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Dr. Pelafigue from New Orleans, LA is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Crazy About Music!

My students need recorders, practice books and flash cards, and a set of Boomwackers to become successful musicians.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pelafigue's classroom raised $244

This project is fully funded

My Students

Everything I needed to learn, I learned in kindergarten. I never understood how true that really is until recently, when I started teaching kindergarten! Kindergarten is the learning foundation, the building block for all learning. ABC's and 123's start the learning.

I teach kindergarten at a school where children are haunted every day by the terrors of their past, be it Hurricane Katrina of 2005 or the crime and turmoil they see and hear everyday.

Our students are fighters. They work hard to achieve goals that others may think are too much for them, and they strive to do the right things in life and to be the change our society needs. Almost all of our students receive free lunch due to poverty.

My Project

Our school is undergoing enormous change. For the first time in three years we are finally able to stay in our building for next school year. Over the last years, we've had to move due to conditions not suitable for safe, engaging learning environments. While we are trying to rebuild our school families, we are also trying to rebuild and revitalize our band. We have an eager new band director who is familiar with teaching children of all ages and has big hopes and dreams for our band. the beginning of the school year is coming fast and although our families do the best they can, some cannot feasibly afford to provide their child with a recorder and materials to use in music class. The recorders, books, and Boomwackers I am requesting will make music class accessible, affordable and enjoyable for each and every student.

With your help, each and every kindergarten student will be able to participate fully in music class without having to worry about not having an instrument.

Music class will provide my students with the confidence, team-building, a motivational push to create even more well rounded, successful kindergarteners.

Project tagged as

New Orleans, LA
Grades PreK-2
Music
Charter School
Supplies
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

Dr. Pelafigue Pierre A Capdau Charter Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

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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

26 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

3 Piece Soprano Colored Recorders • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.49 1 $2.49

3 Piece Soprano Colored Recorders • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.49 50 $124.50

Essentials of Music Theory: Flash Cards - Note Naming • Woodwind & Brasswind $9.95 1 $9.95

Let's Play Recorder Instruction Book - Level 1 • Woodwind & Brasswind $3.50 1 $3.50

C Major Diatonic Scale Set (Upper Octave) Boomwhackers Tuned Percussion Tubes • Woodwind & Brasswind $19.99 1 $19.99

Materials cost			$160.43
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$14.04
3rd party payment processing fee			$2.41
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$206.88
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$36.51
Total project goal			$243.39
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$243.39
1 Donor			-$206.88
Donations toward project cost			-$206.88
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$0.00
Excluded support for DonorsChoose			-$36.51
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Crazy About Music!

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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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