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Ms. Sharkey from Washington DC is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give Volume to Masked Performers for Safe Live Performances!

Help me give my students wireless microphones that they can wear to help amplify their voices from behind masks when we perform live! These microphones will help pick up student voices and project to the audience.

  • $238 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.

My Students

Resiliency. As I read the sentiments I wrote about my students prior to COVID-19, I smile at the confirmation that -- although circumstances and access to opportunities have changed -- my students' perseverance in the face of challenges and desire to create and find the best in every situation remains intact.

The students of our theatre program are some of the school's - perhaps even the city's - most well-rounded young men and women.

Students of an application based STEM school on tracks to graduate with diplomas awarded for engineering, digital media, biotechnology, and IT-related programs, they maintain honor roll report cards, play sports (football and soccer are well-represented), are class government representatives, work with robotics and write elaborate lab reports, and, in 2019, followed through on their own student-led theatre productions for the first time in our school in ten years!

With a love for exploring relevant themes of identity, cyber bullying, gentrification, sustainability, group-think, and individuality, they are excited to press more deeply into social issues through the art. Although our school has 2 acting classes as electives, we are still without a budget and rely on fundraising, grants, and parent/teacher contribution.

My Project

Performing in a mask already has a number of obstacles for students to work past, particularly when it comes to communicating non-verbally. Many expressions are lost behind masks, even when we wear mostly clear masks that still cover the minute details. Students are currently straining to be heard and feel both tired and defeated in projecting to their utmost and enunciating clearly only to be told that they still cannot be well understood a few feet past the stage. Being able to clip mics to their lapels will help them focus more on the actual techniques of acting rather than trying to shout their lines.

Ms. Sharkey
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
UHF Wireless Lavalier Lapel Microphone System/Headset Mic/Stand Mic, 165ft Range, Bietrun, Rechargeable Transmitter Receiver, 1/4" Output, for iPhone,Android,PA Speaker,DSLR Camera,YouTube, Recording • Amazon Business $39.99 4 $159.96

Materials cost

$159.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.60

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$201.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.64

Total project goal

$237.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $237.60

2 Donors

-$237.60

Donations toward project cost

-$201.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.64

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