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Ms. Becker from Baltimore, MD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Courageous Clothing!

My students need 30 t-shirts and supplies, such as ink and an iron, to make their own iron on graphics for an art project that encourages youth to speak out on issues they believe in!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Becker's classroom raised $368

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you ever feel compelled to speak out for something or someone, but don't know how, or why, or where? Well, our sixth grade students have a lot to say, too, and we want to give them a way to do it. What better way is there to make a statement than by wearing it?

With all the issues facing many students at Title I schools across the country, you can imagine that our students do not lack ideas about how the world could change for the better.

Even in 6th grade our students are beginning to understand that if they want to see change they need to create it. So where do we begin? We begin by being visionaries! After seeing the world as it is, we need to be able to imagine it differently. Our sixth graders, as the oldest students at our pre-K to 6 school, set the precedent for the learners to follow them. They want to be positive examples. They want to be change!

My Project

All good educators know that if you connect curriculum to student interest, the learning will continue outside of the classroom. We are combining the students' interest in fashion with their need to be heard through a graphic-tee design project. Our inspiration, contemporary artist Kara Walker, creates graphic silhouettes depicting struggles of African Americans throughout history and today. Students will make their own silhouettes, accompanied by a change statement, that reflects a struggle they find worth fighting. With 30 t-shirts (enough for every sixth grader to have one), and other inexpensive materials such as printer ink, iron-on transfer paper and an iron, the entire sixth grade class will have the opportunity to make a bold statement in a positive and unique way.

Students will not only be inspired by the work of activist/artists that we study in class, but also by their own advocacy work, and by wearing their t-shirts around the school and community.

Their impact will reach beyond the walls of classroom. Oh, the places we will go!

Ms. Becker Coldstream Prk Elementary Middle School 31 Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Baltimore, MD View local requests

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

30 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon PGI 5 - ink tank • Best Buy $17.99 1 $17.99
T SHIRT ADULT SMALL WHITE • School Specialty Inc. $3.51 3 $10.53
TRANSFER T-SHT INKJT 18PK • School Specialty Inc. $27.73 2 $55.46
T-SHIRT BLANK LARGE • School Specialty Inc. $3.51 10 $35.10
T-SHIRT BLANK MEDIUM • School Specialty Inc. $3.51 17 $59.67
REPLACEMENT INK CARTRIDGE CLI 8C 300/EA CYAN • School Specialty Inc. $11.01 1 $11.01
REPLACEMENT INK CARTRIDGE CLI 8M 300/EA MAGENTA • School Specialty Inc. $11.01 1 $11.01
REPLACEMENT INK CARTRIDGE CLI 8Y 300/EA YELLOW • School Specialty Inc. $11.01 1 $11.01
IRON LIGHTWEIGHT EASY PRESS • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $15.67 1 $15.67

Materials cost

$227.45

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.95

Sales tax

 $13.65

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$312.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$55.14

Total project goal

$367.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $367.60

4 Donors

-$183.80

Donations toward project cost

-$156.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.57

match offer

-$183.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$156.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.57

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