK OF 12 • School Specialty $1.84 3 $5.52

Materials cost

$887.56

Vendor shipping charges

 $88.76

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,019.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$179.93

Total project goal

$1,199.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,199.56

5 Donors

-$1,199.56

Donations toward project cost

-$1,019.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$179.93

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