You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Menu
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

Ms. Kowalczyk from Hazelwood MO is requesting a class trip through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Festival! Festival!

My students need bus transportation to their music festival in March.

  • $519 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

My Students

Sing, Say, Dance, and Play! Every day an exciting adventure awaits my students when they enter my music classroom, a.k.a. Ms. K.'s House of Music. We sing, say, dance, and play to experience music at its fullest!

I teach music to 6th-8th grade students in a STEAM public school in Missouri.

My students range from middle class to poverty level, and some also experience violence in their neighborhoods on a daily basis. Sometimes music is the only solace to their day.

Despite their economic differences, all of my students are eager to express themselves through music. Every day they enter the music room with excitement and an eagerness to learn.

My Project

"Life is a festival only to the wise." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

My choirs need bus transportation to attend their very first music festival!

We have been working very hard on our music and our sight singing, but I am finding that my students cannot afford to pay for the bus. I would hate to see them not get to experience this wonderful opportunity of singing in front of judges just because they come from low economic situations. We will be taking three buses to get to the festival, and we will stay for approximately three and a half hours, making our day a total of five hours for this incredible experience.

Music is such an important part of my choir students' lives. They love singing and performing! We appreciate any help you can give us to allow us to attend our very first festival!

Festival! Festival!

Ms. Kowalczyk
Grades 6-8

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Kowalczyk is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Component Company Total
Activity Ferguson-Florissant Transportation $405.00

Trip cost

$405.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$441.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.84

Total project goal

$518.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $518.92

30 Donors

-$248.14

Donations toward project cost

-$237.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.20

match offer

-$248.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$211.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$31.79

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Support your local school!

Donate directly to any school in the US. Your donation will go towards directly purchasing urgent supplies.

Find a local school

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Kowalczyk and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","schoolCity":"Hazelwood","showProjectRecommendations":true,"teachersOnPage":[1571116],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"MO","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"proposalId":3037732,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/festival-festival/3037732/","verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":150,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Kowalczyk","isEquityFocus":true,"authorIds":{"1571116":{"owner":"Ms. Kowalczyk","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[3037732],"proposalHash":"35583364","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp1571116_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1463960204794","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":370826,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MzgxMDQ1Mw==","MTgxOTIw","MjU2NjUzNQ==","Njg3OTQ2","NDcyMTI4NA==","MTQxOTA5Mg==","MTQ4MDczNQ==","OTgzMzIy","MTUxOTEwMg==","ODk1Njkz","MTA2OTk4MQ==","MTM5MzQ4OA==","MTU3MTExNg==","NTA4NjkxOQ==","MzU5NzAy","NDAzMzIw","MTg3Nzc0Mw==","NDQ5MjYyMw==","MjUyNTAwMg==","NDQ3NjA1MA==","Njc2NjUz","NDYxNzk=","NDA1MjI4NQ==","MjUyNzYxNA==","MjQwNTcxNg==","MzY0Nzk4Mw==","MTQ3OTExMQ==","MzA4NDYzMA==","MjQxMTQ5NA==","MTU2NzY2","MTc1MDUyMg=="],"teacherId":1571116,"schoolCounty":"St Louis","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"MO","name":"Missouri"}}
Supporting teachers and students since 2000

DonorsChoose makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need. Public school teachers from every corner of America create classroom project requests, and you can give any amount to the project that inspires you.

We've earned the highest possible ratings from Better Business Bureau, Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, and Guidestar.