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Ms. Aldridge from Wagoner, OK is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Do You Hear What I Hear?

My students need 10 rain forest floor toms and a variety of other musical hand instruments to use during music class and during performances.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Aldridge's classroom raised $557

This project is fully funded

My Students

The majority of my students live in poverty. Their parent's main concern is to teach them to survive, not to be musical.

I am the Kindergarten and first grade music teacher in a low socio-economic public school district.

I teach music to 425 kindergarten and first grade students each week. For most of my students, my classroom is their first experience with music and instruments.

My Project

The tom floor drums and other musical hand instruments will help my students to retain important information through auditory and kinesthetic learning. The drums and hand instruments will be used for teaching rhythm and they will also be apart of the students performances.

Making music together in music class and preparing for a performance will enhance my student's team work, self-discipline and will allow them to explore music from around the world.

Without donors like you, my students would not have access to these wonderful instruments.

Ms. Aldridge Ellington Early Childhood Center Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

425 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Kid's Percussion Rain Forest Floor Tom • Woodwind & Brasswind $29.00 10 $290.00
Guiro Grasshopper • Woodwind & Brasswind $8.99 6 $53.94
Egg Shakers • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.09 2 $4.18
Egg Shakers • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.09 2 $4.18
Egg Shakers • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.09 2 $4.18
Jingle Tap • Woodwind & Brasswind $2.79 5 $13.95
Rhythm Club Tambourine with 4 Sets of Jingles • Woodwind & Brasswind $14.69 2 $29.38

Materials cost

$399.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.58

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$473.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.54

Total project goal

$556.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $556.93

1 Donor

-$556.93

Donations toward project cost

-$473.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.54

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