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Ms. Zordan from New Haven, CT is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Drummers, Just Beat It!

My students need percussion mallets for marching band and a practice pad with a stand.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Zordan's classroom raised $175

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Let's get this beat started! My percussion students have made due with improper mallets and equipment for too long!

We are a Title 1, inner city school in CT.

I teach instrumental music and band to grades 4-8. In my experience, many of the best percussionists I have taught have greatly benefited from being in band. Being a percussionist requires focus, patience, and attention to detail, and all these things have helped my students in other areas of their school work. Being in band, for my students, is a privilege. Students have to be doing well in their classes and keep their behavior in check in order to participate. I have seen students turn around with school work because playing the drums had become an incentive!

My Project

We've made due with improper mallets in the past, but as my band grows and advances, they need to have the right equipment to prepare them for high school and to keep our own drums in good shape. Our rehearsal space is a cafeteria auditorium, so we need drum pads to use in rehearsals to control the volume that the drums produce. We don't have any stands for the drum pads that we have; currently, we use inverted music stands. My students deserve to have good, proper equipment! They are hard working, dedicated, and inspired musicians! They know that we don't have the proper mallets for marching band, but they have had to accept the fact that we don't have the money in the budget for these items. School budgets are cut every year, and our administration works with us to get us our essentials; sadly, our drum mallets and drum pads have been put off for far too long.

My students deserve the same opportunities and equipment as any other school's band!

Making due with what we have is no longer o.k. when we are stepping up the difficultly level of music and musicianship. With your help, we will be improving the quality of our drummers performance and outlook on what it means to be a percussionist!

Ms. Zordan John S Martinez Sea & Sky STEM Grades 3-5

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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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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Practice Pad with Stand • Woodwind and Brasswind $58.99 1 $58.99
Marching Bass Drum Mallets With Strap • Woodwind and Brasswind $43.99 1 $43.99
Corpsmaster Tom Aungst Multi-Tenor Hybrid Mallets • Woodwind and Brasswind $13.99 1 $13.99

Materials cost

$116.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$148.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.24

Total project goal

$174.96

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $174.96

7 Donors

-$87.48

Donations toward project cost

-$74.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.12

match offer

-$87.48

Match offer toward project cost

-$74.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.12

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 $0.00

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