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Mr. VanWyk from Rahway, NJ is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. VanWyk's classroom raised $322

I Can Write Music! Technology to Improve Our Music Literacy!

Help me give my students the technology and tools to develop their musicianship and improve their musical literacy

This project expired on November 16, 2025.

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Mr. VanWyk Rahway High School
Rahway, NJ Grades 9-12

My Project

The music program is a powerful unifier in our school. My students create a family at our school. We are a performing arts family (bands, choirs, strings, theatre, and dance) that support each other on the stage, in the classroom, and beyond. We are a NJ high school, just outside NYC, servicing a multicultural population of students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds. We strongly believe that the arts can instill positive change, transform, inspire, and change lives. We are going to build this program over a strong foundation and proud history and generations of art students.

An educator and student subscription to Flat for Education will provide our students with technology and tools to grow and develop their music literacy skills.

Developing our students' music reading ability is so important. Students who can read music are empowered to learn their parts without relying solely on audio tracks or rote learning. This builds confidence and self-reliance. Developing literacy lays the foundation for lifelong musicianship. Whether they pursue music professionally or as a passion, they’ll be able to engage with it more deeply.

Developing our students' ability to create is so important. Creativity is essential to music education because it fosters self-expression, critical thinking, and emotional depth in students. It allows them to explore their unique perspectives through composition, improvisation, and interpretation, making music a personal and meaningful experience.

This subscription to Flat for Education will power our future and help our students develop their musicianship. Music transforms!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. VanWyk Rahway High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Rahway, NJ View local requests

More than half of 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

120 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Licenses for Flat for Education for 365 days • Flat for Education $4.00 60 $240.00

Materials cost

$240.00

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 FREE

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$273.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.28

Total project goal

$321.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $321.88

1 Donor

-$321.88

Donations toward project cost

-$273.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.28

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 $0.00

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