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Ms. Cavaliere from Bridgeport, CT is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Gigantic Self Portraits

Help me give my students the Tracer Projector so I can enlarge their beautiful self portrait drawings as pictured and the tempera cakes so they can practice their painting skills!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Cavaliere's classroom raised $168

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

I love working with the Pre-K and Kindergarteners in art because of their limitless imaginations and creativity. They hold such enthusiasm and curiosity when it comes to learning new things that it is a constant reminder of how fun the arts are.

Sometimes because they are small, their artwork can be seen as small or not as important.

To overcome this, I want to literally enlarge their gorgeous works of art so everyone, including themselves, can witness their beautiful portraits

My Project

PreK and Kindergarteners deserve to have their artwork emphasized and viewed by all. Although they are at the beginning stages of visual art, they are determined learners who remind me that there is still a little kid in all of us.

For their first project, I introduced them to self portraits and we went over all the different shapes that make up our faces.

We crushed that common misconception they come in with that there are legs and arms coming out of our heads and focused on the essential features including eyes, ears, eyebrows, eyelashes, eyes, nose, mouth, and hair. Their drawings came out so incredible that I know they will be even more impressive enlarged up to 7x the size they are now.

Then they will use tempera cakes which are easy to manage and use for both the students and myself since I am on a cart and only have 35 minutes with them. They will paint their large-scale self portraits and begin learning about color mixing.

Ms. Cavaliere Jettie S Tisdale Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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
Sax Non-Toxic Giant Tempera Paint Cakes with Tray - 2 1/4 x 3/4 inch - Set of 9 - Assorted Colors • Amazon Business $15.32 5 $76.60
Artograph EZ Tracer Art Projector • Amazon Business $34.25 1 $34.25

Materials cost

$110.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$142.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.15

Total project goal

$167.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $167.66

1 Donor

-$142.51

Donations toward project cost

-$142.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.15

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 $0.00

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