The students of TCEA are creative, innovative and resourceful. They are Kindergarten-7th grade, and come from extremely diverse social and economic backgrounds. They travel from 6 counties to reach school every day. TCEA is a free public charter school, Title I, and 51% of our students qualify for the free/reduced lunch program. K-5th grade students all attend Visual Art, in addition to Music, Dance, Theatre, and STEAM. 6-8th students attend Visual Art as an elective. All students work with Visual Art in arts integration unit and projects that vary throughout the year.
"It's not about what it is; it is about what it can become." Dr. Seuss.
My Project
I am on a mission this school year to create a flexible, open space that will improve student learning and fun! If a student has ever said the visual art room is cramped or too small, complained about tripping, pinching a finger in chairs, or not fitting in the room - well, they were right. Now those days are now over! This is possible because my amazing TCEA administration team agreed to rip out the counter taking up massive space in the middle of the room, opening up space in the art room!
We now just need the funds to purchase kidney activity tables that will allow for adaptable seating/centers, movement, and creativity, benefitting students for years to come!
Everything will be on wheels. The current tables in the art room are too small for the growing student body, and fit in the room awkwardly, causing tripping and pinched fingers, with little room to work. I'm raising these funds to build mobile, creative centers, starting with using kidney activity tables. These tables are wide with wheels, making them more compact and mobile, giving student surfaces to work on, but not cramping the room. They allow for fluid creativity, space to work, and adapt easily to flipping the art studio for different grade levels, projects, group and independent activities, experimenting and mess-making, and since they are on wheels, making changing the room as needed easy for all age groups.
This project is based on my own assessment of the need for a more functional space to improve student engagement, safety, and behavior after 3 years of teaching in this room.
Student surveys and feedback that target the room itself as an area for improvement
Flash Furniture Mobile 48 by 72-Inch Kidney Shaped Activity Table with Yellow Thermal Fused Laminate Top and Height Adjustable Pre-School Legs
• Amazon Business
$252.57
3
$757.71
Materials cost
$757.71
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$59.10
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.37
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$858.18
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$151.44
Total project goal
$1,009.62
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$1,009.62
6 Donors
-$1,009.62
Donations toward project cost
-$858.18
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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