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Mr. Shoales from Baltimore, MD is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Black History With Kehinde Wiley Inspired Self Portraits

Help me give my students coloring supplies to support the creation of self portraits that reflect the color of their skin tones. These art supplies provide a wide variety of skin tones.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Shoales's classroom raised $387

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter from New York City known for his naturalistic paintings of African Americans. His work references the work of Old Master paintings. Wiley was commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama's portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. My goal for the project is my students will appreciate and be inspired by the work of African American artist Kehinde Wiley. Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of proportion, line, and shape through the creation of a realistic self-portrait. Students will use the multicultural crayons and colored pencils to create more accurate skin tones. These special materials will motivate and engage students making a difference in their learning. My students are unique and different and have a variety of different skin tones. We will have the ability to illustrate the skin colors of our student population more accurately.

Mr. Shoales Highlandtown Elementary Middle School 215 Grades 3-5

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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.

Baltimore, MD 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

180 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crayola Colors of the World Bulk Colored Pencil Set - 6 Packs (24ct), Skin Tone Kids Colored Pencils for Kids, School Supplies • Amazon Business $25.11 5 $125.55
Crayola Bulk Crayon Set, Colors of The World, Multicultural, School Supplies, 6 Sets of 24 Colors • Amazon Business $1.98 36 $71.28
Crayola Crayons - Black, Box of 12 • Blick Art Materials $2.27 26 $59.02
Trend Enterprises: Sweet Scents, Scented Scratch 'N Sniff Stinky Stickers, Fun for Rewards, Incentives, Crafts and as Collectibles, 108 Designs, 30 Sheets Included, for Ages 3 and Up • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98

Materials cost

$277.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$328.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.00

Total project goal

$386.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $386.67

3 Donors

-$386.67

Donations toward project cost

-$328.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.00

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 $0.00

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