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Ms. Shrader from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Community Drumming Brings Us Delights!

Help me give my students practice with drumming and be able to anticipate the community we’ll resume back at school!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shrader's classroom raised $601

This project is fully funded

My Students

With current distance learning in place, the students need to be able to observe musical demonstrations that they can emulate at home. I encourage my students to use “found instruments” around the house. While they use their home created items, I can demonstrate on drums they’ll be able to use when we’re back at school.

While I can demonstrate good techniques on the drums with video lessons, my students will be able to use these disinfectant-proof drums when we’ve resumed in person lessons.

I’ll be delighted to share these cool instruments!

My Project

With disinfectant-proof drum heads and some great nesting tubanos, my students will be able to observe good techniques while they anticipate the fun drum circles we’ll create upon resumption of school.

While the students use their home-created percussion instruments, we can continue to work on rhythms of poems and songs, creating a musical literacy to enhance their experience of the shelter-in-place time.

The Remo green and clean drumheads will make the compliance with Covid-19 regulations much easier to follow.

Drum circles are one of the greatest tools for creating community and we can practice now!

Ms. Shrader Mira Catalina Elementary School Grades 3-5 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA View local requests 350 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Festival Drum Tubano Nested Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $359.00 1 $359.00
Fliptop Green and Clean Tubano Drumhead • Woodwind and Brasswind $24.99 3 $74.97

Materials cost

$433.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$39.71

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.03

Total project goal

$600.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$600.22

2 Donors

-$450.10

Donations toward project cost

-$382.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.51

match offer

-$150.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.52

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$0.00

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