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Mrs. Sellers from Olathe, KS is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Darkroom for Everyone!

Help me give my students an exciting darkroom experience! The large Dynalon flat bottom developing trays, Illford multi grade developer and Kodak Rapid Fixer will stock our now dormant darkroom ensuring the traditional photographic process is passed on!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Sellers's classroom raised $683

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My Students

My school demographic makeup has greatly shifted in the past 10 years. What once was a school full of well supported, financially stable families have shifted to a more transient demographic where students are often shifted from school to school with little to no warning. The challenges as an educator who started in a building that could request students to provide materials to a classroom operating strictly on what is supplied by our district has hindered my ability to continue to expose kids to the traditional darkroom due to expense.

Our students are kind, creative and hardworking.

They come with baggage and often lack support at home financially to provide classroom materials. More students pay for their own school supplies by working a job outside of their already rigorous school schedule. It just feels wrong to ask those students to supply classroom materials when they are basically meeting their own daily needs.

Funding, would give me the ability to reopen our darkroom to not only kids that are able to purchase their own materials, but to all of our Advanced Photo, AP Design and Photo Club Students.

My Project

In this digital age, many high schools are shifting from the traditional darkroom to the digital darkroom. Our district being one. About 10 years ago, in an effort to prepare students for the current work force and also cut budget needs, we closed our darkroom and “upgraded” to digital photography. While I love the success students have with the digital approach, as an educator I worry about the loss of knowledge that is happening across our globe. The magic that some experiences in the darkroom, watching their image develop in the chemicals, cannot be matched by Photoshop.

As a traditionally trained photographer, my hope is to pass a piece of the magic I experienced in high school on to my students.

While our building budget does not support a functioning darkroom, my hope is to find funding in creative places to offer this experience nested as a unit in their curriculum. Understanding where photography began and how quickly it has changed will build an appreciation for the art form that I hope will inspire our students to continue to be consumers of art beyond these walls.

The alternative photography movement is quickly finding its place in the art world, and my hope is that I can teach relative techniques merging digital image making with the darkroom.

Mrs. Sellers Olathe East High School Grades 9-12 Olathe, KS View local requests

More than a third 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dynalon 409254 HDPE Developing Flat Bottom Tray, 24" L x 20" W x 3.5" H • Amazon Business $66.43 4 $265.72
Ilford Multigrade Developer - 500ml • Amazon Business $18.99 5 $94.95
Fixer for Paper and Film, 1Gallon Mix • Amazon Business $17.99 5 $89.95
The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes • Amazon Business $55.98 1 $55.98

Materials cost

$506.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $35.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$579.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.34

Total project goal

$682.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $682.26

8 Donors

-$629.76

Donations toward project cost

-$535.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.46

Matching donations from our partners

-$52.50

Match offers toward project cost

-$44.62

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.88

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