You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Ms. Ivy from Malden MA is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Community Drum Circle

Help me give my students bring renowned drummer Otha Day to our school for drumming, music and diversity conversations.

  • $842 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Amazing and diverse. Many have lived through or are living through experiences that are financially and emotionally challenging for even adults. They are endlessly resilient.

My students are DACA families.

They are the grandchildren of lifelong residents of our great city. They are the sisters and brothers of countless brave soldiers serving our country.

They are also struggling to get to stay in their homes after job losses, they are trying to eat one good meal each day when they should have three, and they are still full of desire to learn and be better.

My Project

My students stop learning music after grade 4. They have no access to live music and we are such a diverse community with so much to offer.

A community drum circle pulls in the power and strength of my students, their cultures, and our community to make us one.

They will use their bodies, small instruments, and drums from all over the world to create music. Learning how layers of sound and all making same and different sounds to create an amazing single sound allows students to feel connected to each other- WE NEED MUSIC IN OUR LIVES!!! Students will work in smaller groups and in one final large circle.

Ms. Ivy
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Ivy is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Visitor Total
Otha Day $675.00

Visitor cost

$675.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$715.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$126.20

Total project goal

$841.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$841.32

6 Donors

-$596.87

Donations toward project cost

-$545.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$200.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$170.00

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.45

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Malden","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[5165594],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":4734332,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/community-drum-circle/4734332/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":125,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Ivy","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"5165594":{"owner":"Ms. Ivy","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[4734332],"proposalHash":"-1861406371","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp5165594_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1518221287633","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21138858,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":5165594,"schoolCounty":"Middlesex","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MA","name":"Massachusetts"}}