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Ms. Otten from Mount Airy, NC is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Otten's classroom raised $339

Clay Creates Creativity!

Help me give my students a new opportunity to create 3D art using air dry clay.

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Ms. Otten B.H. Tharrington Primary School
Mount Airy, NC Grades 3-5

My Students

Since I teach art, I have the privilege to see every single student in my school. From ages kindergarten through 5th grade, almost every one of my students are eager learners. Every student comes in believing they are an artist, and my goal is for them to graduate an even better one.

We don't always have the necessary tools to create what I want, but my students step up and even give me creative advice on what we could use for art materials!

With the proper art materials, these students can continue their growth in learning how to be creative inside and hopefully take that knowledge outside to their own community and lives.

My Project

Being one art teacher for over 600 kids, my resources can be exhausted quickly. Most of my art projects include mostly paper and recycled materials since there is not a financial budget for much else. I would like to give the students an opportunity to work with their hands and create something 3D.

Last year through virtual learning, paper is all these kids had either at home or in the classroom.

Now that they are finally back in the classroom, I would like to give them the opportunity to explore other aspects of art, particularly clay. Getting messy and working with their hands, will create a fun and exciting sensory journey for them that they will have a hard time forgetting. This project will give my students an opportunity to stretch their imagination and get to use materials that they most likely have never used before.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

140 students impacted 6 donors
Ms. Otten B.H. Tharrington Primary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Mount Airy, NC View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

140 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
School Smart Modeling Clay, Air Dry, 25 Pounds, Gray • School Specialty $35.99 6 $215.94

Materials cost

$215.94

Vendor shipping charges

 $21.59

Sales tax

 $16.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$287.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.75

Total project goal

$338.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $338.36

5 Donors

-$338.36

Donations toward project cost

-$287.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.75

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