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Ms. Farrand from Chicago IL is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Elementary School Strings- Part 2

The cost of four violins from Sharmusic.com is $842, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $842 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am a music teacher for students in grades K-8 in the south side of Chicago. In music classes students create music, dance, perform, sing, and study historical and theoretical elements of music. All children are enthusiastic about actively participating in music, but the school only has a limited supply of instruments. Renting or purchasing an instrument for a child is not an option for many families. The school I teach at has only 4 violins for student use. I hope to obtain many more violins for the students at our school. My goal is to develop a flourishing string program in the school based on the string pedagogies of Shiniki Suzuki and Paul Rolland. I would like to develop an after school string program for students in grades 3-8. In this program students would play on an instrument borrowed from the school for the course of their enrollment in the program. Students would be responsible for the safety of the instrument while in their care, and they would bring the instrument home to practice. As the musical skill of students develops, students would have the opportunity to perform as a group and soloists at appropriate school functions in the community. For this proposal, Elementary School Strings- Part 2, I am requesting four full sized violins and bows. This proposal will provide an additional 4 budding violinists with instruments, it will lay down the foundations of a string program, and it will generate interest in other students who may choose to join the program in the future. Thank you for your interest and consideration.

Ms. Farrand
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hoffman Prelude fullsized violin and bow outfit • Sharmusic.com $149.00 4 $596.00

Materials cost

$596.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$689.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.43

Total project goal

$841.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $841.26

12 Donors

-$808.38

Donations toward project cost

-$690.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$33.69

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 $0.00

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