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Mrs. Rathke from Sioux City, IA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Classroom Instruments for Elementary Music

Help me give my students a concert xylophone for practice and performance on melodic instruments!

  • $762 goal

This project expired on February 3, 2024.

This project expired on February 3, 2024.

My Project

I have been teaching at my school for the last 2 years and am realizing that the equipment we have is not up to the challenge of serving over 550 students. We have been given a great amount of materials but are short in some very basic necessities when it comes to instruments.

One of the main parts of my teaching is familiarity with instruments, which is very difficult to achieve with 1 instrument per 12 students.

My students are enthusiastic and enjoy time spent on instruments, but I can't work through my curriculum without the resources to do so. Our performances and classroom work would greatly benefit from having more instruments for students to use!

Please help me give my students a concert xylophone for practice and performance on melodic instruments!

Mrs. Rathke Loess Hills Computer Program 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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Nearly all 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

Never Before Funded 550 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lyons Xylophone Diatonic Bass • Woodwind and Brasswind $569.99 1 $569.99

Materials cost

$569.99

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$647.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.28

Total project goal

$761.86

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