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Mrs. Hughes from Colorado Springs CO is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Fun, Learning and Excitement With Instruments!

Help me give my students access to unforgettable musical experiences with quality instruments!

  • $2,942 goal

This project expired on July 18, 2020.

This project expired on July 18, 2020.

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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

Hello from music, amazing donors! Thank you for taking the time to potentially help fund a very important project that will give every student access to an instrument.

At LAES, we are a Title I school with a richly diverse family.

That's right, we are a family! Not necessarily related, but connected together in the same goals: developing respectful and responsible 21st-century learners with creative minds.

When you donate to this project, you will be funding real life, kinesthetic learning opportunities that cannot otherwise be provided. We currently have 6 (a few not functioning) Orff instruments, i.e. xylophones and metallophones. They have been handed down from many a school and most of them require repairs that I, alone cannot afford. With your generous donation, my babies will have a greater experience in music and in life.

My Project

With your help in getting quality instruments, music will be more equitable, fun, and memorable, all the while enhancing the whole child and their whole education. Although we already have 6 xylophones, we need more!

With your generous donation, we will not only perform, create and learn music, but we will also make cross-curricular connections.

As a Title I school in a low-income area, most money spent by the school is not towards instruments. Needless to say, we will make musical memories that will last a lifetime. The gift of quality instruments that you will be giving to our future is priceless.

Mrs. Hughes
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
9-piece Orff Instrument Set • Woodwind and Brasswind $2,259.99 1 $2,259.99

Materials cost

$2,259.99

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$176.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,500.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$441.21

Total project goal

$2,941.38

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