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Mr. L from Compton, CA is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Students Record Their Own Songs!!

Help me give my students a recording interface for students to record their own songs.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. L's classroom raised $3,023

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 am a middle school music teacher in an inner-city school, and I teach students from 6th to 8th grade. Most of my students come from a low socioeconomic background in an area infected with gangs and drugs. Many of my students, mostly poor, tell me that music class is the reason they stay in school.

The students thrive in technology, and it is my hope that they will have this opportunity to create and design audio projects with the current equipment found in today’s modern recording studios.

I am actively meeting with my students online through Zoom. I have several distance learning projects engaging with students to improve their audio and video editing skills.

My Project

My students have been limited in their studio learning environment by not having recording equipment to use during this time of distance learning. They will be able to creatively mix their projects with these wonderful audio tools.

My students are very excited about this possibility and how it will progress their learning environment.

These recording projects give my students real-world, hands-on experience in the A/V production field and offer creative exploration in the music industry.

Your support of this project will make this possible. It will get another inner city student making music and staying away from gangs.

Mr. L Bunche Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

Compton, CA View local requests

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

140 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pure2 Mastering AD/DA Converter & Clock • Woodwind and Brasswind $2,295.00 1 $2,295.00

Materials cost

$2,295.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$209.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$34.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,569.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$453.43

Total project goal

$3,022.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$3,022.84

1 Donor

-$1,511.42

Donations toward project cost

-$1,284.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$226.71

match offer

-$1,511.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,284.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$226.71

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$0.00

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