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Mrs. Carver-Lorentz from Saint Cloud MN is requesting reading nooks, desks & storage through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let's Light Up the Art Room!

My students need a light table for tracing and creating special projects.

  • $410 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

I teach art to 220 amazing elementary age students that range in age from grades K-5. My students are predominately ELL students who have had little exposure to the arts and all it entails. Their focus has been learning the fundamentals of language acquisition, reading, math, and Science.

My students love to explore all the materials and concepts that encompass the arts.

Their education can be rounded out with the whole brain development that creativity allows. My curriculum emphasizes the art-making processes, materials, the elements of art and the principles of design. I also incorporate art history and literacy into as many lessons as I can.

My Project

My art classroom has one window. Many projects would be simpler to complete if my students had access to a light table. This will enhance their ability to trace fine details on their projects.

For example, in January we explore the construction of snowflakes.

Each student uses graph paper to create unique and symmetrical snowflakes. They then trace these snowflakes onto white paper, outline them and finish the effect with watercolor and glitter. In the past, they have had to hold their projects up to a window in order to trace them. A light table would make it so much easier to complete their task.

Mrs. Carver-Lorentz
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Whitney Brothers Table Top Light Box • Nasco $284.95 1 $284.95

Materials cost

$284.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $28.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$347.72

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.36

Total project goal

$409.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $409.08

1 Donor

-$409.08

Donations toward project cost

-$347.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.36

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 $0.00

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